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Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
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Author:  superheater [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:59 am ]
Post subject:  Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
Just over 55 years ago.

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Author:  PaulWWoodring [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
Not to seem clueless, but where is Eckley and what engine was this? I consider myself to be a major steam fan over more than the last 50 years and I have no idea.
Author:  Jeremy Betz [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
Eckley's Miners' Village is located near Hazleton, PA.

http://eckleyminersvillage.com/


Previously discussed history on the Q&E
http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7057&start=0
Author:  wesp [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
What is the locomotive in the photo?

~Wesley
Author:  NJDixon [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
wesp wrote:
What is the locomotive in the photo?

~Wesley


Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4, now owned by Durbin & Greenbrier Valley
Author:  EDM [ Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
That engine was owned by Quakertown and Eastern at the time, which ran excursions with it.
Author:  superheater [ Sat Oct 26, 2024 12:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
You know of all the questions that could be asked about this story; I thought the one that might be asked was "please tell me that a 1000 people didn't take a train ride which sould be family friendly to a stripping"

Eckley is an interesting place. It was used as the backdrop for much of the movie The Mollie McGuires; Jim Thorpe was also used-ironically the "Mollies" were incarcerated in the old jail there and the railroad equipment I believe was from the Narrow Gauge "Carroll Park and Western" near Bloomsburg.

There's a faux "breaker" in Eckley, it was never a working asset-just a movie prop; but as it fell into disrepair-there were pleas to the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission to stabilize and rehabilitate it-to which the PHMC rightly rejected as not being an authentic historic object.
Author:  psa188 [ Sun Oct 27, 2024 12:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
PaulWWoodring wrote:
Not to seem clueless, but where is Eckley and what engine was this? I consider myself to be a major steam fan over more than the last 50 years and I have no idea.


Don't feel bad. I thought this was about SP at Eckley Pier, California, USA:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/749857/
Author:  softwerkslex [ Sun Oct 27, 2024 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Eckley Excursion 10 20 1969
superheater wrote:
You know of all the questions that could be asked about this story; I thought the one that might be asked was "please tell me that a 1000 people didn't take a train ride which sould be family friendly to a stripping"

Eckley is an interesting place. It was used as the backdrop for much of the movie The Mollie McGuires; Jim Thorpe was also used-ironically the "Mollies" were incarcerated in the old jail there and the railroad equipment I believe was from the Narrow Gauge "Carroll Park and Western" near Bloomsburg.

There's a faux "breaker" in Eckley, it was never a working asset-just a movie prop; but as it fell into disrepair-there were pleas to the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission to stabilize and rehabilitate it-to which the PHMC rightly rejected as not being an authentic historic object.


Movie props are rarely built to last. I am sure this was a factor also, maintenance of the structure.
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