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pusher cars attached to the cables by steel tow-bands running between two large diameter winch wheels located in the Barney tunnels. When a car was ready to ascend, it was drifted down the slight incline from above and behind the Barney tunnel to wait at a latch. The barneys came up and coupled
549:(CNJ) purchased it in 1874 and leased it to brothers Theodore and H. L. Mumford who operated the line as a tourist attraction. On May 24, 1929, the CNJ sold the line to the new Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway Company, which operated until 1932, when the line fell victim to the 484:, and the other crossed Mount Jefferson. The downhill trip continued to be powered by gravity. The up track was equipped with a ratchet which would prevent a car that detached from the cable from running away down hill. This invention later evolved into the 1656: 470:
By 1845 the increasing demand for coal and the poor logistics of a single-track route meant the company needed to improve its railroad. In 1846, they built a new uphill line using two steam-powered, Josiah White engineered 120 horsepower (89 kW)
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Heydinger describes two earlier, but temporary funicular railways (using the same equipment) which moved overburden and foundation materials to fill in Boston's Back Bay and reshape Beacon Hill—which had three summits when the projects
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on the return leg and each summit had "a new down track" returning the cars several miles farther west in each case. This saw-tooth elevation profile gave the new return track a swooping characteristic ride later deliberately designed into
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used on roller coasters. The railroad changed its name to the Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad. The modernization of the railroad reduced a passenger round-trip from 4.5 hours to just 80 minutes.
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Winch wheels, similar to a Ski Lift, especially the wheels on a cable car system, but low to the ground for the Barney cars to chase around reversing travel direction and track at either end.
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The earliest documented pleasure riders were in 1827 by visitors out to admire the new railway technology. This gives rise to the credit of the railway as the first roller coaster.
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The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway was the second permanent railroad constructed in the United States and the first over five miles long.
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Up track ratchets are almost an anomaly, these show an unusual safety-first attitude for something implemented before the Victorian Era.
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Pennsylvania's first railroad and first anthracite carrier opened on Saturday, May 5th, 1827, when seven cars of coal passed from the
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mines to the Summit Hill loading area for the gravity railway trip down to Mauch Chunk, thence to the Lehigh Canal (and in 1855, by
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Anderson, John W., Transitions: From Eastern Europe to Anthracite Community to College Classroom, iUniverse:New York, 2005, p. 30
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opened as a replacement for the switchback line. The Lehigh Coal and Railroad is considered the first American company to use
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An 1832 portrait of the terminus of the Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railroad and the coal loading chutes below by
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on the property foreclosed and it was sold to scrapper Isaac Weiner for $ 18,000 (equal to $ 401,971 today).
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Heydinger, Earl J. (1964). "Railroads of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company: GROUP IX".
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Heydinger, Earl J. (1964). "Railroads of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company: GROUP IX".
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In 1976, a 47-acre (19 ha) section of the former right-of-way, from Ludlow St. in
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Vince Hydro's Insider's Guide to the Switchback, Jim Thorpe Insider's Press, 1999.
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behind to push the cars uphill. One of the inclines rose 664 feet (202 m) up
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systems to replace move cars uphill. These inclines used two telescoping wheeled
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Rail infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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LC&N added several descending switchback sections and other shorter
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The Transfer of Pioneering British Railroad Technology to North America
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Frederick C. Gamst in QUESTIONS & COMMENTS, FAQ's (Page 2 of 2).
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National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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that was built in 1827 and operated until 1932. It was the second
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to transport coal from Summit Hill downhill to the Lehigh canal.
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Beyond Steel: An Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture
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and the topography of the Summit Hill and Mauch Chunk Railroad
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Bartholomew, Ann M.; Metz, Lance E.; Kneis, Michael (1989).
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Some famous personalities who visited the railroad include
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Railway lines on the National Register of Historic Places
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constructed in the United States, which was used by the
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About halfway up, where the up and down tracks crossed.
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climbing inclines to bring the coal up from the new
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker

Lehigh Canal
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway is located in Pennsylvania
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway is located in the United States
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
40°52′10″N 75°44′59″W / 40.86944°N 75.74972°W / 40.86944; -75.74972
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
Josiah White
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Josiah White
Erskine Hazard
Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad

Pisgah Mountain
railroad
Pennsylvania
gravity railway
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
3 ft 6 in
wagon road
freight railroad
Great Depression
Summit Hill
canal
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

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