This small manually-operated turntable was in regular service on a U.S. common carrier into the 1980’s. The railroad was the Chestnut Ridge Railway, and the turntable provided turning capability... (more)

A Gem in the Woods

The Chestnut Ridge Railway, winding east from its home borough of Palmerton, traversed an entirely rural route eleven miles along the base of Blue Mountain unti... (more)

This is not a photo from a tourist line or a railfan event. This is the Chestnut Ridge Railway track gang’s everyday motorcar. Mack Trucks, Inc., built this model AB railbus in 1922, and it was ... (more)

The Chestnut Ridge Railway served the sprawling New Jersey Zinc plant in Palmerton, Pa. One of its switchers is seen inside the plant on a dreary February day in 1982.