A BIT OF HISTORY IN HISTORIC PEARL RIVER
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RIDING THE RAILS
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JOHN F. MCHUGH
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RIDING THE RAILS
WITH
JOHN F. MCHUGH
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Pearl River In the first decade of the 20th Century Joshua Lionel Cohen put an electric motor and wheels on a cigar box to run around a circular track in a store window in New York, It was designed to display the merchant’s wares. The store owner was surprised to find that few were interested in the merchandise; they wanted to buy the little flat car which ran on electricity. The cigar box became a trolley and thus was born the Lionel Train which eventually elevated Mr. Cohen to Father Christmas for boys from 1910 until the mid 1960’s.
Some of those boys are displaying their trains this weekend, President's day and for the next two weekends at the United Methodist Church, Franklin and Prospect Streets in Pearl River, New York. Four operating displays feature toy and model trains built from 1925 to date. This includes one of the largest and most spectacular displays of Standard Gauge trains known to exist.
The show is open Sunday noon to 5 Presidents Day 10-5 and the following two weekends Saturdays 10-5 Sundays noon to 5. Adults are $5 and children $2. New Jersey Transit Pascack Valley Line trains operate between Pennsylvania Station and Pearl River on a weekend schedule. The Church is two and a half blocks up Franklin Street from the Pearl River train station.
Some of those boys are displaying their trains this weekend, President's day and for the next two weekends at the United Methodist Church, Franklin and Prospect Streets in Pearl River, New York. Four operating displays feature toy and model trains built from 1925 to date. This includes one of the largest and most spectacular displays of Standard Gauge trains known to exist.
The show is open Sunday noon to 5 Presidents Day 10-5 and the following two weekends Saturdays 10-5 Sundays noon to 5. Adults are $5 and children $2. New Jersey Transit Pascack Valley Line trains operate between Pennsylvania Station and Pearl River on a weekend schedule. The Church is two and a half blocks up Franklin Street from the Pearl River train station.
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