Michael CoveyI went to Sand Patch the first time in 1981. It's a great place to watch trains particularly since the operator in the tower at Myersdale liked the company and invited me up to look at the plant. I suppose those days are long gone. I felt a little like Bu... moreI went to Sand Patch the first time in 1981. It's a great place to watch trains particularly since the operator in the tower at Myersdale liked the company and invited me up to look at the plant. I suppose those days are long gone. I felt a little like Burt Reynolds in Deliverance trying to find the river. It was summer and the foliage was so think I was sometimes within yards of the railroad but couldn't see it.