Stripping Redwoods If you've driven around West Sonoma County you may have noticed redwoods that have all of their branches shaved off of one side, all the way to the top. This has been done to protect a utility under one side of the redwood trees. Again, the law of unintended consequences is at play.
It continued to draw steady revenues from coal and passenger service. Most of the Reading's 20th century activity in the Garden State was in South Jersey. The Reading had controlled the Atlantic City railroad and the Pennsylvania was in competition in the Philadelphia to Atlantic City run.
The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (reporting mark BPRR) is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee and Wyoming Industries. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the Allegheny Valley Railroad. The system runs largely on former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) lines. The entire BPRR system is 411 miles (661 km).