Elizabethtown PA PRR freight station, save or demolish

060 Hogger · **Posted:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:26 pm

The local Historical assocation would like to preserve and use it as a RR history museum.
A local three rail O gauge train club is also interested.http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/322259

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6485

The structure looks in decent shape. And apparently (according to the story) only needs minor repairs to make it ship-shape. What I didn't get was who currently owns the building.

Les

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

The St Joe Valley MRR club is in a building looking similar to that, its on the old NYC main in Mishawaka. it was built in 1882. You are not tearing that down.

It is owned by Mittel who rents out spots of it to renters to store things as well as one end used for the club.

Its a wood structure but built with very solid and large lumber, like any railroad freight stucture would need to be built, solid, errant derailing cars would have a tough time taking it out.

The NYC (NS now) flies right by it, perfect spot for a MR club.

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But Bierly said, "I have a difficult time seeing what is so sacred about that location. … And I find it very difficult to turn down federal funding and parking.
"It's a very difficult decision that we face."

Federal funding for what?

is it the Amtrak station?

tomgears · **Posted:** Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:03 am

They're talking about the freight station which is close to the passenger station. Tearing it down will make room for a bigger parking lot. Think of how great the world would be if we just torn down everything old and historic and made millions and millions of extra parking spaces.

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

put a restaurant on one end (station side) let the hobby group the other end.

A passenger station is a great attraction location for things of interest.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:57 am

Here's the building in question in a recent photo by Mike Thomas, courtesy of the Railroad Stations of Pennsylvania database at http://www.west2k.com/pastations/pastations.htm, maintained by Dan West (to whom I am repeatedly grateful):

This is barely big enough for a model railroad club or coffee shop. Forget about a restaurant--not enough square footage.

This is NOT to be confused with the more "majestic" passenger station nearby, which suffers from grade separation issues: