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Local museums??

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I'm going to be looking for any railroad museums and anyothers. Any sugestions??

http://www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm Steam Town in Scranton............I know a back road way to here if you wish to avoid I 81 Slab.

www.lackawannacounty.org/attractions_coal.asp Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour ..........rail underground.

www.readingrailroad.org Reading Railroad in Hamburg Pa. , stop at Hermys BMW on the way and follow the Catawissa Railroad Route getting there.

www.readingnorthern.com Rail Station behind Hermys BMW and across the river.

www.lgsry.com Leigh Gore Excursion is worth it. Jim Thorpe Pa. , nice twisty roads getting there.

http://mauchchunkmuseum.com/ A 30 ft replica of Mauch Chunk's famous Switchback Gravity Railroad which progressed from a coal carrier to a passenger carrier of such magnitude that Mauch Chunk, "The Switzerland of America," became second to Niagara Falls as a 19th century tourist destination. America's first roller coaster. This place is also in Jim Thorpe.
 
The Piper Museum in Lockhaven

Piper had a factory in Vero Beach and Lockhaven, PA. The museum is nw of Bloomsburg and it is one of my points of interest.
Any experiences at the museum?
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Piper had a factory in Vero Beach and Lockhaven, PA. The museum is nw of Bloomsburg and it is one of my points of interest.
Any experiences at the museum?
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Piper headquarters were in Lock Haven, PA. Small plants were located in Renovo, PA (intersection of PA 120 and 144) and at Quehanna (Wychoff nature Area) on the old Curtiss Wright R&D center grounds. The place in FLA will not be spoken of.
My sister and nephew enjoyed their visit last summer.

Bob Logue Honda in Williamsport (home of Little League Baseball and Lycoming Airplane and Car engines) has a great motorcycle museum. I think he would enjoy any Rally visitors........http://www.hondamuseum.com/
 
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Last summer I was in Omaha visiting friends and they took me to the Union Railroad head quarters. I got to spend 2 hours in a train simulater. There was 10 differant situations you could try as you run the train. There was even video looking out the front and side for reality. The whole experiance was way to cool,I love this kind of stuff.

The PRR shops were located in Altoona and the local community built this museum
http://www.railroadcity.com/

The Strasburg RR museam is in Lancaster Co.; http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/ . The claim to has steam locomotive simulator.
 
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