Bob Wilhelm’s Q&A
UNSEEN FOR HALF A CENTURY, MAYBE LONGER
On occasion a visitor to Auburn Heights brings with them an item they no longer wish to keep but surmise
AVRR TRIAL RUNS
Tom Marshall left the Friends of Auburn Heights with a rich history of the Auburn Valley Railroad as detailed in
73-YEAR FACELIFT
T. Clarence Marshall took an interest in motorized carriages and specifically steam carriages in the early 1900s, becoming a dealer
GRANULAR CARBON TELEPHONY
The attic of the Marshall Steam Museum became a storehouse for larger household items that three generations of Marshalls no
MAIL BY RAIL
In the 1870s, U.S. mail from Hockessin traveled by the Wilmington & Western Rail Road to Wilmington, Delaware, as Wilmington’s
WHEELIN’ & DEALIN’ CARS
Since the early beginnings of the Marshall Steam Team and eventually Friends of Auburn Heights, Tom Marshall told us of
COG PLANTHOPPER
The small planthopper pictured below is found throughout Europe, Russia, China, and Northern Africa. First described in 1839, it is
YORK LYN & YORKLIN & YORKLYN
While the exact origin of Auburn as the name for the northern portion of Auburn Valley State Park is undocumented,
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
In doing some recent research, we came across the image below from 1935. While most railroads did something similar, the
$2.7 MILLION TIME PIECE
For decades a marble-faced clock has hung over the pedestrian entrance to the Marshall Steam Museum. While it ran in
AUTOMOTIVE BODY DESIGNS
We recently ran across an image that called our attention to 21st-century automotive body designs. If one examines 23 current
ERRATIC BOILER WATER GAUGE
As Tom Marshall would often advise members of the Steam Team of the late 1990s, Stanley steamers are known for