Wally Ely
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My Works
LEARN ABOUT THE "GEEZERS!" Click the two "Understanding the Geezers" links under My Works heading.
Wally's Long Standing Saturday Breakfast Group
Understanding the Geezers PART ONE OF TWO
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Understanding the Geezers - PART TWO OF TWO
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"How I Met Suzanne" is important to me. If you want to read all about it, here's a brief rememberance of the big event!
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Not all my driving jobs work out as planned. Here's how things can go wrong. Click here.
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"How I Met My Brother, Tom Ely" Here is the surprising Internet tale of how Wally found a brother he didn't know he had.
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If you liked "How I Met My Brother, Tom Ely," You'll LOVE this one -- "How I Met Wally Ely." Another strange Internet genealogy tale. Click here.
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When Wally worked in Reading for ten years, he wrote articles for the Reading Marketing Association which appeared in the Reading Eagle newspaper. Here is his favorite - called "Grandpop Works At The Peanut Bar."
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Traveling to Las Vegas by Amtrak passenger train was exciting - not just because it was a train trip, but because of the events along the way. Wally wrote this article for the national magazine Popular Electronics about his use of his scanner on the train
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"My Class Reunion." Fifty years is a long time, and Wally has wonderful memories of the fifty-year reunion of his class of 1954 at Allentown High School.
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"A Class Act." Wally was Ryne Sandberg's chauffer for a day when Sandberg visited RCN on the day he was inducted into the Reading Phillies Baseball Hall Of Fame. Here Wally documents the day.
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A new steam locomotive arrived at the WK&S in the summer of 2008 - it will take YEARS to restore it to operating condition. Click here to find out why.
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This article about Wally's friend Ray Holland was published in the Allentown Morning Call "Another View" column. Click here to read about Ray.
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Every speech Bob Ott and Wally did together was different from the rest. Here is Wally's report on how things went when the pair appeared in Emmaus.
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Wally's favorite ride at Dorney Park has a unique history. Here Wally tells you all about "The Train That Saved Dorney Park."
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Wally's testimonial to Bob Ott appears in this trio of stories about the adventures of Bob and Wally after publishing their history of Dorney Park book. Bob passed away in March 2007.
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Long Standing Saturday breakfast group...
LEARN ABOUT THE "GEEZERS!" Click the two "Understanding the Geezers" links under My Works heading.
Quick Links
Buy my Dorney Park book on eBay
Buy my Dorney Park Book on Amazon.com
Buy "Does This Train Go Up Hawk Mountain" on eBay
Buy my book "Does This Train Go Up Hawk Mountain?" from Amazon.com
Wally is a Charter Member of the Kiwanis Club of Allentown-Salisbury. Visit their website to learn more about Kiwanis.
Wally is a charter member of the Lehigh Valley Postcard Club. Click on this to see our website.
America On Wheels museum in Allentown, PA. Wally is a volunteer.
Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad, Kempton, Pennsylvania
Wally has an eBay store of his own. Here he sells his books and many postcards. Check him out! Click here.
My friend and WK&S Volunteer Jeff Z. has a great site about the WK&S railroad. Click here and be transported to Kempton, Pennsylvania by way of Jeff's home in Manassass, Virginia.
St. John's Lutheran Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania is "Wally's church." Click here to learn more about this congregation and its mission.
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