Critics slam Steamtown
BY DAVID SINGLETON
STAFF WRITER
The Times-Tribune, Scranton
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The thing that surprised John Varrelmann the most about his first visit in a decade to Steamtown National Historic Site is how little it had changed.
Sure, the Jackson, N.J., man noticed more rust than he remembered as he strolled with his wife, Maggie, and their two children among the park’s vintage locomotives and cars, exploring and snapping photographs on a sun-drenched summer afternoon.
But he anticipated far more activity and especially more operating steam engines — not just the ones he saw during his last visit. The site ostensibly has three operable steam locomotives, although one is the midst of a major overhaul.
“It’s been 10 years — I expected there to be more engines,â€
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