Two photographs of miniature train rides operating at Edgewood Park, Shamokin (Coal Township), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
The captions provided for these pictures:
Top Photo: Russell Milbrand, right, and fellow train worker Harry Yoder, operate the two steam-powered engines for the miniature train ride at Edgewood Park, Coal Township. The name of Milbrand’s daughter, Joan Milbrand, is inscribed on the engine.
Bottom Photo: Joan Kelley, Coal Township, stands on a tri-cycle at her grandfather’s Indian Motorcycle Shop, First and Water Streets, Shamokin. The cycle contains a miniature train engine like the ones operated by Joan’s father and grandfather at Edgewood Park. In the background sitting on the bench are Russell Milbrand and grandfather, Oliver Milbrand, who was an engineer for the Reading Railroad.
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From “Looking Back,” Pottsville Republican-Herald, October 21, 2007, via Newspapers.com.
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