Mine and Railroad

Railroad Tidits from old newspapers (the first being from the time of the Marianna Mine disaster):

Attempt to Run Excursion

Early this morning an attempt had been made to run an excursion train to the scene of the horror, but the official of the railroad and mine officials forbade it. It is estimated 5,000 persons visited Marianna to-day. Every livery

 and automobile in Washington was pressed into service and the National Pike from here to Beallsville was lined with the morbid....

Other Train Tidbits from random places:

If a person wanted to go to the town of Washington, he or she would first take the train to Monongahela then change trains to Washington.

Every late Saturday afternoon the train would stop by the swinging bridge and a large number of people would get off to go to the Russian Church on the hill in West Bethlehem Township.

~Record of Transportation Lines Owned and Operated by and Associated in Interest with The Pennsylvania Railroad Company-1927 

Line to Pittsburg-Buffalo Company Plant

Broken Marianna mine coal cart

Marianna Mine Yard.

Photo courtesy of Jim Faure -2019

Johnetta Foundry and Machine Company

Photos courtesy of Marcia Stauffer

Photo courtesy of L. Scherer

Coke Ovens January 2019 

Atop the ovens stood vertical poles, providing support for the DC trolley wire energizing the lorry cars. The coke-burning activity ceased around 1920. Amid the Depression, certain coke ovens found new purpose as makeshift dwellings for hobos. Following the coal filling and the intense firing process that elevated them to fiery temperatures, the ovens underwent sealing for several days to facilitate the formation of coke.

2022

Freight Yards looking East

Mine Rescue Car

Image: Mine Safety and Health Administration

Dr. Joseph Holmes (left), first Director of the Bureau of Mines is seen here in 1907 next to the United States Bureau of Mine Rescue Car at Rachel and Agnes Mines in Marianna. Also in photo are the Secretary of the Interior, Ballinger; Dr. J. J Rutledge and two others.

In 1910, Dr. Holmes was named first Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which formed May 16th, 1910. Before the U.S Bureau of Mines he was involved in mine safety when he worked at the U.S Geological Survey.

Dr. Joseph Holmes

View of the second shaft after the explosion. A temporary fence has been built around the shaft.

Marianna, Pennsylvania" (1910). Edward Nolan Photographs. 640. Source: https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/edward_nolan/640

Are these yellow bricks meant for building the houses? The linked page is dated 1910 and titled "Aftermath of Marianna Disaster," yet the disaster actually occurred in 1908. Could this image show the mine in its earliest days? It appears to be winter (the disaster happened in November), so why else would so many well-dressed men be gathered around?

INTERESTING READS: 

Pennsylvania Railroad Map

Washington County Pennsylvania Railroad Stations (see Marianna, Zollarsville and Van Eman)

The Ellsworth Branch- Abandoned Rails

The American Railroad

The Railroad Review

Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad records, 1853-1965

NOTES-Seeking information in regard to local railroad workers, including videos or pictures of Marianna trains(Pittsburg Buffalo as well as Norfolk and Southern).