(2021) Tour of the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad
00:20 - >>GOOD MORNING. I'M SHERRY
00:21 - PORTER THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR
00:23 - THE OAK CREEK IN TITUSVILLE
00:24 - RAILROAD WHICH IS OWNED BY THE
00:26 - OIL CREEK RAILWAY HISTORICAL
00:27 - SOCIETY WHERE LOCATED IN
00:29 - TITUSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA.
00:30 - WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1986 AND
00:32 - WE PROVIDE HISTORICAL
00:34 - EDUCATIONAL RAIL ROAD TRIPS
00:36 - THROUGH THE OIL CREEK STATE
00:37 - PARK AND THROUGH THE VALLEY
00:39 - THAT CHANGE THE WORLD. WE HAVE
00:41 - 8 RAILWAY CARS THAT WE PROVIDE
00:44 - RIDES THROUGH CREEK STATE PARK
00:47 - IN EACH ONE OF THEM IS NAMED
00:49 - FOR A MAINE,
00:52 - INFLUENCER TO THE DEVELOPMENT
00:53 - OF THE OIL INDUSTRY HERE IN
00:55 - THE AREA. WE ALSO HAVE
00:57 - THE RAILWAY POST OFFICE CAR
00:59 - WHICH IS THE ONLY OPERATING
01:01 - RAILWAY POST OFFICE CAR
01:02 - IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE ARE
01:04 - FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE OUR
01:06 - OPEN CAR
01:07 - AS WELL THAT GUESTS ARE WELCOME
01:09 - TO VISIT AS THEY GET DOWN TO
01:11 - THE VALLEY THAT CHANGE THE
01:12 - WORLD.
01:14 - HERE AT PERRY STREET STATION
01:16 - WE HAVE. WALL OF
01:18 - HISTORY GIVES YOU SOME
01:19 - INFORMATION ON THE INDIVIDUALS
01:21 - THAT HAVE CALLED TITUSVILLE
01:23 - HOME. SOME OF THEM INVOLVED IN
01:25 - THE OIL INDUSTRY OTHERS NOT WE
01:27 - HAVE DIFFERENT MEMORABILIA HERE
01:29 - RANGING FROM RAILWAY
01:31 - MEMORABILIA TO PLAYER PIANOS
01:34 - AND OTHER ASSORTED ITEMS THAT
01:36 - TIE INTO THE HISTORY TO
01:37 - THE AREA. HERE AT PERRY STREET
01:39 - STATION IS WHERE YOU'LL PICK UP
01:40 - YOUR TICKET TO START YOUR RIDE
01:42 - THROUGH THE VALLEY THAT CHANGED
01:43 - THE WORLD SO COME ON IN AND
01:45 - LET'S GET YOUR CHECK IT.
01:49 - OKAY SO WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE
01:50 - TICKET COUNTER HERE. PERRY
01:51 - STREET STATION WHERE YOU WILL
01:53 - GET YOUR TICKET AND GET READY
01:54 - TO BOARD THE TRAIN.
01:56 - WHILE YOU'RE HERE IN PERRY
01:57 - STREET STATION YOU'RE WELCOME
02:00 - FOLLOW THE WALL OF THAT
02:02 - WAS INSTALLED HERE IN THE
02:04 - STATION WITH
02:05 - FUNDS FROM WELL REGION OUT OF
02:09 - OIL CITY AREA.
02:10 - IT GIVES HISTORY OF THE AREA,
02:12 - INCLUDING THE FACT THAT COLONEL
02:14 - EDWIN DRAKE DRILLED HIS FIRST
02:16 - WELL HERE IN THE TITUSVILLE
02:18 - AREA IN 1859.
02:20 - ALSO GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME
02:21 - OF THE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS
02:23 - THAT HAVE CALLED TITUSVILLE
02:24 - HOME THROUGH THE YEARS.
02:26 - SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT ONES
02:27 - BEING I TO
02:28 - TAR BELL AND JOHN HIGHS MEN
02:32 - WITH THE HISTORY TO FOOTBALL.
02:35 - SO WE DO HAVE A DISPLAY
02:36 - RECOGNIZING ALL OF THEM.
02:37 - WE
02:37 - ALSO HAVE A LOT OF THE ANTIQUES
02:40 - HERE IN THE AREA
02:42 - RAILROAD MEMORABILIA. WE HAVE
02:44 - EVERYTHING FROM GLASSES
02:46 - PROVIDED BY THE
02:47 - PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 2 OLD
02:49 - RAILROAD HAT AND DIFFERENT
02:52 - ASSORTED ITEMS THAT.
02:54 - TELL US JUST DIFFERENT BITS AND
02:55 - PIECES OF HISTORY OF ALL OF THE
02:57 - RAILROADS THAT HAVE COME
02:58 - THROUGH THIS AREA.
03:00 - ONE OF THE
03:01 - MANY DISPLACED YOU'LL FIND HERE
03:03 - IN PERRY STREET STATION IS ONE
03:05 - OF OUR LITTLE SPEED
03:06 - OR CARS. THESE CARS WERE USED
03:08 - FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE
03:09 - RAILROADS FOR YEARS ON VARIOUS
03:12 - FORMS, THIS IS A LITTLE TOO
03:14 - CEDAR. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT
03:16 - HOLD FOR AN UP TO 6.
03:19 - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WHEN THERE
03:20 - WERE REPAIRS NEEDED ON THE
03:21 - TRACKS THE RAILROAD CREW WOULD
03:23 - LOAD THEIR TOOLS AND WHATEVER
03:25 - ITEMS THEY NEEDED TO MAKE THE
03:26 - REPAIRS ON
03:27 - THESE CARDS AND PUT THEM ON THE
03:30 - RAILS AND GET DOWN TO THE
03:32 - REPAIR SITE MAKING REPAIRS AND
03:34 - TURN AROUND AND
03:34 - COME BACK. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE
03:37 - THAT THIS ONE WAS DONATED TO US
03:39 - BY ONE OF OUR BENEFACTORS
03:41 - AND WE DO HAVE A GROUP THAT
03:43 - COMES IN TO ABOUT 3 TIMES A
03:45 - YEAR
03:47 - OFFER RIDES IN AUGUST IN
03:50 - CONJUNCTION WITH OIL FEST
03:51 - WEEKEND. AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME
03:54 - OF THESE FLOATING AROUND THAT
03:55 - YOU CAN SEE WHY YOU'RE HERE AND
03:56 - THE STATION.
04:00 - HERE PERRY
04:00 - STREET STATION YOU ALSO FIND
04:02 - OUR SOUVENIR SHOP WE HAVE
04:03 - EVERYTHING FROM MINIATURE TRAIN
04:06 - SET TO TEE SHIRTS WE HAVE A
04:09 - LOCAL VENDOR PROVIDES US WITH
04:12 - CAN JOE'S I AM NOT MUSICALLY
04:14 - INCLINED SO I WILL NOT GRAY
04:16 - SHOE WITH POOR PLAYING IS THAT
04:18 - I CAN MANIPULATE
04:19 - ON THAT. WE HAVE EVERYTHING
04:21 - FROM LAPEL PINS TO
04:23 - HAVE TAX AND KIDS BOOKS
04:25 - COLORING BOOKS AND VARIOUS KIDS
04:28 - ACTIVITIES SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
04:29 - YOU STOP AND SHOP FOR
04:30 - CHRISTMAS.
04:34 - SO WE'VE NOW ENTERED
04:35 - THE RAILWAY POST OFFICE CARD
04:37 - HERE ON KIRK IN TITUSVILLE
04:38 - RAILROAD, WHERE YOU CAN SELECT
04:41 - AND MAIL YOUR OWN.
04:43 - POSTCARD. WE ARE THE ONLY
04:45 - OPERATING RAILWAY POST OFFICE
04:46 - CAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
04:48 - SO WE HAVE HERE OUR POSTCARD
04:51 - THAT WE'RE SENDING SO WE
04:53 - DO HAVE CANCELLATIONS STAMPED.
04:59 - AND TO THE MAILBOX
05:00 - IT GOES AND IT WILL ARRIVE AT
05:02 - THAT ADDRESS WITHIN A WEEK OR
05:05 - SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
05:07 - CAN DO WE DO CANCEL MAIL ON
05:08 - HOLIDAYS AND ON SUNDAYS UNLIKE
05:10 - YOUR TYPICAL
05:11 - POST OFFICE. SO WE DO KIND OF
05:14 - HAVE A SPECIAL NICHE HERE WITH
05:16 - THE ONLY CAR AND BEING ABLE TO
05:18 - CANCEL ON SUNDAYS
05:19 - AND HOLIDAYS. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU
05:21 - A TOUR OF SOME OF THE OTHER
05:21 - CARS HERE SHORTLY HOPE YOU
05:23 - ENJOY YOUR TRIP WITH US ON
05:24 - SANDY.
05:28 - WELL WE
05:28 - ARE NOW BOARD ONE OF THE COACH
05:30 - CARS HERE IN KIRK IN
05:31 - TITUSVILLE RAILROAD. WE WILL
05:34 - TAKE YOU DOWN ARE 13 AND A HALF
05:36 - MILE TRACK THAT TAKES YOU
05:38 - THROUGH A CREEK STATE PARK 27
05:40 - MILES ROUND TRIP ABOUT A 3 HOUR
05:42 - TOUR.
05:44 - IT TAKES SHOE ALONG AND SHOWS
05:46 - YOU A LOT OF THE HISTORY
05:47 - THROUGH OAK CREEK
05:48 - STATE PARK. WE ALSO HAVE THE
05:51 - OPEN CAR THAT WE WILL VISIT
05:52 - NEXT AND THE FIRST CLASS AS
05:54 - WELL.
05:57 - THIS IS OUR OPEN CAR HERE ON
05:58 - THE OPRAH IN
05:59 - TITUSVILLE RAILROAD. THIS CAR
06:01 - IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WITH A
06:02 - TICKET WHO IS ON THE TRAIN TO
06:04 - COME BACK AND EXPLORE AND ENJOY
06:05 - THE JOURNEY DOWN THROUGH THE
06:07 - STATE PARK.
06:07 - >>WE DO NOT HAVE SEATING IN OUR
06:09 - OPEN CAR ON LIKE A LOT OF
06:10 - THE RAILROADS. MARS IS STANDING
06:13 - ROOM ONLY BUT IT PROVIDES FOR A
06:15 - BEAUTIFUL TRIP A LOT OF TIMES
06:17 - WE HAVE FIRSTHAND SIGHTINGS OF
06:20 - HERONS.
06:21 - >>BALD EAGLE.
06:23 - >>AND MANY OF THE OTHER
06:24 - WILDLIFE THAT RUN THROUGH OAK
06:25 - CREEK STATE PARK.
06:28 - >>HERE WE HAVE YOU IN OUR FIRST
06:30 - CLASS CAR. IT IS ALSO THE
06:32 - WABASH CAR HERE ON THE O C AND
06:34 - T. AS YOU WILL SEE SEATS ARE A
06:37 - LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU
06:38 - SAW IN THE
06:39 - COACH AREA. SEATS HERE A LITTLE
06:41 - SOFTER KUSH YEAR CLOCK COVERED
06:43 - AS OPPOSED TO VINYL
06:45 - THIS CARD DOES HAVE AIR
06:46 - CONDITIONING DURING THE SUMMER
06:47 - MONTHS SO KIND OF MAKE SAID THE
06:50 - ULTIMATE RIGHT HERE ON CNT
06:53 - WE DO HAVE A TOUR GUIDE WHO HAS
06:55 - BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT 36 YEARS
06:57 - HERE IN
06:57 - THIS CAR VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE FOR
07:00 - THE AREA AND THOSE ARE THE
07:02 - PRIME BENEFITS TO FIRST CLASS
07:04 - HERE ON THE O C AND E.
07:08 - WHEN
07:09 - YOU STOP TO VISIT US AT KIRK IN
07:10 - TITUSVILLE RAILROAD WE HOPE
07:12 - YOU'LL CONSIDER A NIGHT STAY AT
07:13 - THE
07:13 - CABOOSE MOTEL. THEY ALL OPENED
07:15 - IN 2005 AND THEIR SEASON RUNS
07:18 - MAY THROUGH OCTOBER.
07:20 - EACH COULD THIS HAS BEEN
07:21 - CONVERTED TO A FREESTANDING
07:22 - MOTEL ROOM AND HAS ALL THE
07:24 - AMENITIES THAT YOU COULD WE
07:26 - NEED.
07:30 - HI WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED YOUR
07:31 - BRIEF VISIT WITH US HERE ON
07:33 - KIRK IN TITUSVILLE RAILROAD
07:34 - TODAY. YOU CAN FIND OUR
07:35 - SCHEDULE AT WWW DOT O C T R R
07:39 - DOT ORG. AND YOU CAN FIND US ON
07:42 - FACEBOOK AT WELKER CAN
07:43 - TITUSVILLE RAILROAD. WE HAVE A
07:45 - MULTITUDE OF EVENTS THAT WE
07:47 - HOST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEY
07:48 - START WITH EASTER RUNS AND WE
07:50 - DO SCHOOL TOURS IN MAY AND OUR
07:53 - REGULAR SEASON OPENS IN JUNE
07:55 - RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER.
07:57 - OCTOBER WE DO OUR FALL FOLIAGE
07:58 - RUNS WHERE WE OPERATE WEDNESDAY
08:00 - THROUGH SUNDAY.
08:01 - WE ALSO HAVE HALLOWEEN AND
08:04 - CHRISTMAS RUNS IN DECEMBER
08:05 - WITH SANTA. SO WE HOPE YOU'LL
08:07 - BE ABLE TO STOP BACK AND VISIT
08:09 - US SOMETIME SOON THANK YOU.