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111 Collinsburg Rd., West Newton, Pennsylvania, 15089 United States
The Westmoreland County Section of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP).
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Picture by Victor Pilipovich
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Membership
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The WYTC would like to thank all new, existing, and renewing members for their membership dues, especially this year as we had to cancel all fundraising events because of Covid 19.
As a WYTC member you are helping to maintain the trail with equipment and supplies. The WYTC counts on membership dues to be able to continue supporting and maintaining the 10.5 miles of the GAP trail that runs through Westmoreland County, PA.
If you are not currently a member, we invite you to Join Us! When asked, many members tell us that they join to give back or to support this wonderful resource, which we especially cherish during this difficult time. Also, membership numbers are used to justify trail improvements when writing grants.
Give the perfect birthday, anniversary, or Christmas gift of membership. What a wonderful way to celebrate!
See you on the Trail!
railcar relocation/renovation history
The Liszewski Family
Picture: Caz and Terry Liszewski
Caz was a founding father of the WYTC. Terry worked for over 20 years as the Trail Monitor Coordinator.
Read about the historic relocation and renovation.
Read the article written by Jim and Terry Liszewski; edited by Anna Liszewski DeRosa
West Newton Station
The Rail Car today. On Earth Day 1998, the railcar was moved from Buddtown near Banning #4 mine (between West Newton and Cedar Creek Park) to its current site in West Newton, a 2-acre site adjacent to the Yough River Trail. Two 60-ton cranes and a flatbed truck were used to make the move. Caz Liszewski, a founding member of the WYTC Over the Hill Gang, contributed his own engineering time and services to spearhead the relocation effort. Once it arrived at its destination, the railcar was placed on 33-foot-long track panels atop a three-foot bed of ballast. CSX Corp. donated the rails and ballast for the project.
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BELL DONATED BY THE LISZEWSKI'S
This is a 100- pound bell, made of iron and other alloys. It has a seventeen-inch diameter (base of bell) which was generally the largest bell made for steam locomotives. There is a number on the bell that looks like it was changed at one time. This was the number of the steam engine. Another number is on the base and this was a mold number.
Two WYTC volunteers, Tim Aaron and Keith Frid, worked on restoring and burnishing the bell.
10-19-2020 Next meeting - current and new members welcome
