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Mountain Top in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

The Railroaders of [the] Mountain Top Area

 
 
The Railroaders of [the] Mountain Top Area Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025
1. The Railroaders of [the] Mountain Top Area Marker
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[Historical Railroads of the Mountain Top Area]
Old Company's Lehigh • Jersey Central Lines • Lehigh Valley
Conrail • Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway • Reading and Northern
[All defunct except the last]

[Railroaders]
Aigeldinger, Francis "Bud" · Albert, Sylvester · Allen Jr. John · Allen Sr. John · Arbogast, Cleon · Arbogast, Fred · Aton, Richard "Dick" · Aton, John · Aton, Clarence "Snap" · Aton, Gene · Baker, John · Barbarski, George · Barber, Nelson · Barilla, John · Barry, Frank "Canthook" · Behm, Harold · Belleba, John · Bennett, Roland "Punch" · Bennett, Charles · Berman, Len · Billings, William · Blair, Frank · Blakeslee, Warren · Brink, Claude · Brong, Jacob · Brown, Lee · Brush, Gustave "Gus" · Brush, Ike · Bubko, John · Bulkley, Jacques · Burick, John · Cal, Frank · Carey, Harry · Carey, Fred · Carey, Oyster · Carey, Wassel · Cavany, Harry · Ceaser, George · Chopick, John · Chopick, Joseph · Chopick, Paul · Christian, Zehnder · Clark, Charles D · Coleman, David · Coleman Jr., Albert · Coleman Sr., Albert · Conety, Richard · Cornelius, James · Dalton Sr., John · Davis, Arthur · Deats, Charles · Deats, Willard · Deppe, Luther · Deppe, Victor · Deppe, Marcus "Mark" · Devitt, Raymond · Devitt, Eugene · Devitt, Patrick · Devitt, Joseph · Devitt Jr., William · Devitt Sr., William "Picky" · Dickinson,
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George · Dickinson, Robert "Bob" · Dinan, James J · Dinan Sr., James · Donovan, William · Dotter, Charles "Chunky" · Drendall Jr., George · Drendall Sr., George · Dunlap, Harry · Durbbose · Eppler, J L · Feduska, Michael · Fey, William · Fey, Stewart · Fey, Harry "Dutch" · Fey, Condrad "Coony" · Fey, James "Slivers" · Fey, Ronald "Reenie" · Figner, Andrew · Fillman, Myron · Fillman, William "Bill"

Fillman, Paul · Fillman, Douglas "Doug" · Fillman, Edward · Fillman, Pournder · Frankenfield, Charles "Red" · Frankfield, Robert · French, Claude · Fulk, Frederick "Fritz" · Gannon, Anthony · Gavlick, Stanley · Gilbert, James · Gilbride, James F. · Gobla Sr., Frank · Gurgick, Joe · Hallaway, Nicholas · Hallaway, Charles · Hallaway Jr., John · Hasselberger, John · Hawkins, Herbert "Cotton" · Hess, Millard · Hibert, George · Higgins, Timothy · Higgins, John · Hoak, Lloyd · Hoak, Russell · Hoeffner, John · Hoffman, George · Hollock, Stephen · Hollock, Emil "Irish" · Hollock, Michael · Hollock, John "Pencil" · Hollock, Joseph · Hollock, George "Herbie" · Hollock, Theodore · Hollock, George · Hollock, Charles · Hollock, Samuel "Sammy Rabbits" · Hollock, Eugene · Hollock Jr., Nicholas "Squawker" · Hollock Jr., Metro "Mutz" · Hollock Sr., Nicholas · Hollock Sr., * Metro · Houser, Nate · Houser, William · Huber, Al · Hudock, Joseph · Hudock, William · Hughes, Raymond · Kahley, Claude
The Railroaders of [the] Mountain Top Area Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025
2. The Railroaders of [the] Mountain Top Area Marker
· Kahley, William · Keener, Archie · Kennedy, F. P. · Kneal Sr., Burt · Koons, Ralph · Koons Sr., Donald · Koons, Russell "Lex" · Koscelnick, George · Koscelnick, John · Koscelnick Jr., Michael · Kostelnick Sr., Michael · Kosek, Charles F. · Krutz, Joseph · Krutz Jr., John · Krutz Sr., John · La France, John · Labar, Forest · Lenahan Jr., Thomas · Lenahan Sr., Thomas · Lennon, Donald · Lennon, Arthur · Lennon, Clayton · Lennon, Delbert · Leyfert, William · Leyfert, Edward · Leyfert, James · Liggett, Cifford "Red" · Liggett, Wayne "Ike" · Liggett, George · Lines Sr., Redmond · Lukas, John · Lynn, Carl

Mack Sr., Raymond · Mack, Roger · Madigan, George · Malay, Francis N. · Malone Sr., John · Marko, Charles · Marko, John · Marrow, Harold · Marrow, Michael · McCloskey, George · McGeehan, Thomas R. · McGinnis, Michael · McGinnis, Eli · McGinnis, John · McGinnis, Edward · McGinnis Sr., John · McGovern, John "Sam" · McGovern, Hubert · McGovern, William · McGovern, Leonard · McGovern, Thomas · McGovern Sr., John · McKay, George · McKay, William · McNeery, Fred · McNeill, Stewart · Meier, Albert · Meyers, D. J. · Miller, John "Butch" · Miller, Peter · Miller, Barney · Miller, Melvin · Miller, Elijah J. · Miller, Donald · Miller, Albert "Brick" · Modrosky, Joseph · Moyer, Martin · Moyer, Ivan "Ike" · Neal, Burt · Neal, Burton · Neal Sr., Burton · Nevins, Charles · Nicholas Jr.,
Caboose Adjacent to Railroaders Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025
3. Caboose Adjacent to Railroaders Marker
Robert · Nicholas Sr., Robert H · O'Donnell, Michael · Oliver, [?] · O'Neill, Henry · Panas, Casimir J. "Charlie" · Panas Jr., Charles · Paskey, Michael · Pasternak, John · Pavilick Jr., William · Pavlick, Stephen · Pavlick, Victor · Pavlick, William · Pavlick, Andrew · Pavlick, John · Petroski, Leo · Pettit, Fred S. · Quinn William · Quinn Jr., Charles · Quinn Sr., Charles · Race, Forest "Yonk" · Race, Jess · Race, Samuel · Race, Benjamin · Rair, Kassen · Richards, Manley · Richards, Edward · Richards, Earl "Major" · Richards, Harry "Zeke” · Richards, Peter · Richards, Norman · Richards, Raymond · Rinker, Raymond · Rogers, Charles · Rose Jr., Edwin · Rose Sr., Edwin "Dubb" · Sachs, Carl

Sachs Sr., Norburt · Sachs, Michael · Sachs, Albert · Sargent, James · Searfoss James · [Name illegible] · Searfoss, Willard · Searfoss, Russell · Searfoss, William · Searfoss, Harvey · Shafer, James · Shafer, Jack · Shafer, Merle · Shafer Jr., Harold J. · Shafer Sr., Harold J. "Jack" · Shea, Edward · Sieber, Joseph · Sieber, John "Pep" · Sinkevich, Stanley · Smith, Donald · Snyder, Gerard · Snyder, Willis · Snyder, Guy · Spangenberg, Thomas · Stanton, Jack · Stanton, Gene · Stivers, William C. · Stout, Foster "Bucky" · Stout, A. C. · Stuart, G. B. · Sullivan, John · Swandick, Andrew · Swandick, John · Swandick, Leo · Swartwood, "Nipper" · Swartwood, Gordon · Swartwood, James · Swartwood,
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Vance "Pan" · Swartwood, Bruce · Swartwood, Richard "Red" · Swartwood, S. P. · Swartwood, John "Dudley" · Swartwood, Lloyd · Swartwood, Fred · Swartwood, John "Tucker" · Thomas, Clarence · Thomas, Theodore "Ted" · Thomas, William · Thompson, Emmet · Timko, John · Trimble, John · Turner, Charles · Wallace, Joseph · Walsh, Joseph · Warner, Carl · Warner, William · Warner, John · Wech, Alfred · Wech, Harold · Weiss, Herman · Wells, David E. · West, Rembrandt "Pete" · Whitehouse, Richard · Wilbert, William · Wilverdine, John · Yeager, Paul · Young, Alex · Yourishin, John · Zearfoss, Harvey · Zearfoss Jr, Irvin "Crooky" · Zearfoss Sr., Harry "Zibe" · Zehnder, Christian · Brush, Theodore "Teddy" · Ahouse, Bernard · Ayres, Albert · Burman, Alfred

Burman, Leon · Burman, Richard · Blash, Joseph · Hudock Sr., Joseph · Coleman, John · Swartwood, Oscar · Zering, Joseph · Pope, Joseph · Kitsko, Paul · DeMario, Fred · Alusick, Mike · Lucas, Leroy · Barry, Albert · Miller, James · Dobias, Mike · Ross, Arthur · Baca, Steve · Meyers, John · Brush, Charles · Truner, Charles · Coleman, Peter · Golden, Frank · Mergo, C. · Curran, John · Stemrich, James A. · Johnson, Earl · Stemrich, Thomas C. · Sakowski, Paul · Meeker, A. J. · Nobel, Harold · Messinger, Daniel · Willis, George · Rinard, [?] · George, Herman · George, Philip · Coleman, C Lawrence · Matejcik, J. John · Miller, Sylvester · Sullivan, Dennis · Roberts, R. Walter · Gannon, G. Patrick · Allen, William · Shafer, W. Harold · Morrison, Thomas · Hasselberger, J. J. · Labagh, Forsyth · Colman, Clarence · Cavany, Harry · McCann, Michael · Swartwood, W. James · Keinner, W. Author · Aigeldinger, Aaron · McGinnis, Matthew · Aigeldinger, Marc · Mizikoski, Matt · Aton, Micheal · Hollock, Sam · Antosh, Joshua · Billings, Shawn · Lake, Ryan · Jacobs, Brent · Witner, Jason
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceRailroads & Streetcars.
 
Location. 41° 10.447′ N, 75° 52.789′ W. Marker is in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Mountain Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 309) north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 165 North Mountain Boulevard, Mountain Top PA 18707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mountain Top (within shouting distance of this marker); Frank and Adeline Orloski (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Mount Joe Palooka (approx. 1.6 miles away); Third Ward War Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Huber Coal Breaker (approx. 2.7 miles away); Michael Dziak (approx. 2.8 miles away); Huber Breaker-Anthracite Coal Region Miners Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain Top.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 28, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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