[PRCo] Re: Steam Into History

[Herb Brannon]

Has dedicated funding been secured?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:42, Dennis F Cramer <trombone at windstream.net>wrote:

> Steam into History Inc. plans to build and operate a steam train to
> chronicle the role York County, Pa., played in Civil War history and to
> promote the area as a tourist destination.
> Steam into History Inc. lauded York County Commissioners for setting the
> stage for construction of a Civil War-era locomotive that will operate
> between New Freedom and Hanover Junction.
>
> The commissioners approved a lease with the nonprofit Steam into History to
> use the county-owned rail lines, which have been in limited use since
> Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The rail lines are remnants of the fabled Northern
> Central Railway.
>
> President Abraham Lincoln rode into York County on the Northern Central
> lines on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address in 1863. Steam into
> History hopes to have its train operating by 2013, coinciding with the 150th
> anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech.
>
> Passengers would board train in New Freedom for a nine-mile excursion
> north, through the southern York County countryside to the Civil War-era
> station at Hanover Junction, where, after a brief stop, the train would turn
> around and return to New Freedom.
>
>
> http://www.steamintohistory.com/
>
> The builders
> http://www.leviathan63.com/projects.html
>
>


-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park