(rshsdepot) Tamaqua, PA

[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

 From the Morning Call..

Train station has time on its side
Tamaqua landmark gets its original clock restored and ticking.
By Terry Ahner Special to The Morning Call
A piece of Tamaqua Railroad history has been restored — and wound.

Bill and Florence Fegley, who lived in Tamaqua for 55 years before 
moving to New Ringgold five years ago, donated $500 to preserve an 
original regulator clock that hangs inside The Restaurant at the Station 
in borough's restored railroad station along Route 309.

''This is our home,'' Bill Fegley said. ''We've been fortunate in our 
lives to do many things, and this is one of them.''

A news conference was held Thursday by the Tamaqua Save Our Station 
group, which bought the train station in 1992 and in 2004 completed a 
$1.5 million restoration of the downtown centerpiece.

Florence Fegley said the couple is aware of its roots and and enjoys 
helping the attraction any way it can.

''We love Tamaqua,'' she said. ''Our heart's still here.''

Save Our Station Treasurer Micah Gursky said Back in Time of Souderton 
repaired the clock.

''The clock is original to the station, and when we restored the 
station, we wanted the visitor to experience what it was like to walk 
into an 1874 railroad station,'' he said. ''Having genuine pieces that 
were in the station helps to do that.''

The Fegleys symbolically wound the clock Thursday.

The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as 
well as being part of the 55-block Tamaqua Historic District. Save Our 
Station is a nonprofit group organized for the purpose of preserving and 
restoring the station.

Terry Ahner is a freelance writer.

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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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