The Montour Railroad once threaded our area, rumbling through the countryside, peaking in the 1930s and passing out of sight and into history in 1984. The Montour Railroad began in 1877, and was privately owned by the Imperial Coal Company, running from the mines to Coraopolis. It was a short-line railroad, which offered both freight and passenger service to 15 area stations (the passenger service ended in 1927). Most railroads of that time were short lines running just a few