In 1996, Gene D. Gordon and Benson W. Rohrbeck wrote Little Railways of the Lykens Valley: Lykens and Williams Valley Street Railway Company and Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Company. This spiral-bound book of 70 pages was part of the Pennsylvania Traction Series published by Ben Rohrbeck Traction Publications, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Lykens and Williams Valley Street Railway Company
- Schuylkill and Dauphin Traction Company and Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Company
- Lykens Valley Railway Company
- Roster of Rolling Stock
- Statistics
The book also contains 33 photographs and several maps.
The cover photo is of the Wiconisco Trestle, which the authors note “was a rather spindly affair.” On the trestle is “No. 34 enroute to Lykens, circa 1902.”
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This book is out of print and is difficult to find in the used book market.
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