CONNELLSVILLE, Pennsylvania — Thirteen years ago, hundreds of locals lined the streets of the downtown business district of this Fayette County city to see the train arrive … sort of. It was actually a nearly 30,000-pound model railroad display that was being delivered by a massive double-wide tractor-trailer hauling the late Harry Clark’s labor of love back home to Connellsville after spending a few years housed at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort near Farmington.

The move marked the second time Clark’s intricate 25-foot-by-52-foot model railroad display had been moved; the first was when it was moved from the second floor of Clark’s garage to Nemacolin.

“Harry Clark spent 40 years of his life building this display, and we wanted to make sure we preserved it and that it was available for the public to enjoy his handiwork,” explained Daniel Cocks of the Connellsville Canteen, where the railroad display now lives. 

Cocks, who also serves as executive director of the Fayette County........

© Washington Examiner