FREE Meet the Author: Gene P. Schaeffer "Montour Railroad"

The Montour Railroad was born in 1877 by the Imperial Coal Company to serve its two coal mines that were about to open: the “Cliff Mine” that was located near Schmidt’s restaurant and the “Partridge” mine in Santiago. About 1900, the Pittsburgh Coal Company bought out the Imperial Coal Company, and then in 1915 expanded the railroad another 35 miles from Imperial to Bethel Park. The Montour RR was built to haul coal, which it did until 1983 when coal mining activity stopped and the railroad was closed down and abandoned.

Author Gene P. Shaeffer will show how the railroad operated, the locations it went, some of the coal mines it served, and general operations during its last decade of operations in the 1970’s.

Copies of the author’s book will also be available for purchase and signing. Presented by WACHS (Western Allegheny Community Historical Society).
Please, register for this event here:
http://westernalleghenylibrary.org/event/author-visit-gene-p-schaeffer-writer-of-the-montour-railroad/