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Posted - June 23 2011 : 09:39:02 AM
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my tribute not a real set,but one that is made up of various makers,but it represents a lumber co from the past,the vincent lumber co (vlc)1901 to 1904,then 1905 till 1935 under the Pennsylvania rail-road,then disappearing into history,ken

 below extract from wilkapedia Beginning with the first settlers, much of the land along White Deer Hole Creek in Washington Township was slowly cleared of timber. Small sawmills were built in the 19th century, and a much larger lumber operation was run by the Vincent Lumber Company from 1901 to 1904. They built a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad from Elimsport 5 miles (8 km) west into timber, and a line east to Allenwood in Union County and the Reading Railroad there. The lumber railroad ran parallel to the creek, with the end of the track near the Fourth Gap. It was incorporated on June 24, 1901 (around the time of construction) as the "Allenwood and Western Railroad". The lumbering operation ceased in 1904 when the forests were gone. The railroad was torn up, and its one second-hand Shay locomotive was moved to the Vincent Lumber Company operation at Denholm (in Juniata County).[5]
Edited by - catfordken on June 24 2011 11:47:57 AM
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