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Post by italia899 » Fri. Oct. 05, 2007 10:20 pm

Everyone,

On a recent motorcycle trip this past weekend, I traveled down to Centralia from Scranton. What an interesting site! I can see why a lot of the information I obtained from the internet was from an "offroading" website: it was a very desolate and eerie place. It was interesting to see all the smoke from the ground and that cemetery on the hill with the man-made rock enclosure was quite a sight.

I also hit the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton before Centralia. That was one of the best and most entertaining tours I've ever been on. I'm glad all us tourists did not have to stay in that trolley car the whole time, as we were really packed in there. Also, it was amazing to witness all the other tourists’ lack of knowledge of anthracite and its uses. In fact, the tour guide, a former miner, was surprised when I told him I heat my home with Anthracite.

Route 6 into NEPA is beautiful and I will definitely take that route in the future!

 
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Post by coal berner » Fri. Oct. 05, 2007 11:57 pm

Hi italia899 you know that you could have went over the hill from Centalia to Ashland for the Pioneer tunnel coal mine tour And steam train ride a stone throw away Maybe next time The no.9 coal mine tour and mine museum is another nice one it is in lansford PA Glade you enjoyed yourself You know there are several members getting together on the 20th for a coal mine tour maybe you could come down then we are meeting in Pottsville PA At the Quality inn about 20 min south of Centalia Route 61 I plan to take All up to the No.9 mine for a tour well hope you can make it take care :)

 
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Post by Matthaus » Sat. Oct. 06, 2007 12:58 am

Hope you can make it to the outing italia :) Also next time you are planning a trip to NEPA drop me a pm or an email, I might be able to meet you some where and go exploring with you. There are lots of fun roads, points of interest, especially Anthracite related places to go as coal berner said.

Take care and keep the rubber on the road. :lol:


 
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Post by Rex » Sat. Oct. 06, 2007 5:34 am

Any web site linkage showing some info regarding these "tourist" sites to see?

Thanks

 
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Post by Matthaus » Sat. Oct. 06, 2007 6:26 am

here are a few that I know of:

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http://www.visitnepa.org/

http://www.undergroundminers.com/tours.html
http://huberbreaker.org/index.html
http://www.shulersnet.com/coalcracker/mahon.htm
http://www.lhva.org/

You can also review the Anthracite Coal Region section on the forum for some interesting locations and tidbits.

Have fun! :)
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Post by italia899 » Tue. Oct. 09, 2007 10:32 pm

Matthaus and Coal Berner,

I cannot make it over the weekend of 10/20 but maybe next year now that I know you guys get together each year. Have a great and safe weekend!


 
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Post by Matthaus » Tue. Oct. 09, 2007 10:42 pm

Sorry you can't make it, we will hoist a couple in your honor! :lol: Drop me a PM if you decide to come this way before the next get together.

Looks like there will only be a few of us, but rest assured we will have fun and be safe, thanks.

 
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Post by coal berner » Tue. Oct. 09, 2007 11:42 pm

Rex wrote:Any web site linkage showing some info regarding these "tourist" sites to see?

Thanks
Hi Rex here are a few more http://www.pioneertunnel.com http://no9mine.tripod.com/ Also if you go to http://www.schuylkillcounty.com you will see a lot more enjoy

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