East Broad Top Narrow Gauge Mainline north of Colgate Grove 2024

Speeder visit to the north end of passable track on the main line towards Mount Union. Appears to be the end of narrow gauge and the beginning of standard gauge, but it is not.

[@DavidClifton2]

A different organization owns the trackage from the groves to mount union.

[@blw58824]

They own from the concrete bridge north to mt union. Ebtf everything south of the bridge.

[@lutherwills-dudich2840]

How far north past the end of regular service is this, anyway? Has there been any thought to extending the northern extent to Shirleysburg, so there is a potential destination with some parking for trains to start from or go to to complement the extension south of Orbisonia? IIRC, the organization that just sold the EBT standard gauge 0-6-0 out of the Mount Union engine shed owns the track starting from the Aughwick Bridge north.

[@beavercar]

Only about a trains length North of the switch for the wye at Colgate Grove. East Broad Top is busy rebuilding the track south so I believe there are no plans to extend the track north bound.

[@quasimoto7662]

Yeah it’s only a bit for the Wye at Colgate Grove. There was a grant a few years ago that said it would be to return service to Shirleysburg… but that’s clearly not a focus currently because of the big push to Saltillo. Shirleysburg isn’t a destination town either, and any extension there would require a backup move to the wye at Colgate Grove. So for now, until there a plan in the LONG LONG LONG term future to head to Mt. Union, don’t expect much on the north part of the line.