The Steep Trolley Ride That Once Plunged Passengers At High Rates Of Speed
Despite being a work car, spectacular views of the Lehigh River and the Blue Ridge Mountains were one of the many benefits of the Mauch Chunk Gravity Railroad that was used beginning in the 1850s to deliver coal to the area now known as Jim Thorpe. In the 1870s, during non-peak hours, the railroad... Sign in to see full entry.