OK i was in Scranton P.A. today with my family doing the coal mining tour and was so cool. so we where don early so said lets by steam town so i get there and my wife and kid said they didnt want to do this and we left i was so close i even took picture of the up bigboy and had to leave . i am so ****ed. My family thinks no one else does this but young boys. Any older guys out there that read this write in so i can show that all age guys love this stuff.
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Yes, Guys in their 70's go to Steamtown in Scranton. It's just one trip to Steamtown verses all those shoes she has in her closet.
Steam is what makes us older folks young again.
Steamtown is for all ages. Time to trade in the Mrs. I hope you get to go again and really see it. Send the family to the mall right next door.
OK i was in Scranton P.A. today with my family doing the coal mining tour and was so cool. so we where don early so said lets by steam town so i get there and my wife and kid said they didnt want to do this and we left i was so close i even took picture of the up bigboy and had to leave . i am so ****ed. My family thinks no one else does this but young boys. Any older guys out there that read this write in so i can show that all age guys love this stuff.
I was over 65 years old the last time I went there. I spent the entire day and enjoyed every second of it.
Sorry to read of your experience.
Normally my family is very supportive of my hobby, and tolorates all sorts of train related activites.
However, there was one time we were visiting a trolley musuem, and we cut the visit very short because the family just wasn't up for it.
We've been to both Steamtown and the Lackawanna coal mine tour.
IHMO, the Lackawanna coal mine tour was much better than Steamtown. During our visit, our guide was a retired coal miner, who added personal stores to the tour.
I went when I was 60 and again when I was 70
Al
Why of course all ages enjoy Steamtown. It is unique in the whole country, as far as I know. I'm in my 60s, have been there many times in the past, and would love to go again.
Our family have been there many time (I'm in my late 30's) and always see something new. We've even taken my wife's Brownie Troop and they loved it. It's for all ages. If your wife and kids doesn't want to go next time, they can go to the Steamtown Mall while you check out the trains. That's what my wife has done in the past.
That's right, I forgot, send them over the bridge to the mall.
Lionel J:
Although my wife is normally supportive of my interest in trains, your story reminded me of something that happened about 20 or so years ago. My wife, along with my boss and his wife had been attending an industry meeting in Montreal that ended on a Friday morning. We had a company meeting in Toronto that was to start the following Monday, so the four of us decided to stay in Montreal Friday night, then take the train (my idea, of course) to Toronto Saturday morning. The wives would then fly home Sunday afternoon while my boss and I stayed over.
We boarded the train at Central Station around 7AM and departed for Toronto shortly after. I had booked us into first class so we had a complimentary breakfast served by the time we were passing Dorval in the western suburbs. Almost immediately after breakfast, my wife and the others dropped off to sleep while I "railfanned" out the window. Somewhere around Cornwall, ON my wife awoke and asked if "we were there yet?" About a month or so afterwards, I overheard her telling one of her friends that "you can imagine my horror, when Curt told me we still had another 3 or 4 hours on that d***ed train!"
Curt
A ramp from the boarding area goes to the Steamtown Mall. Your family could shop there while you enjoy Steamtown. An HO scale layout with a scratchbuilt model of Tunkhannock Viaduct fills a room by the entrance to the Mall.
I'm 53 (for the moment) and wouldn't turn down a Steamtown visit if I were that close. I'd have way more trouble getting my guys to go into the coal mine! If there's somewhere I want to go and the guys don't, especially if the tickets aren't cheap, I try to find them somewhere else to go.
By the way, if any of you have turned 62 and enjoy going to national parks, you might want to pick up a lifetime pass for $10 (saves you the $10 shipping fee if you pick it up.) Steamtown sells them in the gift shop--you'll need proof of age:
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/passes.htm
There are also passes for active duty military, people with disabilities, and certain National Park Service volunteers.
--Becky
Thanks for that money-saving reminder, Gabe. 
well thanks for the reply's but looks like if i want to go i am going back by myself and i think i will do that down the road sometime.
You go, guy!
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