| 1991 – The non-profit Tamaqua S.O.S. – Save Our Station organization was formed as a last ditch effort to save our landmark railroad station from demolition or neglect by out-of-town developers. |
| 1992 – Tamaqua S.O.S. rallied support throughout the community and was able to purchase the station for $25,000 from a developer who was expecting to demolish the station. A handful of dedicated volunteers spent the next 13 years heading off further deterioration, raising funds and coordinating this major restoration project. Without the dedication of this small group of volunteers, the station and a large part of Tamaqua’s heritage and now revitalization would have been lost forever. |
| 1998 – With assistance from the Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area, Tamaqua S.O.S. completed a Future Use Plan to suggest how the station could be used once restored. |