Zare - All Aboard the Hoodlebug

Program note
In southwestern Pennsylvania, about an hour’s drive east of Pittsburgh, there is a hiking trail
known as the “Ghost Town Trail” that connects a series of old ghost towns that were once
bustling homes to coal mines and mills as recently as the early 1900s. Now the towns of
Wehrum, Scott Glen, and Lackawanna, to name a few, are no longer inhabited, and their
buildings and roads are slowly being reclaimed by nature. However, their history is forever
etched into the landscape, with some impressively large structures still standing.
All Aboard the Hoodlebug is inspired by the old passenger train known as the Hoodlebug that
was common in the area. The towns relied on railroads that cut through the mountainous and
difficult terrain. Listen for the train crossing bells as you take a trip from one town to another.