Norman Gasbarro | February 2, 2012
COL. WILLIAM W. JONES COL. WILLIAM W. JONES, train dispatcher and yardmaster, Summit Branch railroad, Lykens, Pa. He was born at Llandilo, Caermarthenshire, Wales, August 22, 1827. His father, John J. Jones, was also born in Wales, where he spent his younger days as keeper for the estate of Lord De Never. In 1829 he […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 12, 2012
She was born Mary Frances Moss on 20 July 1826 in Winchester, England. She married John Taylor on 8 April 1844 at St. Martin’s in the Field, England. Two daughters were born of the marriage. Her stage name of “Laura Keene” was taken about 8 Oct 1851, probably to hide fact that her husband became […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 16, 2011
The Garden State Central Model Railroad Club (New Jersey) held a meeting at member Thom Radice’s Civil War era HO model railroad layout on October 13th 2009. This layout was the cover feature of the October 2009 edition of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. The layout depicts the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 1, 2011
The restored railroad station at Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is one of the last pieces of evidence that this small town was once a transportation center and the connecting point for two major eastern railroads, the Pennsylvania and the Reading. During the Civil War, the Reading line had not yet been completed to Lykens […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2011
William Fisher Packer was the 14th governor of Pennsylvania. He was a Democrat and served a full three-year term from 19 January 1858 through 15 January 1861, leaving office in the midst of the national crisis. He was succeeded by Andrew Curtin, a Republican, who served two terms which encompassed the Civil War. Packer’s historical […]
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