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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: January 5, 2019
Caption: Making an Entrance Marker
Additional Description: Leaving the Mt. Jefferson Engine House behind, the Switch Back Railroad's coaches, with their cargo of eager sightseers, coasted into Summit Hill. As each coach approached the Pine Street overpass, the conductor announced the arrival with clanging of a brass bell. The Summit Hill Depot, midway for those making a round trip, stood just 300 yards ahead.

Constructed in 1844-45, the Pine Street overpass that once stood here once supported trains of empty coal cars returning to the Summit Hill mines. Thousands of thrill seeking tourists passed over it after the Switch Back became America's first tourist railroad.
Submitted: January 6, 2019, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p459712
File Size: 4.766 Megabytes

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