Museum’s new building inspired by Reading Railroad’s Cressona roundhouse

An important part of Schuylkill County railroad history is playing a role in a project under way at the Railroad Museum of ...
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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

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 ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad served Schuylkill for 80 years

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 ...
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania chugging along with roundhouse project

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 ...
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Upcoming events at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

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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Alle-Kiski Valley railroad crossings among ‘riskiest’ in state, feds say

Western Pennsylvania is home to nine of the state’s 20 riskiest rail crossings, according to Federal Railroad Administration data. Three of the crossings are within about 7 miles of each other in the ...
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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

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