Falling Water - Trains Magazine

Edgar Kaufman, Jr. didn't get off or board at Ohiopyle, Penna.; he boarded in Manhattan at Pennsylvania Station and took the Pennsy westward to Greensburg.  At Greensburg he would be met by a car (think chauffeur) and be driven to Fallingwater (one word).  He would return home the same way.  

He didn't take the B&O to Ohiopyle for several reasons.  First, imagine a rich man using Pennsylvania Station.  He gets out of his car (chauffeured) and walks a few feet downstairs to his waiting and cozy Pullman room or suite.  Now imagine this same man getting out of his chauffeured car....and boarding a bus?  that takes him to Jersey City?  No way.  Second, the B&O wasn't the Pennsy.  With the Pennsy, Mr. Kaufman would have had a choice of fine trains at different times.  With the B&O from NYC, not so much.

No train that Mr. Kaufman might remotely consider riding stopped at Ohiopyle.  Ever.  Not even upon his command.  Should he somehow have to ride the B&O, he would debark at Connellsville.  

Mr. Kaufman mentioned Penn Station in his reminiscences; no word about the B&O.

As far as Amtrak stopping there, I'm afraid I agree.  Nothing short of a local train is suitable.  I can't imagine an Amtrak station there, manned or unmanned.  Even so, how would tourists then physically get to Fallingwater?  

Btw, have any of you who have been to Fallingwater been to nearby Cucumber Falls?  Gorgeous place. At Ohiopyle, one can go whitewater rafting, bike to DC on the former WM mainline bike path, tour Fallingwater, or have lunch at Cucumber Falls (that's 2 water falls in a day).  Not bad for a hamlet of 77 persons.  

I have ridden the Capitol Limited through Ohiopyle many times, always with the door window open, head hanging out, inhaling the fresh mountain air, taking in the sights, remembering my own former times there.  A magical place.

But an Amtrak stop?  Fuggeddaboutit.