Patriotic locomotive draws sightseers in move through northern Schuylkill

MAIZEVILLE – Railfans and residents from near and far lined the tracks of the Reading and Northern Railroad as a special, patriotic locomotive made its way through our area this week.

Locomotive 1776 is the Port Clinton-based railroad’s tribute to the 250th Anniversary of the United States, which will take place next year.

With three passenger cars in toe and owner Andy Muller, Jr., aboard, the train cross northern Schuylkill County.

Beginning in Locust Gap, the train passed through Gordon, Ashland, Girardville, Gilberton, Mahanoy City, and Barnesville on its way to Carbon County.

Along the way, railfans and residents took notice. Some photographers from other parts of Pennsylvania, if not other states, chased the train from location to location.

More than a dozen people set up along State Road in Barnesville to catch the train.

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