JULY 14 and 15, 2012
Hosted by the
WILLIAMS GROVE HISTORICAL STEAM ENGINE ASSOCIATION
1 Steam Engine Hill
Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055
(717)-766-4001
Williams Grove Steam Assoc. Website
wghsea@yahoo.com
Saturday 9:00 am until 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am until 2:00 pm
Steam train rides, model train display, stands with collector items to purchase.
Raffle each day to for a chance to operate Locomotive 52!!
Free parking.
The Farmers' Flea Market will also be operating both days!
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NOTE: Home of the only RUNNING Pennsy steam engine in the world! Can you hear me now, Altoona? 
George
No kidding? Strasburg doesn't even have a running Pennsy steam engine? All those
locos, all those models, and just one? Kind of depressing...
coloradohirailer:
I think at one point in time the Strasburg RR was running a Pennsy steamer (D16sb #1223?) on loan from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (literally across the street). When it reached the point of needing its required service (boiler rebuild), I believe it went back to being a static display at RRMofPA. I'm not certain of that, so if someone else knows, please speak up.
In the late 1980's, K4s #1361 suffered a significant mechanical breakdown while in excursion service. From all reports, that repair / rebuild has been badly mismanaged by the Altoona Railroader's Museum - poor quality work that had to be redone to meet federal regulations, millions of grant $$$ wasted, a total mess. And after 14 years, parts of #1361 are in a static display in Altoona. It's a total screw-up.
Perhaps this topic belongs on the real railroads forum.
It is sad.
George
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