Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Altoona Tribune
August 18, 1906
Somerset Herald: Conductor Ira McDowell, of the Pittsburg, Westmoreland and Somerset railroad, is not kept so busy collecting fares on the passenger train running between here and Ligonier that he cannot stop to kill a rattlesnake or two now and then. While the train was coasting down the steep grade on the western slope of the mountain on Thursday morning McDowell espied a rattler stretched out alongside the track. Leaping from the train he killed the reptile and was about to remount when he caught sight of its mate. This one was also quickly dispatched, and holding a dead rattlesnake in each hand McDowell chased his train for more than a mile before he overtook it. The snakes had eight rattles and a button on each.