PENNSYLVANIA — Long before highways carved across the landscape, iron rails stitched Pennsylvania together, powering an ...

A portion of what was once the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad curves around a former flour mill in York County. Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers ...

The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill County in 1885. “Work on the Schuylkill branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad is being pushed ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — All aboard! The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will depart on a new project soon. The PA Historical and Museum Commission announced plans to break ground this month on ...

Complete Guide to Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site in Pennsylvania including things to do, where to sta ...

GALLITZIN, Pa. (WTAJ) — During the month of September, the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site recognized International Underground Railroad Month. The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County has an impressive collection of historic locomotives and a suite of upcoming events that have something for everyone.Video above: Swing dancing ...

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The former Pennsylvania Railroad Master Mechanic’s Building in Altoona, pictured in the 1960s. Today, this building is home to the Railroaders Memorial Museum. Courtesy of the Railroaders Memorial ...