The Gettysburg and Harrisburg railroad had multiple railroad lines through the town of Gettysburg when it first developed. I’ve already talked about the north to south railway line from the two towns. The other was the “spur” that connected the town towards the battlefield. Now, let’s talk about the railway line that went from the spur to the Round Tops. The map below shows two highlighted areas. The red lines are the Gettysburg Electric Trolley tracks. The green line shows the approximate location of the railroad tracks through the battlefield and ending behind Little Round Top.
The green line continued behind the McMillian House and move across the grounds of Pickett’s Charge. The photo below shows boxcars on at least two different lines.
This railway line would continue across Emmitsburg Road towards the monument to Colonel George Ward near the Codori Farmhouse. The railway line would cut through in front of the Pennsylvania monument in the field and cross prior to the New Jersey brigade monument and head through the trees towards the rear of Little Round Top. Here, visitors would get to enjoy Round Top Park.
Round Top Park would include the following through the years it was on the premise from 1884 to 1896. The park included a covered pavilion, a dance hall, and a cook house. Outside the buildings, there was an area for target shooting, a merry-go-around, and benches.
The locomotives that would bring passengers and visitors out to the Round Top Park would be a Baldwin steam engine. Here is an example of one of the 1890 Baldwin locomotives. It looks fairly similar to the train engine that President Lincoln had during this funeral train. The locomotives that are at Disney World are Baldwin locomotives.