Recent News...............
7/21/10 Local traffic is UP significantly. Unit grain to Clearfield. Coil loads to Keystone Bolt. Heavy outbound export coal from Corman. The usual, dismal parade of TTX Railboxes on their way to Boxcar Heaven at Calandra's. More complete local report next week.
7/21/10 Noah Smith's comments........"One UP and one BNSF yesterday, pretty good."
7/21/10 High school student Keane Maher will have a photo published in the October issue of TRAINS. For those who don't believe their work will be accepted by one of the railmags, this comment from Alex says it all....."They can't publish it if you do not send it (to them)." Now, I'm curious about the number of photos Keane has submitted before having this image accepted. I'll let you know about that in a day or three.
7/19/10 Those odd sounds have returned since the passage of the Loram rail grinder last week. But the Grinder Guys only did track three. They are out there somewhere; they'll be back soon. Will let you know.
7/5/10 It's not too soon to plan your fall railfanning. For those who are interested in FALL COLORS, here's the Leaf Peeper Report for our area......
NORTH..(Tioga, Potter, Elk Counties) CSX, Southern Tier, Buffalo Line, Tioga Central, G&W....... BEGIN Oct. 1.... peak Oct.7-10
CENTRAL...(Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana Counties) Corman, NS Main, Horseshoe, Gallitzin, West Slope.. BEGIN Oct. 5.....peak Oct. `12-18 (South Fork 3 days later)
SOUTH...(Somerset, Bedford, Huntington Counties).. Middle Division, CSX, Sand Patch, EBT, WM Scenic, Potomac Eagle......BEGIN.. Oct.10 peak ...Oct. 18-25
10/30/09 Featured in the New York Times... see the online capsule version of the article here; it includes a few more photographs than the original.
RECOGNITION: Many Station Inn guests are published in railfan magazines. It's great to see this. I have awakened: I beleive our NEWS page is a good place to let others know of what is being done by our friends. Here's an example: Keane Maher had a photo in the Jan Railpace on p. 24. Dick Perry, a frequent Railpace contributor, has photos on p. 45. It's great to see these photos posted.......... not posted on line......... (though posted on Train Orders is not to be sneezed at) ......... but POSTED in a hard copy RAILFAN MAG. Don't be shy, please let me know about stuff that other 'fans should know about. Let me help spread the word of your RECOGNITION. Call me: 814-886-4757, thanks.
4/1/10...Alex Lang .... May TRAINS Mag, inside rear cover, great full page shot of W&LE train on the high girder bridge over I-279 in Pittsburgh
Starlene vanDunk ....Feb Railpace p. 20. Adirondack Scenic RR
A Visit to the Station Inn
ANOTHER Doug Obert utube on the west slope. Click on the link below.
UPDATED! Thanks to Doug Obert for creating the above video, which is also available on YouTube.
2/15/10.......See the RATES page for details about our FREE grandchild stay rate. ...... 814-886-4757
YouTube series OUR Neighborhood is now on this site. Go over to the VIDEO tab on your left to click on to the series. I'll bet that Doug captured some places that even oldtimers didn't know about.
I just found an easy way to view the HISTORY CHANNEL's STATION INN clip. Google www.trainwatcher hotel and then figure it out. Mad Matt shows up and offers a 2 min. rant on railfans and the old pile of boards known as The Station Inn. Be prepared for a short commercial at the opening. Here's a direct link to the video!
////////( Last 7/21/10) Leaf Star, gramps, Lang, Keane)
