Cumberland Valley Line Block Stations

I've been archiving some slides and came across one that has begged me to ask this question.

In 1983 "WOOD" block station was renamed to "SAM". Of course, today the line is signaled, but it still retains the name.

However, the slide says that the interlocking was renamed n honor of Sam Kuhn, a local resident of Chambersburg, and as far as I can tell railfan. Can anyone confirm this for me and whether he may have worked for Conrail and did this upon his retirement?

I'd welcome any further discussion.

Regards,
John

Let me make a call to Jim Largent. He probably has the answer.

Didn't Kuhn work in Lucknow? I know he's not on the Conrail veterans listing.

Sammy Kuhn worked at the rail plant in Harrisburg and at reclamation in Chambersburg. Sam Sugars was also an engineer on this line. I have sources checking into which one it was named for. They can't confirm as of yet.

I like these mysteries.

Dont know if it was named for Sam Kuhn, but I knew him well. We worked together at Rockhill Trolley Museum. Hell of a nice guy. Also, he did work at Lucknow. Somewhere in the archives there's a picture of him leading a group on a tour of the place.
Russ

Great to hear guys. In addition to Lucknow I imagine he also worked at the Marysville rail plant as well.

I say this because the photographer shot a lot of stuff while it the rail plant in Marysville. The pictures I have were all shot by G. David Graeff, of Fayeteville, PA. Before he moved into the Masonic Home in E-town, he asked my Dad and me to make sure all his railroad stuff went to the right place. He's since passed away but I cataloged most of his slide collection. Dave was a good friend of Sam Kuhn's and they went a lot of places together.

Here is the answer straight from Abe Burnett:

Some GM in Phila got all bent out of shape because there were two locations named "Wood" on the Eastern Region... I think the other may have been on the New York & Long Branch. The name of the Wood of lesser importance had to be changed and I got the order from either Bruce Turek or Charlie Lowe to change it... can't remember which one was the Regional Manager of Operating Rules at the time.

The late, great Samuel Z. Kuhn, now of Blessed Memory, was from Chambersburg and ran the MW facility there for years before coming to Hbg to run the Lucknow Rail Mill. I called Sam up and told him we were re-naming the Block Station WOOD to Block Station SAM, in his honor, and I ordered a Station Sign from the B&B Department and put the change in the Bulletin Order. Had a copy of the General Order framed and gave it to him, along with a letter from me stating that the name had been changed in his honor.

General Order No. 226, effective 12:01 P.M., Wednesday, June 29, 1983.
Paragraph (b) as follows: HAGERSTOWN SECONDARY TRACK
WOOD Block-limit Station MP 50.3 redesignated
SAM Block-limit Station, in service. Page 40B
revised.

Brock,

GREAT! Thanks for the answer. Well, I have a picture of Sam next to his sign. So, I'm sure this would be a fun, future one-pager for the CRQ.

Regards,
John