Elizabethtown, PA: The Stone Gables Estate, Iron Stone Ranch & Star Barn Village sit on approx. 280 acres here in E-Town. One side of the property borders former PENN RR mainline running from Harrisburg to Phily. The original railroad here was the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy & Lancaster, (Portsmouth now Middletown). This line was built in the late 1830s, by the 1850s it became a part of the PENN RR, the track through E-Town were removed in 1903 and the ROW had been used as a trail. Little over half a mile of this ROW runs through the present property, and has been used as a horse/wagon/carriage trail. TRAILS to RAILS began this March, installing 3100ft of track back on the original ROW, phase two will include constructing another 2.5 miles of track to include a wooden arm strong turntable, working wooden water tower, 350ft open deck wooden trestle and a 90ft covered bridge that the train will pass through and harp switch stands. Dave Kloke sold his No.63, the Leviathan and his replica of the rail car United States, used as Lincoln's funeral coach. Kloke is building a combine and two coaches for us. The first coach being delivered April 12th. Photo seen here is an 1938 ariel view, clearly seen is the ROW making a big S curve through the property. PENN RR mainline at bottom, right corner is the present Amtrak station, Harrisburg to the left, Lancaster to the right. Hwy 230 seen middle top, in-between is the former H,P,Mt.J & L running thru the Iron Stone Ranch.
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