The North Shore Railroad Company & Affiliates (Lycoming Valley Railroad) will be hosting…
America's Semiquincentennial Train Rides
on
August 22, 2026
These hour & 15 minute rides will load at
Stallion Infrastructure Services (150 S Loyalsock Ave, Montoursville, PA 17754).
Excursions will depart at 10am, Noon, 2PM, and 4pm.
These trips will feature NSHR 2238 (Semiquincentennial Locomotive).
This is a rare mileage trip!
Train Tickets are priced at $25.00 each.
(Children two years old or younger, who will be riding on a lap for the entire duration of the trip, will be permitted to ride for free. One lap rider per paid adult.)
We will be introducing our newest, rededicated passenger car for this event - the Carl E. Stotz!
NOTES:
Boarding will begin ½ hour before departure.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Riders must arrive at least 10 minutes (or earlier) before departure because doors will close five minutes before departure.
Smoking, vapes, alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants are NOT PERMITTED on the train or railroad property at any time.
Trains run - rain or shine. No refunds.
NO PETS ALLOWED.
On Saturday, August 22nd, NSHR is offering public train rides from Montoursville, PA. These trips will load passengers from Stallion Infrastructure Services (located at 150 S. Loyalsock Ave, Montoursville), travel 30 minutes south - towards Muncy, PA, and stop on the railroad bridge that crosses the Susquehanna River before returning to Montoursville. The rides will be a little longer than an hour long in duration.
Departure times will be at 10am, noon, 2pm, and 4pm.
The trips will be pulled by locomotive NSHR 2238 (America’s Semiquincentennial Locomotive) and one of NSHR’s military units. This ride will also feature NSHR’s newest passenger car remdoel/dedication - NSHR 104, the “Carl E. Stotz”.
Further, given that NSHR’s Veterans Benefit Voyage experienced massive rain-fall. NSHR will be donating portions of these ticket sales to the nonprofits that were selected for this year’s Veterans Benefit Voyage: Hunts for Healing and Expedition Orange.
This is a rare mileage trip, and tickets are being sold at $25 per seat.
About Carl E. Stotz
In 1939, Williamsport, PA, went down in history as the birthplace of Little League Baseball - thanks to its founder, Carl E. Stotz.
Stotz was born in 1910, in Williamsport, PA. In the late 1930s, Stotz had the idea to create an organized baseball league (specifically for children aged 8–12). He wanted the league to teach sportsmanship, fair play, and teamwork.
He worked with local businesses to sponsor teams and recruited neighborhood kids. On June 6, 1939, the first official Little League Baseball game was played between Lycoming Dairy and Lundy Lumber.
Little League spread across Pennsylvania and the U.S. The first Little League World Series was played in 1947 in Williamsport, PA. By the 1950s, Little League had hundreds of teams nationwide, and it went international in 1951 (when Canada joined the movement). Today, it’s a global organization in over 80 countries, with millions of players.
Carl E. Stotz passed away at age 82 (in 1992), leaving behind a legacy and an accomplished mission, as he wanted every boy to “play on a regular team, with uniforms and a new ball for every game and bats you can really swing.”
About the Veteran Nonprofits
Hunts for Healing offers outdoor recreation events, such as fishing and hunting, tailored for wounded warriors to help them heal emotionally and spiritually. They provide a space for Veterans to feel accepted and encouraged. Hunts for Healing is run by all volunteers. Their challenging outdoor activities, social interaction, home-cooked meals, and care, provide the friendship, acceptance and encouragement our wounded warriors need and deserve.
NSHR selected Expedition Orange this year to raise funds for their efforts in helping the group as they visit Veterans homes across the country and provide a $1,000 donation to a Veterans’ home in each state they visit. Expedition Orange uses horse and rider to raise national awareness and bring support to Vietnam Veterans and their families suffering from Agent Orange exposure.
Both of these organizations allocate 100% of their donations towards Veterans.
