Pittsburgh and Erie have no direct connection by train — until today.
The Kamin Science Center unveiled the newest addition to its iconic Miniature Railroad & Village, the Presque Isle Lighthouse, at a media event on Thursday, Feb. 26.
“As a little kid, I would come and visit the miniature railroad myself with my sister, my dad and my mom,” said Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, the executive director of The Presque Isle Light Station — the nonprofit charged with the preservation of and education about Erie’s historic lighthouses. “This has kind of come full circle.”…