by grumpyoldman
An article in the Sullivan County Democrat states that Jim Wilson has purchased the Olympia Hotel in Callicoon.
This great news but JW is the owner of the Erie Lackawanna Railway???
The full article is here:
http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/001Janu ... lympia.htm
John
The Olympia Hotel – once a destination for passengers alighting from the cars at Callicoon Depot – died with the cessation of railway traffic through the hamlet. It’s only fitting that it will be reborn as the new home to not one but two railway companies, and once again welcome passengers off cars at the Callicoon train station. The decaying hotel – oft ridiculed in passing decades as an eyesore – was purchased two weeks ago by Jim Wilson, a part-time resident of Damascus, Pa. and owner of the Erie Lackawanna and New York & Greenwood Lake railway companies.An earlier article stated that after renovations the hotel will "contain the offices of the Erie Lackawanna Railway and museum along with the headquarters of New York & Greenwood Lake Railway.
This great news but JW is the owner of the Erie Lackawanna Railway???
The full article is here:
http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/001Janu ... lympia.htm
John
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