Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad
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| Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. Gravity Railroad | |
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| Locale | Pennsylvania |
| Dates of operation | 1829–1899 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 3½ in |
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad (D&H Gravity Railroad) was a gravity railroad which carried coal from Carbondale over the Moosic Mountains to the D&H Canal in Honesdale. This railroad used separate loaded and light tracks. The trains were unpowered. They ran by gravity to the bottom of a grade, where they were attached to a cable and hauled up a short, steep plane by a stationary steam engine. The loaded tracks had planes pointing in the direction of Honesdale; the light tracks had planes pointing in the direction of Carbondale.
Many traces of the tracks remain in the Moosic Mountains. They can still be located on current aerial photographs.
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