Jack Savitsky mine coal in Coaldale for 35 years. He worked until 1959 when the Number 8 Mine closed. Many of the miners - including my Dad - chose to remain living in the Coal Regions while they commuted to work in Philadelphia. Dad did this for 15 years. Jack Savitsky took up painting. Here is one of his paintings hanging in the American Art Museum in Washington at the corner of F and 8th Sts. It shows the patch town of Coaldale - Number 8 Breaker - and the train to Philadelphia.
Later Note - July 2023
I later found out that this picture is from Silver Creek - a small patch town north of New Philadelphia. It would probably be the Reading Railroad to Pottsville - then Philadelphia.
