Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg Railroad
The Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg Railroad was built with the backing of the Cumberland Valley Railroad primarily to haul iron ore from the vast reserves around Dillsburg to furnaces in the Harrisburg region.
The Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg Railroad was built with the backing of the Cumberland Valley Railroad primarily to haul iron ore from the vast reserves around Dillsburg to furnaces in the Harrisburg region.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) significantly expanded its infrastructure in the early 1900s to handle growing volumes of both freight and passenger traffic.
Interview of Jim Leonard for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Leonard discusses growing up in Enola, PA and his family's connection to the Enola Rail Yard. He further goes into details on his own work at the Rail Yard over the course of thirty years.