This EBT 70,000 lb. capacity hopper is in a fight for it's life. First the protective paint came off, and the rusting began. Then a little sprig of a plant took root near the front journal. Larger... (more)

East Broad Top narrow gauge Mikado No. 14 steams past the sand house and through the EBT shop complex in Rockhill Furnace. The shop area is largely unchanged from the time EBT ceased regular opera... (more)

Assuming the pose of a million engine crews before them, these engine men wait on the loading of their train. Although shot in 2000, I like to think this has a timeless feel.

The East Broad Top... (more)

EBT Mike #15 heads South for Robertsdale, PA with a string of empties to be loaded with coal from the mines of Central PA.

The night hostler is about to put EBT Mikado 15 to bed for the night after a day of hauling coal loads from the mines South of Robertsdale to the EBT Yard at Mt. Union.

A visit to Orbisonia and the East Broad Top was rewarded with EBT 2-8-2 No. 12 under steam and running short excursions on the old mainline.

The coal chute at Orbisonia waits for a tender to fill.

Two crew members line up #15 on EBT's "Armstrong" turntable before wrapping up a hard day's work.

It's just before 9 AM on a Fall day in October and the crew has a full load headed out of the yard at Obisonia en route to Mount Union, PA. EBT #17 and #18 sit idle under steam (actually smoke st... (more)

EBT #15 charges south towards Robertsdale, PA with a load of empty hoppers ready to be filled. They will be returned by days end to be interchanged at Mount Union with the Pennsylvania Railroad. ... (more)

EBT #15 passes by the sand house in the yards at Orbisonia, having just topped off in preparation for day's work along the grade. As it was then, it is now - times are tough at the railroad as it... (more)

A crew brings their load from Mt Union to the town of Orbisonia, pausing ever so slightly before making their way across a grade crossing just ahead of the EBT yard.

The East Broad Top 1910 built two stall engine house located in Mount Union, PA. The building received a new roof in 1993 and was made more secure. It is equipped with pits under both tracks and... (more)

Hmm... I'll bet if you cut the tree down, counted the number of rings, you'd know roughly how long it's been since the last freight car rolled over these rails.

Stumped? Well, don't get the ... (more)

The sound of couplers colliding together, whistle blasts, air compressors and steam locomotive exhaust chuffs, all but an auditory echo from some 50 years past. Here, a long abandoned hopper and ... (more)