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The Danville-Pottsville Railroad opened from Sunbury to Paxinos in 1835 and operated on wood rails by horsepower. Steam locomotives were first used in 1838, and iron rails were introduced in 1853. Its terminal was nearby, where anthracite was loaded onto canal boats for shipment to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Sunbury, Pennsylvania · United States
