Michael Patrick, president of the organization’s board, said that while it is best known for it’s Civil War-era steam locomotive replica, a vintage diesel is also in use on a regular basis, which offers riders to imagine travel during the Pennsylvania Railroad era. The line is a former Pennsy route that once hosted named passenger trains between Washington and Harrisburg, Pa., and beyond.
Under the new plan, the operation will be known as Northern Central Railway — Steam into History. As built, the line was named the Northern Central Railway and operated between Baltimore and Sunbury, Pa. It was an important link in the military supply chain during the Civil War, transporting troops and supplies from the northern states into Maryland, and after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled on the line from Baltimore to Hanover Junction, Pa., where he switched trains on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address. His funeral train also traveled over the NCR.
In addition to the replica 4-4-0 steam locomotive York No. 17, the operation also uses a former Pennsylvania Railroad GP9. These two locomotives will share duties.
“while it is best known for it’s Civil War-era steam locomotive replica”
DPM is probably rolling given the poor proofreading. It’s only gets an apostrophe when it is a contraction. The possessive version does not get one. Nit picking? Absolutely. But one expects accuracy on a professional posting.
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Northern Central Railway is an excellent choice of name as it corresponds to the letters on York No. 17 and the carriages. Straight away, it identifies the tourist operation as a railway.
Actually, as built, the line was the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. The name Northern Central came later as a result of merger and consolidation with other small roads.