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Spring 1997 | Volume 12 |  Issue 4

The Switch Back Gravity Railroad was scrapped in 1937, but the Switch Back Gravity Railroad Foundation, a nonprofit group in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, is dedicated to bringing it back to life. The group has arranged the construction of a twenty-eight-foot working scale model of the railroad (which is on display at the Mauch Chunk Museum), produced a video using original photos, drawings, and 1920s motion-picture footage of the line, and commissioned feasibility studies on the prospects of resurrecting it. Those interested in becoming involved or obtaining more information may write the Switch Back Gravity Railroad Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 (717-325-8255). For on-line information go to http://www.jtasd.k12.pa.us/switchback/index/html .

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