Before there was the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), there were the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR or “the Pennsy”) and the Philadelphia & Reading, generally known as the ...

For top man their choice seems likely to fall on Pennsy Chairman James M. Symes (pronounced Sims), 64, a railroad man all his life. His directors are pressing him to postpone his retirement in ...

614 [see “New group buys C&O 4-8-4 …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 8, 2024]. No. 1361, built in Altoona’s PRR Juniata Shops in 1918, was retired in 1957 and placed on display in the trackside park at the ...

Lackawanna County commissioners awarded Wednesday an almost $3.6 million contract for the resurfacing of Montage Mountain ...

I dabbled a great deal in narrow gauge modeling over the years, but found U.S. main line Class I railroads more to my taste. I like the operation potential of main lines, with many categories of ...

In addition, the deal includes former Pennsylvania Railroad cabin car (caboose) No. 478044, a class N8 type that was among the last group of cabooses built by PRR’s Altoona, Pa., shops in 1950-51. The ...

When flames gutted an abandoned Marsh Supermarket at Irvington Plaza over the weekend, it partially scrapped the plans of a ...

The Pennsylvania Railroad, for example, had a fleet of 21-roomette sleepers, some dining cars (both standard/single and twin unit), and a few coaches built by Budd, all garbed in the PRR's ...

Simon Hen was reportedly angry about a pending separation from his wife. She, their three children, and a guest were at the home, and all survived. Five people were injured in a housefire set Sunday ...

The Port of Baltimore has deployed an electric railcar mover it says is a first for the U.S. maritime industry.