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

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 ...

Hundreds of rail enthusiasts come to this tiny central Pennsylvania town for the railroad's annual Fall Spectacular. They ride in red velvet seats on the same passenger cars that once carried people ...

STRASBURG, Pa. — Hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, their massive mobile model is a passion. “It’s fun because we try to portray the old ...

The historic East Broad Top Railroad, a narrow-gauge former coal carrier on its second revival as a heritage line, reached a symbolic milestone Aug. 8 when a train steamed into a rural Pennsylvania ...

Jim Rice had no particular interest in trains when he first got a job as a groundskeeper at Strasburg Rail Road in 1973. Since then, he has climbed the ranks, becoming a fireman in 1976, an engineer ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...