Signers of petition: J. C. Beckel, J. B. Ramsey, Robert Downey, Elias Rohrer, John G. Mayer, Samuel Fondersmith, William S. Warren, Robert Evans, [unknown signature], William Spencer, Joseph Gonder, Michael Shindle, John K. Stoner, John Werntz.
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Signers of petition: Josiah Quigley, John Benner, William Giles, David McCarter, Samuel Moore, Alvin White, Jacob [Cummins], Abraham S. Owen, Joseph Lovett, Adolph E. [Dieh], Benjamin Weaver, Daniel Bow, Jacob Rohrer, John Sides, Levi Waidley.
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Signers of Petition: John Werntz, John Rous, Isaac Girvin, George Haughman, Robert Spencer, William Tweed, John [Steacy], W. Rice, Abraham Sides, Francis Litle, Jacob Hoover, George Smith, John Steele, James Warner, Jacob Rehm.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hoover, Joseph Gonder, [signature in German], Robert Spencer, John [Ridgough], Abraham Sides, J. B. Thompson, Jacob Fritz Jr., John Moore, Benjamin Barr, John Steady, Benjamin B. Gonder, Israel Fritz, Charles McClune, John Row, Isaac Girvin, John Maynard, James [McPlume], Benjamin Bower, Samuel L. Morrison, James Graham, James Warren.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob [Behm], John Werntz, Robert Evans, Daniel Miller, J. B. Thompson, James McPhail, Christian Menard, Abraham Smith, Joseph Gonder, Jesse Gyger, Andrew Charles, Charles Mellinger, William P. Robinson, Samuel Spiehlman, J. Hoffman, James Warren.
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The Strasburg Railroad - Passenger train with 1890 vintage coaches pauses beneath one of the many giant trees that flank the ancient track between Paradise and Strasburg. To thousands of tourists the leisurely ride, away from the crowded highways through the colorful fields and deep woods of the adjacent Amish and Mennonite farms is the highlight of their visit to Lancaster County, Penna.
Strasburg Railroad Depot Route 741, Starasburg, Penna. Reminiscent of the golden age of railroading, the 1882 East Strasburg passenger station is used annually by thousands of tourists who board the oldest operating standard-guage passenger train in the United States for the famous "Trip to Paradise". Moved some twenty miles in 1960 to the present locaton, it serves also as headquarters for teh Strasburg Railroad's display of ancient engines and cars open to the public free of charge.
The Strasburg Railroad Route 741 Strasburg Penna. Locomotive No. 1223, built more than half a Century ago at the Pennsylvania Railroad's famous Juniata shops, is the one ramining American tupe from the Pennsylvnia's Steam Roster of "Thoroughbreds." Here, she poses proudly on the Strasburg Railroad Main Line, fresh from the paint shop of America's Oldest Short Line Railroad.
The Strasburg Railroad Route 741 Strasburg Penna. Old Number 31, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia in 1908, is one of the last operaing steam locomotives in the United States today, and isused to pull the last regularly-scheduled standard-gauge steam passenger train in the United States.
