Recent News........(& NOT SO recent news)...........
8/27/10 Star van Dunk has 2 pix published in the Sept. Railpace. Look for her shots of the E. Stroudsburg station demise. More upbeat is another of her Catskill Mt. RR images.
8/17/10 Doug Obert reports that a new Station Inn youtube will appearin a few weeks. Stay tuned.
8/15/10 Old Conrail high intensity safety lamp recently repaired by a Station Inn guest. Now you can identify locos by numbers after sunset!!! Other guests recently lowered the intensity of the annoying street lights near our porch. Night time railfanning has improved in Cresson. Thanks.
7/21/10 High school student Keane Maher will have a photo published in the October issue of TRAINS. For those who don't believe their work will be accepted by one of the railmags, this comment from Alex says it all....."They can't publish it if you don't send it (to them)." Now, I'm curious about the number of photos Keane has submitted before having this image accepted. I'll let you know about that in a day or three. 8/17/10 Keane says the photo will be on p 17 (or 71). He has also sold an article to TRAINS!!!! How about that??? BTW, I did ask Keane about the number of submissions before acceptance.......... he said, "Not sure, but, a lot." So there it is: If you don't submit material, it certainly won't be used!!!!
8/29/10 Sept RAILPACE...Dick Perry.. Sept Railpace: shot from WNY&P.
8/21/10 It's not too soon to plan your fall railfanning. For those interested in FALL COLORS, here's the Leaf Peeper Report for The Station Inn region......
NORTH..(Tioga, Potter, Elk Counties) CSX, Southern Tier, Buffalo Line (WNY&P), Tioga Centra (WCOR)l, G&W....... BEGIN Oct. 1.... peak Oct.7-10
CENTRAL...(Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana Counties) Corman, NS Main, Horseshoe, Gallitzin, West Slope.. BEGIN Oct. 5.....peak Oct. `12-18 (South Fork 3 days later)
SOUTH...(Somerset, Bedford, Huntington Counties).. Middle Division, CSX, Sand Patch, EBT, WM Scenic, Potomac Eagle......BEGIN.. Oct.10 peak ...Oct. 18-25
Old stuff; still current, though 10/30/09 Featured in the New York Times... see the online capsule version of the article here; it includes a few more photographs than the original.
RECOGNITION: Many Station Inn guests are published in railfan magazines. It's great to see this. I beleive our NEWS page is a good place to let others know of what is being done by our guests. Here's an example: Keane Maher had a photo in the Jan Railpace on p. 24. Dick Perry, a frequent Railpace contributor, has photos on p. 45. It's great to see these photos posted.......... not posted on line......... (though posted on Train Orders is not to be sneezed at) ......... but POSTED in a hard copy RAILFAN MAG. Don't be shy, please let me know about stuff that other 'fans should know about. Let me help spread the word of your RECOGNITION. Call me: 814-886-4757, thanks.
A Visit to the Station Inn
ANOTHER Doug Obert utube on the west slope. Click on the link below.
UPDATED! Thanks to Doug Obert for creating the above video, which is also available on YouTube.
2/15/10.......See the RATES page for details about our FREE grandchild stay rate. ...... 814-886-4757
YouTube series OUR Neighborhood is now on this site. Go over to the VIDEO tab on your left to click on to the series. I'll bet that Doug captured some places that even oldtimers didn't know about.
I just found an easy way to view the HISTORY CHANNEL's STATION INN clip. Google www.trainwatcher hotel and then figure it out. Mad Matt shows up and offers a 2 min. rant on railfans and the old pile of boards known as The Station Inn. Be prepared for a short commercial at the opening. Here's a direct link to the video!
////////( Last 7/21/10) Leaf Star, gramps, Lang, Keane)
