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Post by BleBob on Jan 23, 2012 8:39:21 GMT -5
Starting a thread to capture the history of the Hilliards Branch. This Branch of the B&LE started in the small town of Branchton where the B&LE has a small yard and continued to Hilliards and Argentine PA. A small spur came off the Brach Just north of Boyers and ran to Goff.
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Post by BleBob on Feb 24, 2012 17:40:49 GMT -5
I found some notes I took from the other B&LE board a while back during some great conversations with the Hilliards Branch. I will start with Branchton Yard, this yard was and still is located in Branchton PA and mainly was used to build trains of coal coming off the branch for movements north or south. Along with coal for a long time a US Steel owned Limestone mine was a major source of car loads on the branch. They mine is located in Boyers PA and is used today as offices storage etc. Branchton Yard towards the northern end has a Wye, this wye is also the starting point for the Hilliards Branch. On the north leg of the wye during the diesel era there was an stub to park the locomotive assigned to the branch along with the caboose. Heading railroad south through the yard the runner would split into 12 tracks, 6 of which were dead end only accessible from the north while 6 other tracks were run through.
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Post by BleBob on Mar 2, 2012 8:33:22 GMT -5
On August 30-1952 B&LE 262 set out at 4:30pm to perform the mine run, when the 262 and her crew went off duty at 12:00am this spelled the end of steam on the Hilliards Branch.
My guess is the daily south local brought one of the Baldwins down that afternoon and this unit was waiting in the yard that night when the crew came back to Branchton.
This and other info on last runs of steam can be found on George Elwood's web site.
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Post by BleBob on Nov 23, 2013 14:09:07 GMT -5
A list of mines served by the Hilliards Branch. I found these off the patheoldminer web site.
Annandale No. 1 Boyers, PA ca 1904-?
Annandale No. 2 Boyers, PA ca 1904-?
Annandale No. 3 Boyers, PA ca 1917-?
Argentine Mine Keystone No. 5 ca 1936-?
Argentine Mine Keystone No. 6 ca 1936-?
Boston Mine Argentine, PA
Boyle Coal Co. Hilliards, PA ca 1898-?
Butler Mine ca 1904-?
Cooper Mine ca 1917-?
Delmont Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1917-?
Dunne No. 2 Branchton, PA ca 1917-?
Erico Keystone No. 3 Erico, PA ca 1936-?
Hamilton No. 3 Argentine, PA ca 1917-?
Keystone No. 1 Ferris, PA ca 1898-?
Lake Trade Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1998-?
Maple Furnace Mine Argentine, PA ca 1917-?
McKain Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1912-?
Nellie Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1900-?
Nelson Mine ca 1931-?
Nelson No. 1 Mine ca 1904-?
Oceanica Mine ca 1904-?
Pennsylvania No. 1 Hilliards, PA ca 1904-?
Royle Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1900-?
S-106 Mine Deegan, PA ca 1912-?
Spring Valley Mine (former Oceanica) ca 1917-?
Standard Mine Hilliards, PA ca 1904-?
Sunbeam Coal Prep Plant Boyers, PA ca 1940s-1990
Wildwood Mine Boyers, PA ca 1904-?
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