Not to pick nits....but...the correct spelling of Port Allegany as in the C&PA is an old version....no "h". That old C&PA cabin was my playhouse when it sat rotting on a siding behind my home in Coudersport. It was built in Galeton by the crew at the former Buffalo & Susquehanna RR shops. The B&S sold out to the B&O....then a portion was again sold to form the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad.The WAG was known as the "Sole Leather Line"...as the major industry served was the Tanning industry. Northern PA was dotted with tanneries because of the vast stand of Hemlock trees. The bark was used to make the acid used in the tanning process. I helped unload the last WAG boxcar load in Coudersport before the C&PA was abandoned.L.H.Lincoln & Son made chemicals for the tanning industry. The plant was behind our home on South West Street. The C&PA was purchased by the Salzburg family who also owned the WAG. Thus...the freight cars in Coudersport were marked WAG.
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