Historic Rail Car Coming Home To Pennsylvania

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BOYERTOWN, PA — A relic from the golden age of Pennsylvania’s railroading past is coming home.

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) cabin car (known as a “caboose” on other railroads) #477768 was built in Altoona in 1941.

For the last six years, members of the Rivanna Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) have been restoring it at a location in Virginia, far from the car’s home.

Now it is being donated to the non-profit Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust in Boyertown. There it will be maintained and kept in operation on The Secret Valley Line tourist trains that will begin running on the eight mile track between Boyertown and Pottstown in the fall of 2014.

Read more: http://www.timesherald.com/general-news/20131224/historic-rail-car-coming-home-to-pennsylvania

Bon-Ton To Close Steamtown Mall Store

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Bon-Ton will vacate the Mall at Steamtown in January, the company reported today.

The York-based retailer reported it will close its 100,000-square-foot store in the mall Jan. 24, employees reportedly were told today.

The store was underperforming and a decision was made not to extend the lease at the mall, which expires Jan. 31, said Mary Kerr, a Bon-Ton spokeswoman.

Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/bon-ton-to-close-steamtown-mall-store-1.1570367