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Many of our members
remember Rollins W. Coakley, who
retired in 1981 as Assistant Director of Commuter Services. Rollins and his wife June retired to
The park includes scenic walkways, picnic tables, benches, a restored caboose and a statue dedicated to circus great Gunther Gebel Williams, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest wild animal trainers of all time.
The Venice
Train Depot was built in 1927 by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The Venice Area
Historical Society conducts tours of both areas on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
Nov. 1 through May 1, starting every half hour from
The Coakley
family’s connection with the Chicago & North Western goes back to 1867 when
Rollins’s great-grandfather
immigrated to
Truman Koehn sent us additional information about the involvement of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Venice, FL Click here to have a look.
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