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This Vintage 1950s Train Is Back for the First Time in a Decade — and You Can Ride It in the Northeast

A historic train experience is making a comeback in Pennsylvania. In April, the East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) located in Orbisonia, within the rolling hills and farmlands of central Pennsylvania, will ...
The Times Leader

Lookback: 1950 Armistice Day Parade dedicated to 109th soldiers killed in train crash

One of the largest Armistice Day parades in the Wyoming Valley since the end of World War I was held Nov. 11, 1950. Ten divisions took part in the 1950 parade, the 31st year the parade was held since ...
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1950’s era amusement park train ride gets track upgrade

Urban Outfitters to close its doors at Eddy Street Commons The Urban Outfitters at Eddy Steet Commons is saying farewell.The store posting on its front door.. that it will be closing later this ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Local History: Crash in 1950 destroyed Mehoopany train station

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The eastbound freight train churned through Wyoming County before dawn on Feb. 26, 1950, the ...
Washington Times

Lives lost in deadly 109th train wreck recalled

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - The 1st Battalion of the 109th Field Artillery will remember the victims of a 1950 train wreck in a ceremony held Thursday, Sept. 11 - 64 years to the day of the accident that ...
The Times Leader

Ceremony honors victims, survivors of 1950 troop train crash

Representatives from the American Legion present a wreath honoring the victims of the 1950 train crash at a special ceremony held Sunday at the Kingston Armory. Wreaths and crosses positioned in front ...
The Post-Crescent

I built 1950s Appleton as model railroad in my basement

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...
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All aboard: 1950s passenger train embarks on journey from Wichita

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A 1950s passenger train will travel from Wichita to Yoder on Saturday. The Heart of the Heartlands Train Club is hosting the special ride. “You will be rockin’ and rollin’ down ...
Morning Call PA

Treasured 1950 Lionel train sparks memories of my grandfather at Christmas

For some people, the aroma of Christmas is freshly baked cookies or a newly cut pine. For me, it’s the oily burn of my 71-year-old Lionel sparking across equally ancient tracks. The train is one of ...
Citizen's Voice

Photo gallery: Armory remembers fallen soldiers 75 years later

The 28th DIVARTY, formerly the 109th Field Artillery, held a ceremony Saturday to remember the 33 soldiers killed and nearly 300 soldiers wounded in a train crash on Sept. 11, 1950. The members of the ...
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A man converted an abandoned railway station into a home that comes with a working 1950s train and tracks. Now he's selling it for $592,000 — take a look.

A former train station that was transformed into a 6-bedroom house is for sale. Saughtree Station in the south of Scotland is on the market for $592,000. The owner, Geoff Mann, had train tracks ...
Citizen's Voice

Lives lost in deadly 109th train wreck recalled

The 1st Battalion of the 109th Field Artillery will remember the victims of a 1950 train wreck in a ceremony held Thursday, Sept. 11 – 64 years to the day of the accident that claimed 33 soldiers ...