Switchback Railroad

Switchback Railroad Trail, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, USA, , United States,

今日天气：

17.4℃。最低气温：16.4℃，最高气温：18.8℃

简介

Anthracite coal was discovered in Summit Hill in 1791, and the Lehigh Valley Coal and Navigation Company was established to bring it to market. A primitive rail system, invented in 1827, brought the coal from the mines by gravity to the Lehigh River in Mauch Chunk — now Jim Thorpe — Pennsylvania. Coal was loaded onto wooden cars and run downhill, their speed controlled by hand brakes. Mules hauled the empty cars up the mountain on the same rails. The mules traveled back to Mauch Chunk in special stable cars attached to the coal cars and were fed en route — the first railroad dining cars. Interesting features: Historic gravity railroad grade, scenic views. Surface: Abandoned railroad grade, rocky woods road.

徒步路径信息

活动类型:	徒步
附近城市:	Jim Thorpe
区域:	Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Hikes
适宜季节:	Best spring through fall
拓扑图:	Switchback Railroad Topographic Map

路线类型:	环形路线（同一地点出入）
路线长度:	10.5 total miles
驾驶指南:	View Guide
旅行手册:	Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania Guide Book
所需时长:	5 小时
海拔提升:	660 尺
起点海拔:	1,000 尺