Donald Young retires after 60 years on 8 tourist railroads

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1090

An August 23, 2026 article on WFMZ.com:

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PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. - After six decades of working on tourist railroads, Donald Young is stepping away from the locomotive cab at age 89.

Young has served as a volunteer locomotive engineer for the Delaware River Railroad Excursion in Phillipsburg since 2009.

His railroad career began around 1966 and has included work on eight different tourist railroads.

Link to the full story: 89-year-old volunteer engineer retires from Delaware River Railroad Excursion

The story includes a 2:15 long television news segment.