arguing against the railroad via the Reading and Columbia, on the ground that it passes over ranges of mountains and broken and rough country, making sharp curves and grades 90 feet to the mile ...

He wants it to have a robust future as a railroad town too. Friedenfeld works for the Columbia & Reading Railway, which is investing $2 million in its railcar and diesel locomotive repair ...

The story is arranged chronologically and moves from headline story to headline story, making reading easy ... Rollins. "The Columbia Branch Railroad" is scheduled for publication in April.

With help from PennDOT's Rail Freight Assistance Program, he's purchased an abandoned 2.5-mile section of the former Reading and Columbia Railroad. The line, which will interchange with Norfolk ...