SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 At the historic Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton weren\u2019t just preparing to board a special train excursion to Jessup; they were boarding these Central Railroad of New Jersey train cars for much more than just a train ride- free ice cream.<\/p>\n
It’s one of the most exciting trips of the year for the Iron Horse Society and its President Michael Rinkunas aboard the Ice Cream Express, combining free Ice Cream sundaes with a little bit of what Rinkunas calls \u201cEdu-train-ment”.<\/p>\n
“The goal is to help people understand that trains are one of the reasons why Ice Cream and Ice are a major part of our lives today,” Rinkunas said.<\/p>\n
Back in the 19th century, trains were a primary method of making things move quicker, faster and cheaper, including the transport of both fresh cream and harvested ice. <\/p>\n
“If you\u2019ve ever been up to Tobyhanna, they have the Ice Harvest at the Icehouse; that\u2019s how people used to refrigerate their food or keep their food and preserve it before refrigeration,” Rinkunas said.<\/p>\n
After arriving at Jessup Station Park, if folks didn\u2019t already have enough of a sugar rush, the folks at Ice Screamers from Moosic had their Ice Cream truck loaded with all kinds of sweet flavors, including the custom All Aboard Sundae.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s chocolate for coal, white for the smoke of the locomotive, red for the firebox of the cherry. So it\u2019s an homage to railroading while everyone is having a sweet time,” Rinkunas said, describing the components of the All Aboard Sundae.<\/p>\n
But what makes this event so sweet to Rinkunas and the Iron Horse Society is not just about everyone having a great time; it\u2019s also about preserving the history of these locomotives.<\/p>\n
“The Iron Horse Society we\u2019re actually taking the proceeds from this trip to preserve the equipment to keep it operational, so everyone is having a great time while also preserving Steamtown and our nation\u2019s history,” Rinkunas said.<\/p>\n
The Iron Horse Society is a 501c3 corporation and was formed to promote the knowledge, education, & preservation of railroad heritage at Steamtown National Historic Site for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 At the historic Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton weren\u2019t just preparing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-267251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}