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!
Latrobe Bulletin
Wednesday, May 26, 1915
Pennsy to Try Plan of Sunday Excursions to Idlewild Park
On Sunday, June 27th, the Pennsylvania Railroad will run a special train from Pittsburgh to Idlewild, as a test in order to ascertain the extent of the demand for a regular Sunday excursion service to the popular picnic grounds in the valley.
The company is said to have had many requests for a Sunday service between Pittsburgh and Idlewild, and after considering the matter for several weeks, it has been decided to run a train as an experiment. Should it be patronized in a manner to make the project feasible Sunday excursions would be run throughout the summer months. The train on the 27th, is to leave Pittsburgh at 8:30 a.m. and Idlewild at 6:60 p.m. stopping at the larger intervening stations, and affording opportunity to folks to spend the day at Idlewild.
Two years ago, the L. V. R. R. ran a late evening train from Idlewild to Latrobe on Sundays, and it was crowded each time with local people.