Old rail stations, some restored, dot York County
In several York County towns, rail buffs can explore their passion in various ways.
In Stewartstown, for example, the former Stewartstown Railroad station stands today and an exhibit of its office is on display at the nearby Stewartstown Historical Society Museum.
In Red Lion, the borough's historical society includes the restored Ma & Pa railroad station as one of its museums. And inside that station, a model of that very building can be seen as part of an elaborate model railroad display.
So in both cases, visitors - rail fans - can have it both ways.
In New Freedom, the old station serves as a museum, visitors can watch a Steam into History excursion train pulled by a replica steam engine roll by on excursion runs along the old Northern Central Railway tracks.
And an excursion train pulls visitors along the old Ma & Pa right of way in a restored railroad village, Muddy Creek Forks.
If you want to round out the major rail lines in York County, visit the old Western Maryland Railway station along Roosevelt Avenue. But you might have to go to church - it now serves as that - to see inside. Or you can buy - yes, it's for sale - the West Maryland freight station along George Street in York.
So there are a opportunities in York County to feed your railroading passion.
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Other neat, unrelated stuff from all over ... .
Bill Rhinesmith from ForSight Vision passed on a discovery. The inventor of Reese Peanut Butter Cup was from York County.
"So we take out blind children trout fishing tomorrow at Muddy Creek and one of my staff found this – possibly you know all about it but it was news to me," he wrote.
That was something I did know, and have written about it before: 6 discoveries about York, Pa.
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Scott Becker has a question about an old photo, above:
"Attached is a composite of a photograph found in a storage building at the York New Salem Fire Hall. Three things I know from the photo - the York New Salem band is on the left, one of the members of the band was my uncle, Martin Becker, and I have the date of the photo.
"I've also put this out to the folks on the Preserving York Facebook page and they've come back with some info - the event was probably part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations for the Articles of Confederation, since the date on the photo is October 15, 1927. And from the emblems on the shirts the gentlemen on the right side of the photo probably worked for York Foundry & Machine Co.
"I'm hoping you might be able to add information - such as where the parade started (was it at the York Foundry site in York?), and maybe some information about York Foundry & Machine.
"If nothing else I hope you'll find the photo interesting."
Yes, indeed.
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