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Pa. museum to build climate-controlled building to better protect historic exhibits
“A classic fan-shaped layout proved to be the best solution to the space constraints in the Museum’s outdoor yard. The ...
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Locomotive 5128 finds new home at Colebrookdale Railroad
Locomotive 5128 — rolled onto the auction block in Roanoke in 2017, few imagined it would soon wear a coat of Victorian blue and gold. Thanks to Scott and Susan Bentley's gift, the Colebrookdale ...
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Dedication and first run of historic locomotive at Steamtown
More than 80 people stood on a Steamtown railroad platform Friday morning awaiting the arrival of a recently restored ...
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Contractor and groundbreaking confirmed for Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s new roundhouse
Contractor and groundbreaking date have been confirmed for the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s new roundhouse.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FIGURES. - The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA, April 21. -- The annual report of General Manager Charles E. Pugh of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the year ending Dec. 31, 1890, just issued, furnishes a great mass of important ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad served Schuylkill for 80 years - Yahoo
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 ...
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to screen ‘Polar Express’ Dec. 7
STRASBURG — All aboard to see the new classic holiday film “The Polar Express” on a large screen among the historic trains in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, Dec. 7.