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Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad, It's History!

(2021) Tour of the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad

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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.


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