D-143: The Hard Coal Roads: What Went Wrong but ill-fated

but ill-fated

color film that captures the essence of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific “extension” to Seattle and Tacoma

Burbank Branch

with fine examples of big power on heavy coal and drag freights

D-143: The Hard Coal Roads: What Went Wrong but ill-fatedLength: 1 hr. 40 minutes This is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and the Erie Lackawanna Railroads. The common theme was their early success based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and the decline of that business. The last decade of these roads largely depended on a