In its heyday as “The Standard Railroad of the World,” the Pennsylvania Railroad had thousands of trackside industries systemwide to service. Each needed regular switching, and many were located in ...

On Sunday, Oct. 21, 1957, the fires in the last steam locomotives assigned to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Northumberland roundhouse were allowed to die, bringing to a close an era that had begun more ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has met a $50,000 matching grant challenge by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, with funds designated for the preservation of five historic ...

Repairing and rebuilding locomotives in Altoona, Pa., has been a blue-collar activity for a very long time, and Norfolk ...

The Lindbergh Engine, a last-of-its-kind steam locomotive, is ready once again for public view. The engine will be dedicated Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The ...

The dieselization of the Pennsylvania Railroad did not do any favors for the city of Altoona, according to Albert Churella, a history professor at Kennesaw State University, who penned a three-book ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — In a time when themes of remerging, resurging and returning to normal are in the forefront, what emerged just over 100 years ago in Blair County set a new normal in train travel: ...