Financed and operated by the State of Pennsylvania, The inclines
were replaced with rail lines in 1856, creating the New Portage
Railroad and the Muleshoe Curve. Then one year later the
New Portage Railroad was sold to the privately held
Pennsylvania Railroad who immediately abandoned the Muleshoe
section in favor of their shorter Horseshoe approach to the
Gallitzin Tunnels.
In 1964 the site was preserved by the National Park service.
Named ALPO (Allegheny Portage Railroad
National Historic Site), much of the land is now a National
Historic Site.
This cache is located on the section still owned by the State of
Pennsylvania in Game lands 198. Ample parking is available in the
SGL parking lot. The trail is accessible by walking past the gate
near the bridge and up to the abandoned rail line or if you want to
walk over the Muleshoe bridge; walk under the bridge, carefully
cross the road and walk up the trail to the bridge. Then follow the
old rail bed to the cache which is located about 200 feet from the
path.
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Cache is located on state game lands. 250
square inches of
360 degree orange is required from October through
January. | |