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Caption: Marker detail: Five Mile Tree Crossover, Switchback Railroad
Additional Description: A side track and switch, shown on the left, provided a means to switch cars from the “Back Track” to the “Down Track.” This route was also used to get Hackebernie Tunnel mine coal to the Mauch Chunk coal “Schutes.”
Submitted: October 29, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p451780
File Size: 0.211 Megabytes

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