Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad
- Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad
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| Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. Gravity Railroad |
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| Locale |
Pennsylvania |
| Dates of operation |
1829–1899 |
| Track gauge |
4 ft 3 in (1,295 mm) |
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad (D&H Gravity Railroad) was a historic gravity railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
It carried coal from Carbondale over the Moosic Mountains to the D&H Canal in Honesdale. Construction of the gravity railroad was completed in 1829.[1]
This railroad used separate loaded and light tracks. The trains were unpowered. They ran by gravity to the bottom of a grade, where they were attached to a cable and hauled up a short, steep plane by a stationary steam engine. The loaded tracks had planes pointing in the direction of Honesdale; the light tracks had planes pointing in the direction of Carbondale.
The gravity railroad operated until 1899, when it was broadened to standard gauge and made into an ordinary steam railroad.[2]
Many traces of the tracks remain in the Moosic Mountains. They can still be located on current aerial photographs.
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