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Loan Exhibit and Lecture Program
“Visiting the Main Line — Railroad Ties”
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Loan Exhibit
Antique memorabilia, photos and documents from private collectors and historic archives showcase the Pennsylvania Railroad, its predecessor the Philadelphia & Columbia and its successors—the railroads that gave suburban Philadelphia’s “Main Line” region its name.
Fascinating items from the personal collections of Frank Tatnall, Frank Weer, and Ted Xaras as well the Radnor Historical Society, the Lower Merion Historical Society and the Ball Watch Company. Historic cast iron station signs, hardware, photos and prints of original station houses along the Main Line, late 19th century dinnerware from the Pennsylvania Railroad, old train schedules and tickets, a station phone box, lanterns, a conductor’s money box…..and much more!
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Lecture Program
Saturday, November 20
Complimentary with Antiques Show admission
11:00 am: Riding the Rails – an adventuresome presentation by collector/ artist/historian Ted Xaras on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1870-1940
Ted Xaras is renowned as an enthusiastic and knowledgeable railroad historian and artist. A retired Professor of Fine Art at Ursinus College, he continues to paint and currently teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
3:00 pm: Roundtable Storytelling -- by well-known railroaders and historians. Moderator: Frank G. Tatnall
People of the Main Line and Their Lifestyle
-- Gerald A. Francis, President, Lower Merion Historical Society
Running the Railroad: Operations on the Big Hill to Paoli
-- Frank G. Tatnall, Retired sales/marketing manager and operations consultant for the Pennsylvania Railroad and Conrail; great-grandson of Samuel M. Vauclain, the late chairman of Baldwin Locomotive Works
Motive Power and Rolling Stock
-- Frank Weer, Collector and railroad buff; retired Industrial Design Developer for the Reading Company (Conrail)
Timing the Trains / Railroad Wrecks
-- Marc Ofte, National Representative, The Ball Watch Company
Train Station Preservation: The Trail Ahead
-- James C. Higgins, President, Wayne Station Historic Preservation Association (recipient of a Preservation Award from the Heritage Commission of Delaware County in May 2010)
Q & A sessions will follow presentations.
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Sunday, November 21
Booth Talks by the Dealers: Know Your Antiques
Throughout the day
