HISTORY ON TRACK!

    FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH., 2020
        HISTORY ON TRACK!

  It's so nice to realize that a time when
so much of our country's history is being
destroyed there are places where it's
being brought back to life! It happened
Thursday in the small Luzerne County
community of Ashland. This is the town
where the huge Huber Breaker once stood.
The famous "Blue Coal" was crushed into
various sizes for home use there. Though
the breaker is gone, a large flat bed truck
delivered an old Steam Locomotive to a
small park near where the breaker once
stood. Two gigantic wrecker trucks lifted
it onto a set of rails put down in a small
public park. And it wasn't just any old
locomotive. This was the Wannimie Number
9 Engine which actually ran the rails in
this area hauling coal from local mines
"back in the day." Now it will remain, a
permanent display of local history for
future generations to enjoy  and to learn
about our local heritage. I'd like to see
more monuments to our history preserved
rather than destroyed! Hope you're well
and that all you NEWS is good!