Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is a supplemental tribute to Steamtown USA, produced alongside the Steamtown USA: Steam, Steel and Streamliners Documentary. This tribute features the long lost Scranton Steamtown USA song, written by Michael Giannetta and released in 1983 as a promotional single to help raise funds to bring Steamtown to Scranton, PA.
Sources:
Ali-Mar Productions
Green Frog Productions
Berkshire Productions
Mark I Video
Alansr2
TheConradProduction
The NERAIL New England Railroad Photo Archive
Scranton Steamtown USA - (The Steamtown Express, 1983)
This is a supplemental tribute to Steamtown USA, produced alongside the Steamtown USA: Steam, Steel and Streamliners Documentary. This tribute features the long lost Scranton Steamtown USA song, written by Michael Giannetta and released in 1983 as a promotional single to help raise funds to bring Steamtown to Scranton, PA.
Sources:
Ali-Mar Productions
Green Frog Productions
Berkshire Productions
Mark I Video
Alansr2
TheConradProduction
The NERAIL New England Railroad Photo Archive
Scranton Steamtown USA - (The Steamtown Express, 1983)










![Steamtown USA: Steam, Steel and Streamliners (Documentary)
In the 1960s, there were many rail preservation organizations across the US. Rail Tours Inc., The Strasburg Railroad, the Cass Scenic Railroad, The Rail City Museum, Michigans Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad and many more all had a crack at saving a portion of the nations railroad heritage. Of all the organizations that had their start in the 1960s, one of the most popular and storied operations was Steamtown USA, a New England-based steam safe haven. Born from the dreams of New England rail enthusiast F. Nelson Blount in the 1930s, Steamtown USA was home to one of the largest private collections of railroad equipment in North America. Blount had ambitious plans for Steamtown, but was unable to see his dreams fulfilled. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Steamtown continued to experience leadership changes and financial difficulties, eventually ending up 300 miles away in Scranton, PA and bankrupt by the end of the decade. Steamtown was given new life, when it became a National Historic Site and opened its doors in 1995. This documentary covers the seldom told complete story of Steamtown USA, from its beginnings as a dream in F. Nelson Blounts mind in the 1930s to the Grand Opening in the 1990s.
Additional Sources:
Steam Trains of Yesteryear (Rick Kfoury, 2021)
The Steamtown Movin Tribute [One of 2 Tributes produced alongside this documentary] can be seen here:
https://youtu.be/lHd5LfiPoOw
The Scranton Steamtown USA Tribute [Second of 2 Tributes produced alongside this documentary] can be seen here:
https://youtu.be/bu4uSOgsCPI
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