Lewes Junction Railroad & Bridge Association (LJRBA) is beginning a community campaign to “Bring #60 for 250,” to Lewes.  To kick off the fundraising, the D. Russell Tatman Memorial Fund has donated $5,000 to LJRBA.

Tatman was a founding member of the Association in 2018.  At the time of his passing in 2020, his family established a memorial fund through the Greater Lewes Foundation with the intent to support LJRBA when the time was right.

“What better time to donate the funds, contributed by family and friends in Russ’ memory, to this exciting steam engine project as the crowning piece of rail history is added to Historic Lewes’ landscape during the nation’s semi-quincentennial celebrations,” noted Cathy Tatman.  “It is a fact that Lewes would not be what it is today if the railroad had not come to town in earlier times to transport produce and passengers,” continued Mrs. Tatman.

Significant funding is needed to bring the organization’s 1913 Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive #60 to join the existing display at Lewes Junction next to the Lewes Public Library and the Rollins History Museum.  The engine is currently undergoing cosmetic restoration in Wilmington by FMW Contractors, a national leader in historic rail preservation.

To become part of adding this missing chapter to Lewes’ long history, visit www.lewesjunctionrr.org