Coaling Tower: (
Satellite, since the Armstrong Trail goes right under it, there are quite a few photos.)
Turntable: (
Satellite)
Tower: (
Satellite)
The Pennsy RoW that followed the Allegheny River is now the Armstrong Trail. Between the coaling tower and the turntable is the east portal of the
Brady Tunnel.
Scoty Carion
posted two photos with the comment:
Redbank Coaling Tower, near East Brady, Pa, USA. This tower would provide coal from local mines for steam engines on this Pennsylvania Railroad main line from Pittsburgh, PA to points north, including Buffalo, NY.
Google Maps location:
Coaling Tower
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Tim Shanahan
shared a Tracee Renee Barton post of seven photos.
Tracee Renee Barton
posted the same photos in a different order and provided a
video link.
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Joe Stobert
posted six photos with the comment:
Red Bank Coaling Tower on Armstrong Trail just above Red Bank Creek, between East Brady and Templeton PA and Phillipston Turntable on Armstrong Trail at Phillipston PA near East Brady. Some added shots from my drone!
Clyde McGeary Fairbanks-Mooris coaling tower.
Pete Stephen Now the Armstrong Rail-Trail. A great trail. They have cleaned up the turntable. And the
Brady Tunnel is now being restored.
Jeff Miller
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Two of the five photos
posted by Rich Tallis in Jan 2022:
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Redbank Coaling Tower…awaiting grant funding to be rehabilitated. |
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Ralph Davis posted
This is a former coaling tower on the Pennsylvania railroad near Rimer Pa along the Allegheny River. It must have been quite a sight back in the early 1900’s. Not sure what the motive power was on this line, maybe the K4 ?
Dan Young: I believe it was built by Fairbanks Morris in 1929. Justin Calvin: Pretty much everything made its way up this line. My buddy has a log book of all the motive power that was used on that line. It included a q2 at one point. But mainly L1s, k4s, G5s, I1s, and the occasional m1. I know m1bs made there way up that line in the 50s to haul Nixons train to oil city. |
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Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted four photos with the comment: "
The 1877 turntable in Phillipston PA. One of the few turntables I've found that can actually be walked on as it is now in a public park, where it would make a good very large merry-go-round." Dave Kuntz Drone Photos shared with the comment: "One of the best trailside attractions I have ever seen!"  |
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Darren Reynolds posted
PRRs "Brady" tower this the most Unusual and Obscure places on the PRR.. 1960 This is the only picture I could find of "Brady" tower Photo by: Maynard Krug David Mulhollen: Enginehouse [by the turntable] was at Phillipston on the Low Grade George Andy Harmon: Junction of Allegheny Branch and East Brady Branch to Phillpston Yard in Clarion County B ruce Bird: It’s right outside of the Brady tunnel , the foundation is still visible. [Note in a satellite image because of too many trees.] |
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Michael Matland commented on Darren's post
Great find, first time saw this. There was a yard and engine terminal near there. Near Red Bank.
[The arrow is wrong. The tower was further to the left near the tunnel.] |
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Mike Tharan commented on Darren's post
operators would either ride on a yard shifter engine or drive part way down from PH yard then walk. Brady was a very important location in its time ~ an Interlocking, Interlocking Station, Block Station and Train Order Office, and Block Limit Station. Allegheny Branch, Northern Division (at one time). Red Bank and Brady were MP "0". 64.6 miles north from Pittsburgh (0.0 mp). From Red Bank (where the Low Grade Secondary starts eastward at the mouth of Redbank Creek) was MP 63.5 and Brady Tower was MP 64.6 north of Red Bank. The Division Post for the Pittsburgh Division was MP 63.4, again all these are on the west side of the Allegheny River and in close proximity to each other. Brady Siding starting at MP 61.0 heading north as well. Travel was designated for both directions N and S with permission on Brady Siding. The Allegheny Branch (at that time) also started at same location and ran north to Oil at MP 129.5 from Pittsburgh. Bridge was another few miles to MP 132.3 now on the East side of the Allegheny River after Brady Tunnel. When I conducted 50 years ago+ the Allegheny Branch was the Oil City Secondary to us. Answer any questions? This is the short version for those not from the region. 🙂 Hope this has helped some. |
I included the road so that the curves in the road allows me to determine the distance of the tower east of the tunnel.
great shot, think of all that happened here
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