The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (3)
Part 3 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, June 20, 1910: WIND GIVES […]
Some Happenings In and Around Lenker Station
A map showing the location of Lenkers, also known as Lenker’s Station, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (violet dot). The station was located on the Lykens Valley Railroad between Millersburg and Elizabethville. […]
Railroad Memories of Lenker Station
The Lenkers Railroad Station, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was located on the east side of Lenker Station, Mohr Road, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Heading west from Elizabethville on […]
Some Fires In Vicinity of Woodside Station
Firefighters work to contain and extinguish a mountainside fire on the north side of Berries Mountain, near Woodside Station in 1935. This fire was one of many that occurred in […]
More Early Stories of the Lykens Valley Railroad, 1833-1933
A photograph believed to have been taken about 1916 of the railroad station at Lenkerville (Millersburg), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the junction of the Lykens Valley Railroad line (freight cars […]
Elizabethville – Coal Train Wreck Causes Two Day Delay in Traffic, 1902
The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of 1 August 1902, reported on a wreck of a coal train on the Lykens Valley Railroad that caused a significant delay in […]
Passenger Railroad Service at Elizabethville, 1894
The passenger railroad schedule for trains arriving and departing at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as printed in the Elizabethville Echo, 6 September 1894, was as follows: Six trains stopped at […]
Passenger Railroad Service at Elizabethville, 1904
The passenger railroad schedule for trains arriving and departing at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as printed in the Elizabethville Echo, 12 August 1904, was as follows: Six trains stopped at […]