A train station run entirely by volunteers – many well over 60 years old

By Gail Wood, Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor; October 10, 2017

Ken Lyons could have been a lot of other places.

But it’s been here, in a busy Amtrak train station, that Mr. Lyons has chosen to be, not home with his feet up and TV remote in hand. At 96 years young, he is still a doer, a goer by choice.

Every Monday from 8 a.m. to noon, Lyons has been behind the counter at Centennial Station just outside Lacey, Wash., answering questions and helping passengers waiting for the next train.

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