Calling it “huge news” and “a significant milestone,” federal lawmakers announced developments Tuesday in efforts to expand passenger rail service in Pennsylvania. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep.

If it feels like railroad tracks are everywhere in Pennsylvania, well that’s not your imagination. Pennsylvania has one of the highest densities of tracks per square mile in ...

Pittsburgh to New York by way of Harrisburg (WHTM) The 1960s and 1970s were disastrous for the American rail industry. Outcompeted by cars, trucks, and airplanes, profits nosedived, and rail systems ...

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PORT CLINTON — Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad has expanded its fleet of passenger cars for excursions in a season that will see the return of the iconic Iron Horse Rambles. “Our passenger ...