Eastern Railroad Discussion > Gettysburg WM Depot Reopened After Restoration

The 1858 Gettysburg depot, most recently used by the Western Maryland, was reopened this weekend for a local arts festival following a lengthy and multi-million dollar restoration. The restoration includes placement of a working replica of a lower quadrant order board signal.

The station is owned by the Gettysburg municipal government. The opening this weekend was for the arts festival only; a permanent use for the restored station is still being discussed.

Art House

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That's great news, Art.

And a dandy photo, too.

Dave

Now all we need is a photo of a train by it! Hahaha!

Is this station where Lincoln disembarked to deliver the Gettysburg Address?

Art,

What ever happened with this Algoma Central F-units Gettysburg picked up?

Thanks for the update on the station.

mjbobb Wrote:
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> Now all we need is a photo of a train by it!
> Hahaha!


Sorry, Mike, but I'll catch D-795 or D-797 one of these days....

Art

Is this the station Lincoln used??

sparky52t Wrote:
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> Is this station where Lincoln disembarked to
> deliver the Gettysburg Address?


Yes, and it was also used as a hospital during and after the battle-- as were eessentially every public and private building in town, plus most of the sorrounding farm houses and barns. There were more than 20,000 wounded soldiers left behind in a town of just 2,400 residents.

Art House

Cameraman Wrote:
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> Art,
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> What ever happened with this Algoma Central
> F-units Gettysburg picked up?
>
> Thanks for the update on the station.


I haven't seen them out this year; the Gettysburg Northern has been using the Pioneer Lines-painted F units 401/402 on the excursion train.

Art

cutboy2 Wrote:
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> Is this the station Lincoln used??


Yes, in November 1863.

Regular passenger service continued into the early 1940s; the last regularly scheduled WM passenger trains on the Dutch line ran into Baltimore from Gettysburg in the morning and back in the evening.

Art