Explore the HO scale (1:87.1) Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line, David Holl’s masterfully designed multi-deck layout capturing Transition-era railroading in 1956. Spanning a 30 x 35-foot footprint, this ...

Parts of this old Pennsy branch line are still carrying traffic, although it is not railroad traffic.When the Fort Washington Expressway, Pa. Route 309, was constructed in the mid-1950s, engineers ...

In the wake of the Amtrak 188 derailment, which killed eight people and injured about 200 passengers and crew members, many are questioning the safety of Pennsylvania's rail service. BigTrial.net ...

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 ...

It’s been more than half a century since the trains of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad — quaintly remembered by old-timers in these parts as the Ma & Pa — rolled over a single set of tracks on ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — As we've mentioned in past segments of our Amazing America 250 series, trains and railroads were vital when it came to the formation of cities, states, and the nation as a whole.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill County in 1885. “Work ...

The Pennsylvania Railroad announced they would be tunneling into Manhattan. When the Pennsylvania Railroad announced they would be tunneling into Manhattan, rather than building a bridge, people were ...

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