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There’s a certain satisfaction waking up in a comfortable bed trackside. I’ve always liked being near the railroad overnight.
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg is the official railroad museum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This ...
Pittsburgh will have its own version of Manhattan’s High Line in coming years, providing 3.6 miles of trails, gardens and ...
Reading & Northern's entrepreneurial owner has built castoff Pennsylvania lines into 325-mile regional railroad powerhouse ...
The two-day festival includes multiple stages on Pennsylvania Avenue NW ... s Washington Harbour at 8:30 a.m., heading for Caboose Brewing in Vienna. Another group is starting in Leesburg at ...
Once a thriving railroad town where Pennsylvania Railroad maintenance shops employed hundreds, it now exists in a quieter state that nonetheless retains a certain dignity. The town comes alive during ...
FILE - A previously unknown portrait, circe 1868, of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman is unveiled at The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and ...
The National Park Service has restored a webpage about the Underground Railroad that prominently featured Harriet Tubman following backlash over the website changes. NPS recently garnered criticism ...
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash ...
Gummo explained that the caboose had been sequestered in Cammal, Pa., during the New York Central Railroad’s merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad, a time when most of their wooden cabooses were ...
LAKE HALLIE — A railroad crossing in Lake Hallie is set for an upgrade to reduce traffic crashes at that intersection. The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads ...
A dedication ceremony was held on Sunday afternoon to introduce the restored piece of Central Pennsylvania Railroad history. The caboose was originally built in the early 1900s and was the last wooden ...