A look back at the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more colorful.
These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and Erie Lackawanna Railroads, whose early success was based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and whose fortunes declined with that business. Woven through all-color railroading scenes and animated maps, the program explains the mergers and the arrival of Penn Central and its rapid failure, covering five Class 1 rail lines that stayed independent until 1976.
Features
- Documentary on the Eastern "Anthracite" hard coal roads
- DVD with a runtime of 1 Hour 40 Minutes
- Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and Erie Lackawanna, through Penn Central
- Produced by Charles Smiley
A look back at the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more colorful.
These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and Erie Lackawanna Railroads, whose early success was based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and whose fortunes declined with that business. Woven through all-color railroading scenes and animated maps, the program explains the mergers and the arrival of Penn Central and its rapid failure, covering five Class 1 rail lines that stayed independent until 1976.
Features
- Documentary on the Eastern "Anthracite" hard coal roads
- DVD with a runtime of 1 Hour 40 Minutes
- Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and Erie Lackawanna, through Penn Central
- Produced by Charles Smiley