A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[rogruth]

I hope the gazebo gets some that just like to sit an listen to the spring if it is still there.
I also hope it is not all cluttered with trash. That card is beautiful.

[healey36]

Hey Murph, maybe your extraordinary height at the age of twelve was the result of living so close to high-tension wires:



Then again, it didn't seem to have had the same effect on the neighbor kids.

Healey

[chuck]

The remnants of the line are still visible on satellite imagery (the rail to trail line is actually mapped). Gazebbo looks like it's in the original location BUT the surrounding area has been developed. The "park" is smaller. I assume it has gone through several restorations but the original style/flavor has been retained. They even light it up for Christmas

[J. S. Bach]

An interesting detail in the street photo; the streetlight is mounted off-center for clearance of the trains.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The remnants of the line are still visible on satellite imagery (the rail to trail line is actually mapped).

Over by the university area, yes. I've posted photos of the trains and tracks passing the old school, back when it was a "normal" school.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hey Murph, maybe your extraordinary height at the age of twelve was the result of living so close to high-tension wires:

Then again, it didn't seem to have had the same effect on the neighbor kids.
Healey

Never thought about that. They were sort of omnipresent in our 'hood, but we only went near them, playing football on the grassy area around them, but never directly under them, within the fencing surrounding their ankles. Legend had it that huge rats lived under them, taking the occasional feral cat for a snack.

I attributed my height to two factors, when I was a boy: (1) my father was 6'2" ; (2) I ate copious amounts of cereal with a quart of milk (glass bottle) at one sitting, as well as plenty of fruit, especially peaches cut up and dumped into the cereal concoction.

[chuck]

The rail line came into town near the university property and cuts over at Fort street. You can see some evidence of the old road bed as it swings over to line up with what is now Earl Street. Old railroad lines are very persistent. Even when the tracks and the ballast are removed the compaction of the sub grade makes vegetation regrowth difficult.

There is some indication that the line continued south through town until is reached the old PRR line. My Railroad Atlas doesn't have a detailed view of the town but indicates the line went through town near the split of the PRR and old WM lines on the south side. There is a write up of the civil war "Battle of Shippensburg" that indicates that the old CVR line ran along what is now Earl Street.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The rail line came into town near the university property and cuts over at Fort street. You can see some evidence of the old road bed as it swings over to line up with what is now Earl Street. Old railroad lines are very persistent. Even when the tracks and the ballast are removed the compaction of the sub grade makes vegetation regrowth difficult.

Some remnant bits of the CVRR are easier to see that others. Some roadbeds were just left in place after the rail and tie were removed.

There is some indication that the line continued south through town until is reached the old PRR line. My Railroad Atlas doesn't have a detailed view of the town but indicates the line went through town near the split of the PRR and old WM lines on the south side. There is a write up of the civil war "Battle of Shippensburg" that indicates that the old CVR line ran along what is now Earl Street.[/quote]

You might look for a copy of "History of the Cumberland Valley Railroad" by Paul J Westhaeffer. Also of interest might be "Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865" by Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Cooper H. Wingert

[chuck]

Thanks!!!!!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Just an interesting scene....

[rogruth]

Yes it is. Model that.
He's just chewing the cigar. It's not lit.

[HONDO74]

What kind of a business was this. Sign on the side of the box they are sitting on and in front of says.

Dangerous
Keep light and fire away

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The elevated, mounted wooden barrel seems to have a downspout reaching to the ground. Was this contraption for catching rain, I wonder. To what avail, I further wonder.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What kind of a business was this.

No idea.............yet.

The elevated, mounted wooden barrel seems to have a downspout reaching to the ground. Was this contraption for catching rain, I wonder. To what avail, I further wonder.

Actually, there's a catch bucket under the barrel and below that there's an entrance to a metal barrel / container which has someone's hat over it. The downspout runs behind that. There is also another platform for another barrel at the next window over.

[robert.]

I was going to say “ it’s a chicken ramp”. Lets the chickens run into the slaughter house. Where it meets the ground. You can see lots of white stuff. Feathers maybe cotton or wool?