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    Classic Pennsylvania narrow gauge railroad to be revived

    Mar 10, 2020 4 minutes
    By John Titlow
    JAMES WAITE
    MATTHEW MALKIEWICZ
    JAMES WAITE

    ONE of the oldest narrow gauge railways in the USA is to be revived after nine years of dormancy following its sale.

    The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) in Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s oldest and best preserved narrow gauge railroads, is particularly important because it is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

    It has lain mothballed since December 2011 after the last passenger train ran in preservation, but a few dedicated volunteers continued with some restoration projects and looked after it.

    Now it has been bought by a nonprofit organisation under the

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