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The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will be hosting local author Tom Rich, who has recently produced Railroads and Railroaders: East and West, The History of Lines That Operated in Central Pennsylvania, at 2 p.m., Sept. 15.
According to a news release, the lecture, held in the Community Room of the museum is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by Van Campen Motors.
Rich is a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Bucknell University. The book is the first of three volumes to be published by the Union County Historical Society on railroads in Central Pennsylvania, focusing on the main railroad lines that ran east and west from Montandon to Tyrone, along with the logging railroads, and narrow gauge lines from Winfield to New Berlin and White Deer to Loganton.
"As this is our Society Program, admission to the museum will be free," the news release said. "The third Sunday of each month, May through October, is free admission day. Located at 858 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society provides a history of the region with information about Native American culture, frontier exploration, the development of the Pennsylvania canal, immigration during the 19th century, and the logging and lumbering era of the 19th century. The Taber Museum also houses the world-class Larue Shempp Model Train Collection."
The museum is open for touring from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and, from May through October, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. For further information, contact the museum at 570-326-3326 or visit the museum's website at www.tabermuseum.org.