East-west passenger rail service in the Lykens Valley officially ended on October 30, 1937. The schedule formerly maintained by the old Lykens Valley Railroad and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
An undated photo post card view of Main Street, looking east, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley tracks in the center of the street. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
In February 1943, on a return trip to the Lykens Valley from the Middletown Air Depot, a bus operated by the Williams Valley Transportation crashed into a bridge north of […]
A 1906 newspaper photo of the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On December 31, 1905, the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, became debt fee and used the […]
A newspaper photograph of the Class of 1911, Lykens High School, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photo appeared in the Lykens Standard, August 26, 1910, with the following caption: THE […]
A 1913 souvenir badge from the Lykens & Wiconisco Diamond Jubilee, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The badge features a picture mining car with men going into or coming out of a […]
An undated photograph of the railroad station and supporting buildings at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This post consists of a selection of early stories about the Lykens Valley Railroad, from […]