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Ducks hit the creek; trains hit the streets
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SHAMOKIN — Duckies and drivers will be the order of business next weekend, as a special railroad motor-car exhibition and the Brush Valley Chamber of Commerce Duck Drop Race will take place Sunday, July 27.
Rubber duckies will be dropped into the Shamokin Creek. Railroad cars will showcased nearby, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The event begins at Water Street, behind Original Italian Pizza.
For a donation of $2, participants will adopt one of the rubber ducks entered into the race, which begins at 12:30 a.m.
The ducks will begin their adventure in the creekwaters behind OIP, and will race down the creek to the finish line, located at Claude Kehler Community Park, Third and Arch streets
“We wanted to do something that would promote the trains and bring out people, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to hold our duck drop,” said Chamber Director Sandy Winhofer.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers.
The event is part of a two-day run by riders on North Shore and Shamokin Valley Railroads, sponsored by the North American Railcar Operators Association.
The group begins its run Saturday, riding 86 round-trip miles of track on the North Shore Railroad. They will travel from Northumberland to Berwick and back.
Sunday’s trip will be a 50-mile excursion of the Shamokin Valley Railroad, from Sunbury to Mount Carmel Junction and back. The group will stop in Shamokin to view the Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club’s display.
Railcars, or railroad motorcars, as they are properly called, are given the nickname of “speeders.” These cars were used in the past to inspect tracks for defects. Larger versions of the cars could carry more workers and pull trailers loaded with spikes and tools.
The cars were phased out over the past decades in favor of Hy-Rail vehicles, which can travel on both roads and rails, but collectors and enthusiasts have embraced the motorcars and obtain permission from the railroads to operate on their tracks.
Ducks can be purchased at the Chamber office, located on the third floor of the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center, Arch and Eighth streets, or on Water Street the day of the event.
All proceeds from the duck drop will benefit another Chamber event, the 2009 Wellness Expo.
Rubber duckies will be dropped into the Shamokin Creek. Railroad cars will showcased nearby, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The event begins at Water Street, behind Original Italian Pizza.
For a donation of $2, participants will adopt one of the rubber ducks entered into the race, which begins at 12:30 a.m.
The ducks will begin their adventure in the creekwaters behind OIP, and will race down the creek to the finish line, located at Claude Kehler Community Park, Third and Arch streets
“We wanted to do something that would promote the trains and bring out people, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to hold our duck drop,” said Chamber Director Sandy Winhofer.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers.
The event is part of a two-day run by riders on North Shore and Shamokin Valley Railroads, sponsored by the North American Railcar Operators Association.
The group begins its run Saturday, riding 86 round-trip miles of track on the North Shore Railroad. They will travel from Northumberland to Berwick and back.
Sunday’s trip will be a 50-mile excursion of the Shamokin Valley Railroad, from Sunbury to Mount Carmel Junction and back. The group will stop in Shamokin to view the Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club’s display.
Railcars, or railroad motorcars, as they are properly called, are given the nickname of “speeders.” These cars were used in the past to inspect tracks for defects. Larger versions of the cars could carry more workers and pull trailers loaded with spikes and tools.
The cars were phased out over the past decades in favor of Hy-Rail vehicles, which can travel on both roads and rails, but collectors and enthusiasts have embraced the motorcars and obtain permission from the railroads to operate on their tracks.
Ducks can be purchased at the Chamber office, located on the third floor of the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center, Arch and Eighth streets, or on Water Street the day of the event.
All proceeds from the duck drop will benefit another Chamber event, the 2009 Wellness Expo.
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