Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft

 

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March 2, 2008

A warm winter day - 40 degrees. Time to take a walk on the Pittston Rail Trail. Lots of sun.


Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft

The former Lehigh Valley Passenger main snakes along the river, with rocks on the other side of it.


Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft


Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft

Marker stone for the Eagle Air Shaft. Escape route for men during the Knox Mine Disaster.


Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft


Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft




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Tidbit :


 
From 1991 CONRAIL Timetable :

Taylor Secondary Track 

Distance from Hoboken 

136.7  TAYLOR (D&H Railway) 
136.7  BLS MINOOKA 
139.7  OLD FORGE 
142.8  PITTSTON JCT. 
  (Lehigh Sec and 
  Pocono Northeast RR)  

(Why is the distance 
listed as distance 
from Hoboken, since
trains have not run 
to Hoboken in many,
 many years ???)