04/21/2026
The NRRHoF is fortunate to be associated with a vital national network of railroad experts whose talents guide and inform our programming and development. One such organization is the Lexington Group for Transportation History, whose august members include historians, academicians, authors, and rail executives. NRRHoF Director Julie King serves on the Lexington Group’s board of directors which met recently at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Slide 1: Board members were treated to a tour of Steamtown’s extensive rolling stock collection. Pictured in front of Nickel Plate Road No. 190, a rare 1948 ALCO PA-1 diesel locomotive, are Treasurer Roy Wullich, Secretary Julie King, Webmaster Chuck Weinstock, Director Bon French, and President Al Churella.
Slide 2: In Steamtown’s roundhouse, Lackawanna No. 664, a 1948 EMD F3A diesel, pokes its nose out from behind Canadian Pacific 2317, a G-3c class 4-6-2 “Pacific” type steam locomotive built in 1923 by the Montreal Locomotive Works. Photo by Al Churella.
Slide 3: Thank you to Steamtown’s park rangers for sharing their time and expertise. Photo by Al Churella.
Slide 4: The weekend included an excursion on the Railroad Explorer VI, a rare-mileage charter on former anthracite coal branches aboard a three-car Reading & Northern Budd Co. Rail Diesel Car train. The consist is shown stopping at Ryan’s Cut, a daylighted tunnel originally dug in 1853 on the former Reading’s Catawissa Branch north of Hometown, Pennsylvania. Photo by Bon French.
Slide 5: Board members enjoyed their stay at the elegant Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel. This historic structure was built in 1908 by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad as a train station and office building. Photo by Al Churella.
