Making a name for itself during the U.S. bicentennial celebration, the American Freedom Train is making a stop in Baltimore to be restored to its former glory.

The Strasburg Railroad, founded in 1832, remains one of America’s most iconic steam train experiences. This scenic rail journey winds through Pennsylvania’s Amish countryside, providing an immersive ...

A Bethlehem museum is adding world-renowned photographs to its list of collections. WDIY’s James Zipprodt reports.

The photo and film collection of the late rail photographer and author Michael A. Eagleston has been donated to the ...

For the second time in recent years, the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad carried more than 1 million tons of ...

Like every other railroad in northeastern Pennsylvania, Reading & Northern showed a decline in frac sand carloadings related to the steep decrease in Marcellus Shale drilling activity. Although ...

Strasburg Rail Road Co. must reinstate and compensate an employee wrongfully fired for refusing to issue safety licenses to ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

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 ...

These will be standard services, allowing the public to have a ride behind the BR green locomotive. This is the third visitor confirmed for the 2025 season, following on from the NER Autocar’s visit ...

Chartered in 1832, Strasburg Rail Road Co. claims to be the oldest continuously operating railroad in the U.S. The company owns and operates five working steam locomotives and 20 operating ...

The worker was fired for refusing to issue steam locomotive and conductor licenses to an untrained and unqualified management official who has since left employment at the railroad, an ...