Sentimental Note As Service Is Suspended
A Gettysburg Harrisburg passenger train era ends amid coal strikes and talks of cancelling the Gettysburg and Harrisburg line. Conductor Mahlon Hartzell Sr retires after 47 years. passengers and staff reflect on nearly 50 miles of intimate service and protests against potential discontinuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Reading Railroad
Mahlon P. Hartzell
Herbert Utech
West Middle Street
Reading
Navy
Pacific
David A. Hughes
Dickinson College
Hartzell
East Lincoln Avenue
William M. Welker
Table Rock
Morrisburg
Rmingad
Public Utilities Commission
Morris L. Fleagle
Friendly Drew Fleagle
Trains G H Route From Gettysburg to Harrisburg Inverted Tales
The Freagle and Hartzell trains run in reverse in practical terms with Hartzell starting at Gettysburg and sometimes carrying up to 40 passengers by Harrisburg while Fleagie often reaches 40 to 50. Stops vary including Goldenville and Carlisle Junction with daily or near daily calls. One crew story recounts chasing a cow and another about a bird gifted to a station agent after a stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartzell
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Fleagie
Mt. Holly
Goldenville
Table Rock
Biglerville
Guernsey
Center Mills
Bendersville
Aspers
Gardiners
Idaville
Peach Glen
Starner's
Goodyear
Hunter's Run
Upper Mill
Mt. Holly Springs
Carlisle Junction
Rolling Springs Leighty’s
Brandtsville
D. Ead M. Junction
Rose
Christmas Plans Fracture for Margaret and Ralph
Three nights before Christmas Margaret longs for New York with Ralph but faces a solo holiday as Ralph is invited to a Philadelphia party. She steels herself to travel by midnight train, recalling her work at Roswell's Advertising and the kindly Mr Johnston while missing Ralph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
New York
Ralph
Amy
Bill
Puth
Philadelphia
Mr. Johnson
Roswell
Mr. Johnston
Margaret Returns Home After Midnight Train Arrival
Margaret arrives on the midnight train to a surprised mother and Ralph Wells. The scene unfolds at a white frame house as she battles fatigue and a troubling mood, reads a magazine article on men, and confronts a taunting birth sign book before seeking rest and questioning plans for Christmas with Ralph staying over.
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Pittsburgh
Maergaret
Margaret
Ralph
Mrs. Brown
Philadelphia
Ralph Wells
Fragmentary dialogue from a holiday scene in a kitchen
Fragmentary OCR text shows characters Rae, Sateen, Sezeni, and Ralph in a casual spoken moment about a Christmas Eve dance and sharing pie. The passage contains garbled phrases and unclear actions, offering glimpses of character interaction but few coherent plot beats.
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Daniel Green Slippers
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Shoe Box
Ambersburg St
Gettysburg, Pa
Philco
York, PA
Welshaar Gres
Kelvinator
Baltimore Street
Gettysberg
York
York’s Large Record Shop
West Market Street
Liggett's
Liggett Linen and Gift Shop
al Pardtey Foods
New Oxford
Rae
Sateen
Sebeni
Vantines
Cologne
Paris
Walt Disney
Porky, Elmer
Walle
Hemminger’s Drug Store
New Oxford, Pa
D. Krug & Son High
Pine Sts
Hanover, Pa
Allison's
Texaco Service
Willard
Keystone Garage
Texaco
Baltimore ST
Lippy
Chambersburg St
By Helena Rubinstein
Coty
Cheramy
Broadway
Hanover
Menchey Music Service
York Street
Service
Hollander
Center Square
S. Geenge Street
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