ARHS Digital Archive - About

As time passes, railroading changes. History is made over time and quality images preserve history. The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society Digital Archive was created to work towards that end. We are here to ensure the preservation and accessibility of railroad images and documents relating to the anthracite railroads of eastern Pennsylvania. While there are many web sites and groups where viewers can see images and documents from these railroads, this archive is dedicated to organizing and cataloging such items, allowing them to be more accessible for viewers.

To date, the archive features images from 86 photographers.

C. T. AndrewsArthur AngstadtRobert ArcherDave Augsburger
Mike BednarTom BieryS. K. BoltonJohn Born
S. BotskoJohn BowmanJim BradleyCharles Brown
Bill ClynesRobert CollinsDavid ConnorGeorge C. Corey
Warren B. CraterBill DechauJohn EmeryJohn Endler
Dave EngmanWilliam FarberCarl FrederickJohn J. Gabriel
Richard GangerKermit Geary, Sr.J. H. GeisselGeorge Gerhart
Bob GranatelliLawrence GreenJack HahnLloyd Hall
George HartHerb Harwood, Jr.W. R. HicksJames Higgins
Charles HouserHugh HumphreyAl JaegerJeanette Jahn
Richard W. JahnMark KasnelTheodore KeerEd Kelsey
Fred Kern, Jr.Ted KoehlerJohn KrauseJ. Lavelle
Lud LazelereFred LeerGeorge LeilichR. G. Lewis
Robert LindenR. L. LongBobb LosseRobert Malinowski
Edward MillerMike MiterkoDavid Monte VerdeTom Nemeth
W. R. OsborneArthur OwenTony PerlesJohn Perry, Jr.
Jeremy PlantC. ReitzieRichard E. SamselJohn P. Scharle
Walter SchoppCharles SchradeNeil ShankweilerRichard Short
James SpeerJohn StellwagonTom TaborRich Taylor
Dick TownleyKen Von StubbenRobert WannerE. H. Weber
Fred WilczewskiBob WiltAl WithiamDale Woodland
Robert J. YanoseyJ. J. Young, Jr.

The archive also features all of the anthracite railroads in addition to numerous foreign railroads that found their way into the anthracite region as well as parent companies and railroads that were formed as a result of acquisitions or mergers.

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