UPDATE – The Lake Shore Railway Historical Society has just received a $3000 grant award from the Tom E. Dailey Foundation Inc. of Chicago for the Locomotive Rescue Fund, specifically for moving locomotives to North East. A very big Thank You goes out to the foundation for their generous donation and to everyone involved in […]
Rare Plymouth Locomotive Added to Lake Shore Railway Museum Lineup
In less than one month, a second small locomotive arrives at Lake Shore Railway Museum. One of only 7 reportedly constructed, Plymouth Model JHG dating to the 1940’s, joins other rare locomotives. Since 2006, this small 18 ton Plymouth Model JHG locomotive sat at the edge of a field with a companion locomotive – declared […]
Record Number of Visitors Come to Lake Shore Railway Museum in 2013
Over 11,000 people visited the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania, during 2013. Efforts over the past few years to improve the museum’s holdings, to present better programming, and to advertise more effectively are reaping measurable benefits. Museum popularity keeps growing Beginning in 2010, and continuing through 2012, over 10,000 railfans came to […]