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Posted 25 April 2017 - 09:53 AM

Info from Harrisburg Chapter NRHS May newsletter:

 

 

 The Lackawanna &Wyoming Valley Chapter NRHS

is sponsoring a ride along the historic former Erie Railroad

Honesdale Branch from Honesdale to Lackawaxen, PA on The

Erie Limited  on June 10. Power for the 50-mile round trip

through beautiful scenery through the Lackawaxen River  Gorge will be the Stourbridge Line’s EMD BL-2 #54. Photo

run-bys are planned. All proceeds from this excursion will

benefit the restoration of Boston & Maine steam engine 3713.

The train will include coach ($35), caboose ($99), lounge

($89) and president’s car ($250). The president’s car is ex-

B&O #97 and was used in the service of Presidents Calvin

Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The

Chapter also is auctioning off two tickets to ride in the cab of

the locomotive! The schedule is leave Honesdale at 10 am and

return at 4 pm. There will be one hour for lunch at the

Lackawaxen pavilion. Bring your own lunch or try a delicious

$10 box lunch, ordered ahead of time with your tickets. There

are no locations to purchase food at Lackawaxen. Get all the

details and order your tickets at their new web store:

http://www.project37...imited_june_10/. The

Stourbridge Line seems to be having a resurgence after several

years of inactivity. 

 

The Reading & Northern will start its RDC trips from

its new station near Reading to Jim Thorpe on 5/29 and

continue on selected Saturdays and Sundays over the summer.

For each trip, a pair of snack bar and restroom-equipped

RDC’s will depart at 9 am, stop at Port Clinton at 9:30 am and

arrive at Jim Thorpe at 11:10 am. The return departs at 2:40

pm, stops at Port Clinton and arrives Reading at 6 pm. The

fare is $29 from Reading; $27 from Port Clinton. Tickets

must be purchased ahead of time at 610-562-2102 or by mail

or visit at the RBM&N Railroad, Schuylkill Haven Station, 12

West Main Street, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972-1909.

 

 Railways to Yesterday in Rockhill Furnace is starting

a fundraising campaign to pay for a much-needed addition to

one of its storage barns. This is needed to get more of its

growing collection of transit cars under roof. A 56-foot addition

to its Carbarn Two will add 224 feet of track storage space.

The cost will be $40,000, the quote good for only 60 days.

Send contributions to Railways to Yesterday, P.O. Box 1601,

Allentown, PA 18105 and mark it for “Carbarn Two

Addition.”. . .

 

 






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