Signing for Mountaintop Trail 12/18/2001

The title for 15.5 miles of railbed in Mountaintop was signed over from the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad to the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association.

(32K) Barb and Denise can't wait
(28K) Joe leans in while others check out overhead train

Lehigh Valley Anthracite
"The Coal that Satisfies"

(21K) Legal tender?
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(27K) Paperwork comes out
(30K) Under the shade, in front of the trains

B&O Linen
(16K) Jim signs for the Railroad
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(26K) Witnessed by his office manager, Diane
(26K) There really are reams of papers!

Joe adjusting dates
(27K) And signing for ASTA...
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(29K) John (witnessed by the peacock...)
(35K) Barb notarizing

Train bridge near ceiling
(16K) Yes, Judy, you bought it!
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(36K) Was not done in an instant
(30K) "Under the gun?"

Neatly stacked
(28K) "Now, about that Power of Attorney..."
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(30K) Note map on ceiling
(25K) Andy's checking it out

Denise and Carol listen to Jim
(22K) The story of the stakes
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(33K) Now Andy's moved around...
(23K) Hiding out between Denise and Diane? :o)

Getting down to the price
(35K) And still John scrawls on...
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(33K) From Bernie to Joe to John to Jim to Diane to Denise to Barb and back again...
(24K) "Thank god her name isn't Rimplestiltskin!!!"

The passing of the checks
(34K) Again
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(33K) And endorsed by the Board
(30K) Barb notarizes the drawings

And seals them
(33K) Lots of happy faces
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(31K) Gather round
(33K) This side is done

Final rollup with rubber band
(33K) Handshakes all around
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(35K) Ceiling rail map
(11K) Grace in the sun

With minimum pressure applied...
(31K) Made in the Shade
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(13K) Once more
(15K) Settlement Attendance

Back down the long hallway
(18K) Last minute exchanges
(30K)

(22K) King Coal Express
(35K) Portico

File the paperwork
(35K) Prepare to walk to the Port Clinton Inn
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(27K) Even the sun is shining
(36K) Famous Reading Anthracite

Confluence of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill Rivers
(30K) Join
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(33K) And form
(31K) Eddys

The mighty Schuylkill
(37K) Thanks for visiting
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(25K) Yards in the distance
(23K) Goodbye to the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad and the Appalachian Trail - hello to the Mountaintop Branch of the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association!

Last update: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 6:47:33 PM.
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