Trains

SEPTA Regional Rail cancellations continue, but at reduced rate

Advance cancellation of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail trains has continued into this week, ...

The horrific LIRR Thanksgiving crash, 75 years ago, that spurred a turnaround in the railroad's passenger safety

According to the website Trains Are Fun, which documents LIRR crashes as far back as 1865, between 1912 and the end of 1950, ...
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SEPTA cancellations to continue through Friday

PHILADELPHIA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail service continues to be hammered by the ...
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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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‘See tracks? Think Train Week’ looks to reduce Pennsylvania railroad crashes

(WHTM) — 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 all of America.
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Reading & Northern Railroad adds passenger cars in anticipation of busy 2025 excursion season

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 ...
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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

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