East Broad Top doodlebug M-1 takes a spin on the Orbisonia turntable. The gas-electric’s day is over, and it’s time to go into the roundhouse.

East Broad Top doodlebug M-1 rolls past the Orbisonia machine shop. After an afternoon of shuttling back and forth to Shirleysburg, it’s time to head to the roundhouse.

Put your backs into it, boys! It’s not common knowledge, but the East Broad Top sometimes used child labor as part of the operations. Here, three underage workers assist a supervisor to ... (more)