Friday, August 22, 2025
East Broad Top Railroad to Dedicate Monument Honoring the Kovalchick Family
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE East Broad Top Railroad to Dedicate Monument Honoring the Kovalchick Family Rockhill Furnace, PA — August 18, 2025 — The East Broad Top Railroad will host a special ceremony on Saturday, August 23, at 11:00 a.m. to dedicate a new monument honoring the Kovalchick family for their pivotal role in preserving America’s oldest operating narrow-gauge railroad. In 1956, at a time when much of America’s industrial history was disappearing, Nick Kovalchick, an Indiana, Pennsylvania
