POTTSVILLE — A special train carrying President. Harry S. Truman pulled into the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad station on East Norwegian Street on Oct. 22, 1952. Troops from Schuylkill County ...
Collection is open for research but the negatives are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using ...
Hamburg, Pa -- The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum offers visitors a close-up look at both freight and passenger cars, while showcasing the important role the railroad industry played in the ...
Zachary Kauffman wasn’t even born when the last passenger train ran between Reading and Philadelphia. But for as long as he can remember, the 20-year-old Exeter Township resident has been fascinated ...
Hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, their massive mobile model is a passion. “It’s fun because we try to portray the old Reading Railroad ...
(subsidiary of) Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co. ; later called The Reading Cos. and Philadelphia & Reading Corp. ; Reading Anthracite Co. (New York, NY) ; Reading Anthracite Coal Co. (Pottsville ...
Pennsylvania’s capital would serve as a key stop for the bilevel train, providing a transfer to a single level train serving Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The company said it also aims to restore ...
Dubbed Big Boy #4014, the Union Pacific locomotive will operate a single, one-way trip through several Pennsylvania towns ...