The Underground Railroad was known for helping many enslaved people escape to freedom. It consisted of a network of people ...

After about a year of work along the margins, a project to replace the Reading bridge that carries Schuylkill Avenue over railroad tracks is finally about to begin. The 400 block of Schuylkill Avenue ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

READING, Pa. – A major railroad bridge project in the city of Reading is about to get underway. That means there will be a major disruption to the flow of traffic in the area, and it's going to be for ...

No derailments were shown since. Still, Western Pennsylvania is home to nine of the state’s 20 riskiest rail crossings, according to federal Railroad Administration data. Three of the crossings ...

Southeastern Pennsylvania has no shortage of historical ... significance of Bucks County’s connection to the Underground Railroad. Most are aware that in the 18th and 19th centuries as people ...

Reading & Northern Railroad experienced record freight revenues in 2024, in addition to growing passenger ridership. The Port Clinton-based railroad earned more freight revenue in 2024 than in any ...

The cause of the mishap remains under investigation according to Reading and Northern Railroad Police. As of 10:00 p.m., police confirmed they were still on-site, working in coordination with a tow ...

“Crossing each other and running through the center of town are the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and the Schuylkill Canal,” The Miner’s Journal reported in 1853. “Toward the west are ...

A two-week detour was required to lower a portion of Route 981 to improve clearance under the Pennsylvania Turnpike ... involved removal of an abandoned railroad truss, which was donated to ...

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it won’t hear civil rights groups’ appeal seeking to invalidate Pennsylvania’s dating ... much less adopting, their reading of the Provision.