TURTLE CREEK INDUSTRIAL RAILROAD DVD TRAFFORD TO EXPORT PA FORMER PRR/PC/CONRAIL

Description

What happens when Conrail wants abandon a branch line that is vital part of your business and you don’t want to relocate? You buy the line! That is exactly what the Norris Family, owners of the Dura Bond Plaint in Export, PA. This diminutive, ten-mile railroad, known as the Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad, meanders through the hills and valleys of Southwestern PA, delivering lumber and steel to five industries along its trackage. This 50-minute DVD contains a brief history of how the railroad came to be. Viewers learn how this small railroad operates, ride with the engineer, spend time doing track work and the other day to day operations. Filmed in 1991