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!
Harrisburg Telegraph
Saturday, November 26, 1927
Road Receipts $2.35 First Trip
Latrobe, Nov. 26 Fifty years ago the Ligonier Valley Railroad, operating over a stretch of twenty miles between Latrobe and Ligonier, made its first trip over the road with R. B. Mellon, well-known Pittsburgh banker and cousin of the Secretary of the Treasury, acting as conductor. The sum of $2.35 was collected from passengers on that first trip.