点评:Honestly, every National Park site is a 5-star for me, because they EXIST and because they preserve the best parts of American history for future generations to enjoy. But I don't review them all, because of course some stand out way more than others. Steamtown is particularly excellent. A friend recommended I prioritize it over all other road-trippable spots I was considering, so I was excited to go. It's one of those spots where visitors ages 1-111 will find something to love, whether you're more into train *rides*, learning about how machinery works, learning the industry that came to the US through the railroads, history of Scranton area specifically, Park Service preservation work - literally any and all of that. There's a great museum which is fully free, and a small fee ($6 adult tickets?) to ride a nearly 100-year old train for about a half hour. The Rangers on board provide valuable context to what you're experiencing - so I'm not really a huge train buff necessarily, but it's easy to get swept up in how cool it is. It's priceless really, to chug along for a bit on a railroad that's seen many generations ride by. For a longer ride (like 10 miles or so) you can visit the separately-operated trolley museum next door, which uses parallel tracks.
翻译:老实说,对我来说,每个国家公园都是五星级的,因为它们存在,并且保留了美国历史的精华供子孙后代欣赏。但我不会对每个公园都进行评论,因为当然有些公园比其他公园更出色。Steamtown 尤其出色。一位朋友建议我优先考虑它,而不是我考虑的所有其他适合自驾游的景点,所以我很兴奋就去了。它是那种 1-111 岁游客都能找到自己喜欢的东西的地方之一,无论你是喜欢乘坐火车*、了解机械的工作原理、了解通过铁路传入美国的行业、特别是斯克兰顿地区的历史、公园管理局的保护工作 - 几乎所有这些。这里有一个很棒的博物馆,完全免费,只需支付少量费用(6 美元成人票?)就可以乘坐一辆近 100 年历史的火车约半小时。车上的护林员会为你的体验提供宝贵的背景信息——所以我并非铁杆火车迷,但很容易被它的酷炫所吸引。在这条见证了一代又一代人走过的铁路上缓缓前行,真的是一种无价的体验。如果想体验更长的旅程(比如10英里左右),你可以参观隔壁独立运营的有轨电车博物馆,它使用的是平行轨道。