Meet the Authors: Scott Mingus & Robert Williams – Northern Central Railway of York

Ride along the same route that carried President Lincoln from Washington, DC to Gettysburg, PA, where he delivered one of the greatest speeches in American History!

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Meet the Authors: Scott Mingus & Robert Williams

Meet the Authors

Scott Mingus & Robert Williams

Travel to Glen Rock, PA and back with our historic PRR GP9 Diesel Locomotive built in 1959 on a former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline that has been in operation since 1838. Your ride follows the route of the original Northern Central Railroad through the scenic Heritage Rail Trail County Park. Before the ride, meet local history authors Scott Mingus & Robert Williams. Books will be available for sale and to be autographed. While on the train hear excerpts from their books along with their local history knowledge.

The Northern Central Railway was the primary railroad between Baltimore, Maryland, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and point farther north from the mid-1800s for more than 100 years. Part of the route on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line is now a heritage rail trail, highlighted by a few restored stations. Abraham Lincoln rode these rails on his way to and from Gettysburg to deliver the famed Gettysburg Address in November 1863, and the NCR was one of the routes used by his funeral train to travel from Washington to his burial place in Springfield, Illinois. Author Robert L. Williams, a Marylander steeped in the history of the NCR and its later parent company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, has selected illustrative photos from his extensive collection of railroad ephemera to augment his track and building layout drawings to present a comprehensive look at the NCR’s line from Baltimore northward into south-central Pennsylvania.
Adult: $28.99
Child: $19.99
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