The Ghost Train Project

Name: The Ghost Train Project
Address: Reading, PA, 19602, US
Telephone: +14845091008

We will get the train rolling, your participation will keep it going.

Reading to Philadelphia: When passenger rail could get on track

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The Ghost Train Project

What is the Ghost Train Project?

A Proposal for a Public Art Awakening about Trains and Transportation

Artist and entrepreneur Jane Runyeon, architect Valerie Boom, and lighting designer and past cattle rancher Lynn Redding, gathered on the High Line in New York City in April 2014 to discuss their immediate impressions of the interplay between the newly created gardens and original infrastructure. That day began their ongoing dialogue about missing the enormous impact of freight trains and their scale in the urban and wild landscapes – They have been discussing creative ways to reintroduce the Iron Horse ever since and to ignite a discourse about how the "Ghost" of the transit system still influences our lives to this day.

The presence and absence of trains continues to impact our lives and public art installations are an opportunity to reveal and refresh narratives through varied points of view, both ethereal and interactive.

Josh Miller, a Professor of Communication Design at Kutztown University, is one of the first collaborators to jump on board at Saucony Creek and Franklin Street Station with his installation Indica.. Circumstantial Evidence. His goal is to create an interactive experience that blends both design and technology. He as exhibited work at Agrikultura Exhibtion in Sweden, InLight Richmond Projection Festival, and Pier 57 Exhibition in New York City.

The history of the rails is rich and checkered. Their current status often goes unnoticed or is mysteriously unknown. Exploring trains through experiences, memory, and imagination, we plan to continue using varied arts and media – moving between the seen and unseen, the understood and the misunderstood, the temporal and the timeless.

As a passenger revisiting this lost era, the public are encouraged to share, react, respond and contribute to the experience of the visual, theatrical, lighting, sound, and movement of the project along the way.

We are starting with Reading PA and lower Manhattan where the idea for the project first germinated. With Reading PA, specifically Saucony Creek and Franklin Street Station, being the first and main junction, the Ghost Train Project is planning appearances “real” and “virtual” to begin the conversation about the impact of transit on our lives.

We are actively seeking collaborators of all sorts.

The Ghost Train Project is interested in working with the artistic and larger business communities. These diverse groups are influenced by and acknowledge the power of trains and their ability to spark economic development and create new community dynamics.

Contact us if you are interested in trains and our ideas. Let’s see what we can create together, as artists, benefactors, and audiences, hopping on and off the creative track along the way. Our collaboration will be the major fuel behind The Ghost Train Project.

We will get the train rolling, your participation will keep it going.

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