ST. MARYS — The Bucksgahuda and Western, a local two-foot gage railroad and museum in St. Marys, was awarded a $5,000 grant by the Elk County Community Foundation.
Grant money will go toward a new shop/storage addition to house and work on the preservation of museum owners’ collection.
The local railroad has been in operation since 1966, when the Bauer brothers purchased a German-built steam locomotive through an advertisement in “Trains” magazine and shipped the engine from Germany through Philadelphia to St. Marys.
Their children, family members and friends are continuing the tradition and now number 20 active personnel and another 10 who help occasionally.
