Popular resorts, and how to reach them . engines on the summits of the moun- uksobts, and now to keach them. 1«7 tains; from these a broad iron band extends down, and attaches to thecar; by this you are drawn to the mountain top, from which the roadagain descends on the opposite slope, not direct, but following at anangle along the side, falling at easy grade, governed safely by the descent on the opposite side is frequently by a circuitous routeof many miles. When fully made, and another mountain reached, thecars are drawn up this as before, and again descend. And so by nin
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . engines on the summits of the moun- uksobts, and now to keach them. 1«7 tains; from these a broad iron band extends down, and attaches to thecar; by this you are drawn to the mountain top, from which the roadagain descends on the opposite slope, not direct, but following at anangle along the side, falling at easy grade, governed safely by the descent on the opposite side is frequently by a circuitous routeof many miles. When fully made, and another mountain reached, thecars are drawn up this as before, and again descend. And so by nine-teen planes the route is passed for thirty-five nnJes and back. To theuninitiated the first thouglit will be danger. The best answer is, thatin many years of constant use for passenger travel (for since its con-struction it has been used as such by the local inhabitants), not anaccident has occurred. The same machinery that lifts the light carswith living freight constantly draws six loaded coal cars of more thanten times the Engravetl rnr fiachelders Ioimlm- Resort^, ami lluw In liriirh LAKE, SWITCHBACK most attractive section of this route is between Plane No. 0 atDunmore, at which station tourists usually embark, and No. 19 near that 168 IOPULAB RESORTS, AND HOW TO JiEACH THEM. charming little sheet of water, Jones Lake. Plane No. 19 is onlyfourteen miles distant, and is on the return route from Ilawley; but it isreached by a connecting track, allowing tourists, when they desire, tocross to Jones Lake, and have several hours at this delightful spot whilethe balance of the train has completed the entire trip to Ilawley andback. Moosic Mountain, or Moosic HU/hlands, as the section crossed bythe Switchback Railroad is commonly termed, is a spur of the BlueRidge. The line of the road passes beyond over an undulating countryto the Delaware River at Ihnc/c//, intersecting with cars and canal forthe Hudson cid Port Jervis. The outwar
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