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Still standing, Shade Gap section house
shows what a real trooper is.
North of Shade Gap Station is the
upper crossing of Shade Creek by the EBT.
This is the remains of the Shade Gap Tankhouse.
This is one of nine footings that remain.
Looking north from Jordan Summit we see
the top of the ruling northbound grade.
Looking much better for the work,
Saltillo Station stands into 1999.
Compare its condition to what it looked like in
February.
In the brush south (rr north) of
Saltillo is the remains of
Bridge #12, a former EBT
crossing of North Spring Branch.
This is the lower cut at
Joller, graded in 1919.
On the Mount Union Enginehouse track,
the ramp present since the 1975 sale of #6 is at last disassembled by the MTC
in preparation for operations.
At the New 522 Grade Crossing, the 1999
Early Birds gather to inspect the workmanship.
After the long hike for the weekend,
Wrays Hill Tunnels north portal
appears ahead of the hikers.
Looking into the tunnel, the first collapse accounts for the gap in
the second section of timber lining.
In the foreground of this shot is the first collapse in the tunnel. Beyond it
a pile of soil marks the second. The tunnel is clear for a few hundred feet
beyond, at which point larger collapses dominate.
Looking out from the concrete tunnel lining, other hikers put the portal
in perspective.
Here is the remains of the north Watchmans Shanty where an EBT employee was
stationed to operate the tunnel doors.
Visible in this shot from the EBT main is the
Coles Valley Branch
snaking its way up the side of Wrays Hill.
in Neelyton
is the easternmost bridge on the EBT. The
Shade Gap Branch
ended at a sawmill just south of here. The grade
continued to Burnt Cabins next to the PA Turnpike.
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