Tag Archives: Stewartstown Railroad

Adaptive reuse in York County, Pa., of an above ground/underground musical kind

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff: Stewartstown’s new caboose/Jeeps return home in World War II Let’s just call it a form of adaptive reuse, reshaping an old site with a different purpose from its original use. Here we have the Sign of the … Continue reading →

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New way of seeing York, Pa., Part 2: Rail trail opens up new vistas of city

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff: Emig Mansion open house/Historians tour old bank building York, Pa., Daily Record photographer Paul Kuehnel wrote this view from the York County Heritage Rail Trail, north of York city (seen in background): ‘Moon, old willow, over the … Continue reading →

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Penn Park field, York, Pa.’s, first known ballpark: Then & now.

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff:  ‘Pennsylvania Barn Stories’/Stewartstown RR rolls again   Spring will eventually get here – and so will baseball. Which brings us to a then-and-now scene. This is York, Pa.’s, first known baseball stadium, Penn Park field. It spread out at … Continue reading →

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Strasburg Railroad’s February excursion: Extreme cold unveils lots of hot steam

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff: Lydia Hamilton Smith honored/Orphan trains explained The York, Pa., Daily Record’s Anthony Machcinski braved the bitter cold – about two hours of it – to visit the Strasburg Railroad. In fact, the cold was part of the … Continue reading →

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Still in the hunt for Eagle’s Rock near York, Pa.

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Jim McClure

Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. This is an ongoing mystery. All we know is it’s Eagle’s Rock near York, Pa. Actually, information with the photo says its 4 miles southeast of York, Pa. I guess I should take this … Continue reading →

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York County, Pa., History Mystery: This old, historic iron bridge intrigues people

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jim McClure

Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. Who would’ve thought that an old iron bridge would have generated so much interest. (Check out the likes, comments and shares ). But its popularity just reflects that many people have seen it, driven … Continue reading →

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Views of the York Gazette’s old East King Street site, then and now

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff: Patriots who sacrificed much/Stewartstown Railroad updated The old York Gazette building is another of the turn-of-the-20th century (or before) buildings that was pulled down in York, Pa., in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the irreplaceable buildings … Continue reading →

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Broadway in Hanover: Then & Now. With snow & without

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Jim McClure

Just in time for tonight’s anticipated blizzard, here’s another in the Evening Sun’s then-and-now scenes of Hanover: Picturing History. This is Broadway in Hanover, 1902 v. today. Those snow piles would point to a pretty big storm at the turn of the last century. As for Picturing History, journalism Christine Loman writes: ‘The question behind this project is simple: What does change look like?’ She and Evening Sun photographer Shane Dunlap have shown us just that.

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Trees, trains and chainsaws merge in Stewartstown, Pa.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Jim McClure

Volunteers often work on historic Stewartstown Railroad’s station and rail line on weekends in this southeastern York County town. So in the aftermath of last week’s ice storm, they saw up branches that came down atop the station. It was just a different way of working on the railroad,

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York County’s 3 rail excursion experiences: Can we sustain them?

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Jim McClure

The Stewartstown Railroad opened its station and offered motorcar rides earlier this month. The railroad will do so gain today, weather permitting. It is one of three railroads in York County to offer excursion rides of some type.

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