What an amazing place! A perfectly themed bed and breakfast for the train enthusiast at heart! The Inn is located in Cresson, PA at the top of the mountain, which makes for a perfect home base if you just want to stay there and watch trains or if you want to venture out and find different shots. Horseshoe curve is roughly 15 minutes to your east and the Cassandra Overlook is roughly 15 minutes west. There's also plenty of neat spots to stop at inbetween as you'll see in my pictures soon. Front street has everything you need. You can stop at the The Brick on Main for a very reasonably priced dinner for the size or go a little further to Vito's Pizza for a delicious slice! There's a beer and liqour store around the corner, an a Sheetz right down the way. The best part is verything is within walking distance too. The Inn has a great host, friendly staff, good breakfast, and fantastic front porch to kick back and watch Norfolk Southern parade up and down the mountain. If you ever get a chance to experience this place, you will not regret it! We will definetly be back! Rooms: Each room has its own theme for a historical Pennsylvania railroad. Nearby activities: Trains and lots of trains Walkability: There’s food, liquor store, and coffee shops within walking distance Food & drinks: They’re serve an awesome breakfast with fresh fruit and and a delicious main course that rotates each day.

A Rail Fan's Paradise This is the BEST Rail-Fan B&B EVER! (And I'm the wife of a rail fan) The inn is quiet and immaculately clean. The hostess treated us like family (and we had wags from Sid, the Station Inn Dog. Joshua, who assisted with breakfasts, also treated us as family. I just can't say enough about how wonderful they are. We had a room facing the tracks, and could hear and watch trains all night. The room had comfortable beds, blankets and pillows, and again, was immaculately clean! The Inn has a huge front porch with chairs and a long ledge-type bar on which to place your coffee! The porch also has a scanner, so you can listen in on conversations between the engineers and tower. Everyone who stayed was friendly, with a comradery that you only get with rail fans. Thank you, Station Inn, for a wonderful weekend!

went well, second visit here and plan to return next year

Noteworthy details: for train viewing all day some at night

TRAIN WATCHING HEAVEN! You're not coming to The Station Inn for a Four Seasons experience...you're coming because you're a train nut! I selected the B&O suite because it has a queen size bed (along with two twin beds) and a view out of the front of the inn towards the tracks. Be forewarned, this is a rustic mid-1800s area inn with no air conditioning, so for those who can't sleep with the windows open and a box fan in the heat of the summer I suggest the spring or fall for good sleeping weather. The front porch is fantastic...great viewing location, radio 'squawk' box with the Allegheny dispatch frequency, and even a spot light that shines across to highlight the passing trains at night. There are several eateries in the immediate vicinity, including Vito's pizza place, affectionately known as 'CP Vitos' by the train crews. Speaking of trains, the action is almost non-stop. In the age of 'Precision Scheduled Railroading,' I observed trains over 10,000' long...2 lead locomotives, an entire train, 2 mid helpers, MORE train, and 4 helpers on the rear. Quite a sight to see...all from the porch. I grabbed a pizza from Vitos and enjoyed it with fellow rail fans on the porch, retired to my room and read through some of the numerous Trains magazines and books, and fell asleep to the deep bass rumble of Norfolk Southern diesels passing by. Breakfast was served at 0815 sharp, fresh fruit, orange juice, coffee, ham and French toast was on the menu. Very yummy and a great way to start off the day. Spent the rest of the morning railfanning and then checked out right before 1100 to head over to Gallitzin, Horseshoe Curve, and Altoona. I can't recommend The Station Inn highly enough...if you're a true train nut, experiencing the inn at least once is a bucket list item.

A Great Place for R & R - Rest and Relaxation, Railfanning and Railroading! In some ways it is hard to believe I just finished my 35th visit to the Station Inn since 1998; but ever since that first visit in July of 1998, I have been captivated. With the trains, the great breakfasts, railroad books and memorabilia, lots of history, and attractions such as The East Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Trolley Museum, Altoona Railroader's Museum, Johnstown Flood Memorial and Museum, Big Valley and its farm stores, and the Flight 93 Memorial all within a 90 minute drive, there is so much to do. Meeting up with friends who have become a family is an added bonus. What I felt from one of those first vists is still true today: The Station Inn is a great place for R & R - rest and relaxation, railfanning and railroading.