On Sunday, Oct. 21, 1957, the fires in the last steam locomotives assigned to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Northumberland roundhouse were allowed to die, bringing to a close an era that had begun more ...

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 ...

A steam locomotive that has been on display at the Franklin Institute for the last 90 years was recently removed and will be relocated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The ...

In Altoona, Pennsylvania, my friend Marilyn and I found a railroad lovers’ bliss — trains, history, and intrigue. It was all there.Altoona, Pennsylvania was the home of rich railroad barons ...

The Lindbergh Engine, a last-of-its-kind steam locomotive, is ready once again for public view. The engine will be dedicated Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The ...

The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust wants to bring the steam locomotive back to the region. The nonprofit, which restores and operates the Colebrookdale Railroad between Pottstown and ...

Steam Engine Hill at Williams Grove in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, is alive this weekend with just about every kind of tractor that ever plowed a field or hauled a wagon as part of the ...

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten Mallard’s speed record while no one was looking… and being in production ...

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Baltimore reveres its railroad traditions, yet its smallest lines have captured an outsized emotional attachment. The old Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, called the Ma & Pa or just the M&P, ...