Although damaged by time, this view card shows the Pennsylvania main line at Rheems, Penna., about 1906. The station is on the left, Rheems tower in the middle distance and on the right, a caboose hop has pulled into the clear with sufficient time for the crew and other locals to pose for the photographer.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
A loaded baggage truck awaits the arrival of a main line express in this circa 1900 view of the Pennsylvania's gabled, two story station at Conewago, a few miles west of Elizabethtown. On an adjacent track the Cornwall & Lebanon's stylish looking No. 3 is ready and waiting to pull out for Mt. Gretna and Lebanon. The long gone station even housed at one time a quick lunch counter to accomodate passengers between trains.
The Pennsylvania main line looking east at Rheems long before there were any thoughts of electrification. "KU," tower is on the left and the area on the right is now occupied by the Wenger feed processing plant.
