Rating : 5 star. The way it used to be! , 11-Nov-2003
Reviewer: James Peterson from Scranton, PA
In October I stumbled upon this little country railroad with my wife on a beautiful Sunday. They were running Pumpkin Picking Specials so we decided to ride! It was a kid event but we had a blast. The scenery is absolutely wonderful and except of the occasional car at a grade crossing the line looked much as it must have 75 years ago. The staff was very friendly and helpful with all of our questions. I hope this fledgling company makes it as this is truly a gem of America’s past!!! Enjoy. ````James ``

Rating : 5 star. Absolutely Beautiful , 27-Feb-2004
Reviewer: anonymons from Penn, USA
I visited the railroad not to long ago and loves the place. There is so much history there. It amazing that the station itself is the same structure that was built in the 1890's and the fact its still there is incredible. I love how they keep it authentic...its truly an amazing place

Rating : 1 star. No more passenger train? , 30-Jan-2006
Reviewer: Robert from Allentown, PA
Their website states that due to insurance and other issues East Penn Scenic has been forced to cease operations indefinately. It seems that insurance problems can kill passenger and excursion trains. Insurance and liability is what killed steam and public excursions except Amtrak on the big roads (Conrail, NS, CSX). The big corporations don't want to deal with it and tie up their profitable freight trains all day so that some railfan excursion can have the right of way on the mainline. And if someone gets injured on RR property, you know what happens. And raifan excursions, especially steam tend to draw many people trackside due to the rarity of the excursion. That's another liability for the big RR's. And also train rides draw lots of kids and families who are not experienced with RR safety. RR's don't want kids walking all over their active mainline in case they have to send a freight through. It seems big freight RR's were more liberal with excursions in the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but in the 90's they all of a sudden became a liability. Remember how Norfolk Southern killed it's steam program beyond the point of return? David Goode (who took over after the Claytor brothers) wanted nothing to do with steam, and passenger excursions. All he was interested in was the company's freight business. Conrail was similar, Blue Mountain & Reading had big steam excursions on Conrail ex-Reading lines in the 80's but Conrail eventually said no. I never got to ride the Kutztown train, the closest other train is the WK&S, Kempton. Been on that several times.

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