Pennsylvania Railroad served Schuylkill for 80 years
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 pushed ...
Engine 5, Steuben County workhorse on 'Champagne Route', acquired by Rochester area museum
Engine 5, a regular on the Champagne Trail in Steuben County and the Finger Lakes, will be preserved at a Rochester area ...
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Historic steam locomotive to return to Mid-Continent Railway Museum
The nonprofit museum’s collection is focused on railroad equipment from between 1885 and 1915, when steam locomotives moved 90% of the ... and the 63-inch-diameter drive wheels were honed in ...
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Metro-North Railroad Unveils Sixth Locomotive in Heritage Series Celebrating New Haven Railroad
As reported by Gothamist, the sixth train in the series, Genesis-model P32AC-DM locomotive No. 222, now wears the olive green and dandelion yellow of the New Haven Railroad, a color scheme dating ...
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Change of steam locomotive for East Lancashire Railway gala
The East Lancashire Railway has announced a change of locomotive for its upcoming Legends of Steam Gala. Originally, it was planned that LMS Black 5 No. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier would be running ...
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Iconic locomotives coming to town for ELR Legends of Steam event
Two iconic locomotives will be powering into town on the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) line next month. Back for a second year, the "Legends of Steam" event, running from March 14 to 16 ...
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Iconic locomotives coming to town for ELR Legends of Steam event
Two iconic locomotives will be powering into town on the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) line next month. Back for a second year, the "Legends of Steam" event, running from March 14 to 16, will greet ...
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Underground Railroad site in Pennsylvania to open to the public
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A farm property that served as a documented Underground Railroad site and as a pivotal location in the Civil War battle will be opening to the public. For the first time in over ...
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Running in progress update on steam locomotive 134
134 at Caernarfon Station ahead of its loaded test run // Credit: Ben Abbott Dinas-based NG15 No. 134 has been undergoing running in after its lengthy overhaul in North Wales, and we spoke with Adrian ...
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‘Remarkable’: Pennsylvania adds Underground Railroad stop Mifflin Farm to its portfolio of tourism sites
The house was used as a stop along the Underground Railroad from the beginning of the 19th century till the 1840’s. As the first free state traveling northward, Pennsylvania played a crucial ...
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Strasburg Rail Road's circa-1903 Camelback locomotive headed to Ohio after sale to railroad museum
The locomotive ... Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania before being moved in 2004 to part of the freight yard at Strasburg Rail Road. Strasburg Rail Road employees move a portion of a 1903 steam ...