This is the restored Railroad Station here in Lebanon, PA where I live. It is a beautiful piece of our town's history. They restored it several years ago and lately there has been talk of restoring the passenger rail service between some of the local areas. Many of the locals are hoping that they work out all the details, but haven't heard much lately. I love history like this, and we are blessed with some pretty fantastic structures here in the little Pennsylvania Dutch town. Sometimes it is difficult to get nice photos of the structures because of the modern buildings around them, but I enjoy getting what I can. Hope you enjoy.
Great shot. I think it's great they're restoring historical structures like this. Given all the budget cuts, hopefully they are still able to find the $'s to restore some of the service. How cool that would be!
How fortunate you are that the town leaders thought enough of this beautiful old station to fix it up and keep it beautiful! It certainly made for a lovely picture. Today my friend and I walked the trail to the back side of Lunenburg and our old station. I thought I'd pay attention & get a photo, but it has no charm at all (and it could have, done right). Too bad they thought so little of this piece of history... And lucky you!
FYI...I forwarded your photo to our friends with whom we go walking in the morning and who were there when I was discouraged to see I had no wonderful station to photograph. One sent me this note tonight that's of historical significance for your picture...
"My mom’s family lived for a while in Lebanon when she was quite young. (A cousin now lives only minutes away.) She told me once that she remembered being at the station—which must have been the same as in the picture. There was a train full of doughboys headed to the fronts in Europe in WWI passing through, and the family joined others who cheered them on as the train went by."
"My mom’s family lived for a while in Lebanon when she was quite young. (A cousin now lives only minutes away.) She told me once that she remembered being at the station—which must have been the same as in the picture. There was a train full of doughboys headed to the fronts in Europe in WWI passing through, and the family joined others who cheered them on as the train went by."