The Ol` Hook & Eye
The Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad, a charming backwoods railroad that
ran in the heart of  Pennsylvania.
The KV was known as "the short line with a long name," and it's no wonder
that local residents cooked up their own nicknames - the "Lofty Vanderbilt,"
the "Hair Line" or the "Ol' Hook & Eye" - reflecting its character
and country mystique. For 47 years (1893-1940) this standard-gauge railroad
hauled farmers and their produce between Belleville and Reedsville, a distance
of only nine miles. For the last 12 of those years, KV passenger service
extended an additional seven miles from Reedsville to the Pennsylvania
main line at Lewistown Junction via trackage rights on the PRR's Milroy
branch. Much of the railroad's enchantment comes from the fact that it
was financed through local stock subscriptions only, and was controlled
its entire life by a Belleville physician, Dr. John P. Getter.
http://kvrr.rrdepot.com
BIO:
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Jerry is 41 years old and has been working on computers for the past 26.
He has experiance on almost all personnal computer platforms including
Commodores, Apples, Amigas, Macs and PCs. His expertise is in multmedia
design, and is unique in that he enjoys doing both the graphics as well
as the programming. Jerry is currently hired as Senior Media Monster for a
small firm in New Jersey. He has done multimedia presentations and electronic
brochure work for a host of companies, including: ATT, Sharp, Mita, Motorola,
Lucent, HP and Pansonic, to name a few. In 1988, Jerry finished a book he was
writing, and self published it under the title, "The Ol' Hook & Eye: A History
of the Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad." Two years ago, he began testing the
waters of HTML and Javascripting, and since his book was sold out, decided to
put some of it up on the internet for the world to see. The results of which
can be seen above.
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Goal:
- To make the the world wide web a gentler, kinder place, no matter of the users sex, color, creed, browser preference or bandwidth.
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