Steamtown National Historic Site

Yeah, I did mention that in the last episode when I was by myself.

But, yeah, my wife Renee and I made it down to Steamtown to see the big boy from the UP that made it out.

I did not see it moving, unfortunately.

Couldn't time it right, but it was there being serviced.

That's one of the reasons they picked Steamtown.

Yeah.

uh do a not an overhaul but you know an annual or whatever kind of maintenance they needed to do on it and they had a park right next to the cosmetically restored one that steam town owns so that's really cool that's pretty cool of them uh right next to each other um

Yeah.

He retired from the Scranton Times in December 1994 and became founding editor of Good Times for Seniors, a bimonthly tabloid.

While managing editor of the Times, he played an important role in relocating Steamtown USA from Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Scranton, and the cr- subsequent creation of the Steamtown National Historic Site.

He loved trains.

He served on the Steamtown Foundation and, at the invitation of late Congressman Joe McDade, testified twice before House committees in support of the creation of the national park.

He served several terms as chairman of Middle Atlantic Council of the National Park Service, and I- edited a guidebook for that organization.

Past president of the Pennsylvania Associated Press.

I know I was at a couple large events in addition to just doing some private rail fanning like we did.

But the event at Altoona and the event that was at, especially the one at Steamtown up in Scranton, There were a lot of people who, you know, really were new to the railfanning hobby who were there at both places.

And at Altoona, it was a lot of the workers from Norfolk Southern.

It was for employees and their families, but a lot of the family members who were there you know, did not, didn't have a lot of connection to the railroad.

But I heard Altoona was like, I think it was the most people we've had at any of the stops.

I can believe that.

Yeah, I was in I was at Steamtown as well on one of the days.

So, yeah, they were I was there on the first day.