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Thanks Noel! That's the first post in this thread in over 10 years! I can't recall if Youtube was active when this thread first started, however since there was mention of the song "Pan American" in a couple of previous posts, here's the Seldom Scene's version: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

This now dated thread should be a good starting point: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4303

I'm sorry I've missed this topic until now. My maternal grandparents lived in Jamestown for many years. My grandfather served with the Jamestown Police Department and related to me that when he first joined the police force one of his duties, while walking a beat, was to meet the trains arriving fro...

Clif-Thanks for the reply, I'm familiar with the "Wayback Machine". However, I should have been more explicit in my query. The site "WNYRAILS" disappeared from the 'Net for a while, then was revived in early 2011 and disappeared a second time in the last couple of months. I had b...

Giving this long dormant topic a "bump", I was recently rereading "The Electric Interurban Railways In America" by Hilton and Due and found the following brief entry on a New York State line named the "Keeseville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad": "In 189...

I was looking for some information that had been posted at the WNYRAILS website (Specifically the last run of the passenger train that served the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh) and cannot find the site. It seemed like it was only revived a couple of years ago and I visited it within the...

A little further research-actually a refreshing of my memory-reveals that the 80 ton GE centercab locomotive is now at the Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation in Youngstown, Ohio. More information in this thread from 2010: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=130&t=74736 Follow this l...

While I'm afraid I can't help you with the status of the centercab, I can state that the two Plymouths went to the National Forge (Now known as Ellwood National Forge) in Irvine, west of Warren, but still in Warren County. One of the units went to Erie and was scrapped, the other was donated to the ...

I went to the website and could find nothing regarding the topic of ceasing publication or looking for a buyer. Could you elaborate as to where you saw this? http://carstens-publications.com/ EDIT: The announcement is not on the Carstens webpage but on the Facebook page. Here's the announcement: &qu...

Chris, I just asked a college friend who grew up in Antrim about any resources she might be aware of. If you'll follow the supplied link, and scroll tot he bottom, there's a photo of a train of 4 wheel coal jimmies pulled by a 4-4-0. http://www.joycetice.com/articles/antrimph.htm Also, this Youtube ...

This is the Marx model #588 switcher. It came in both AC and DC versions and was produced near the end of the Marx production run in the mid/late 1960s and early 1970s. Check this link for some different versions, I have the Lehigh Valley unit in my collection. http://www.toyandtrainguides.com/marxt...

David-I received my first scanner, a Realistic (Radio Shack) PRO-31, a 10 channel programmable scanner, approximately 30 years ago so I could monitor my local branchline, then under Conrail ownership. Now I own more scanners than I care to admit in addition to holding both commercial and amateur rad...

I don't know how this query ended up in the "Railroads in Books, Magazines, Music, TV and Movies and other Media" forum. It is being moved to the Pennsylvania Railfan Forum where it is more likely to be seen by someone who could provide a knowledgeable reply.

I'm unsure if this will help...

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Gentlemen, Thanks for the replies. I am originally from the area of northwest PA in question, am quite familiar with the railroad history and have the complete set of Pennsylvania logging railroad books (Including the addendum and index) in my library. In fact, that is the first thing I counsulted w...