Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with township and municipal boundaries (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The sound of the whistle echoed through Boyertown Saturday as the diesel engine left a rail yard near Third and Chestnut streets pulling two hoppers loaded with scrapped steel.
The 8.2-mile downhill trip to Pottstown had begun.
Engineer Fitzhugh “Beanie” Clark said Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad is running one or two trips a week on the historic short line known as the Colebrookdale Spur. It first became operational in 1869.
The Berks County commissioners bought the line for $1.35 million in March 2009 to save it from abandonment by a former owner, and contracted with Eastern Berks to operate it.
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