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 ...

Railroads in many ways are unique because, regardless of how many years they’ve been in business, there is usually a storied history that can be recalled. The best way to do that is by applying ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator 2021: PRR RF-16 'Sharknose' Loco The distinctive Baldwin RF-16 with 'Sharknose' design comes to Train Simulator 2021, from Digital Train ...

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 ...

The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, founded in 1921, is the first organization to focus on railroad history. Its purpose is to promote research, writing, and public knowledge about all ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that the historic GG1 Pennsylvania railroad locomotive No. 4859 and caboose will be temporarily moved from its spot at the Harrisburg ...

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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 ...