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.
This is the first station in Bowmansdale. The Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad became part of the Philadelphia & Reading System in 1881. The image is likely from the late 1870s and the sign can be seen to read Bowmansdale under magnification.