Celebrating Ma & Pa Railroad Sundays in June - Baltimore Sun

Celebrating Ma & Pa Railroad Sundays in June
Baltimore Sun
A small, defunct railroad that still has a big following will be the focus of presentations at the Old Line Museum in Delta, Pa. each Sunday in June from 1:30 pm to 4 pm Baldwin resident Jerome Murphy started the Ma & Pa Railroad Month in 1976.

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Congressman Tom Reed supports small line freight on ride from Hornell to Olean - Hornell Evening Tribune

Congressman Tom Reed supports small line freight on ride from Hornell to Olean
Hornell Evening Tribune
Riding in a refurbished 1878 passenger car, the Republican congressman started a tour in Hornell Tuesday morning and rode the rail to Olean while speaking with officials from the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad and other rail companies.

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New York's Last Cross-Harbor Railway Chugs On as Alternative to Trucks - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal
New York's Last Cross-Harbor Railway Chugs On as Alternative to Trucks
Wall Street Journal
The Pennsylvania Railroad built them—in 1907—as the first electric "float bridges," marvels able to join tracks on land to tracks on the decks of barges. One of them still works. In 1954, the Pennsy was launching 1000 cars a day from Greenville.

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Shawnee crews work to repair bridges, railroad crossings - Shawnee News Star

Shawnee crews work to repair bridges, railroad crossings
Shawnee News Star
Advanced Workzones also will be repairing other railroad crossings this week and early next, city officials have announced. On Thursday of this week, the railroad crossing on East Main Street east of South Pennsylvania will be repaired, and Main Street ...

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Devon Horse Show is Pennsylvania's crown jewel - Baltimore Sun


Baltimore Sun
Devon Horse Show is Pennsylvania's crown jewel
Baltimore Sun
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Main Line — affluent towns along the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad — were fabled for sprawling country estates, and many of Philadelphia's wealthy inhabitants summered here.

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Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania - Scranton Times-Tribune

Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania
Scranton Times-Tribune
VINTAGE THEATER CONCERTS: Terror on the Screen, Eye on Attraction, Down a Lifetime and Small Town Rebellion, Friday, 7 pm, $10; A Fire with Friends, Dave Tomanie, Silhouette Lies, Down to Six and Eureka Driver, Saturday, 7 pm, $5-$10; 119 Penn Ave.

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PennDOT Honors 31 Employees with Star of Excellence Awards - Sacramento Bee

PennDOT Honors 31 Employees with Star of Excellence Awards
Sacramento Bee
By Pennsylvania Department of Transportation HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch today recognized 31 agency employees for outstanding performance with the Star of Excellence Award, ...

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President Taft came to Phillipsburg in 1912 - Almanac May 24, 2012 - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com

President Taft came to Phillipsburg in 1912 - Almanac May 24, 2012
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
The President arrived on the Pennsylvania Railroad and was met in the Square by thousands of people who shouted themselves hoarse when he alighted from his car. The schools in the downtown section of Easton were dismissed before the noon hour and the ...

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Norfolk Southern adds Monongahela Railway to heritage locomotive roster - MarketWatch (press release)

Norfolk Southern adds Monongahela Railway to heritage locomotive roster
MarketWatch (press release)
The Monongahela Railway was created in 1901 as a joint venture of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad to haul coal out of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with its base of operations in Brownsville, Penn.

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Norfolk Southern to display past, present, and future at National Train Day in ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Norfolk Southern to display past, present, and future at National Train Day in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A vintage F7 locomotive in Southern Railway's "tuxedo" paint scheme, a Heritage locomotive in Pennsylvania Railroad livery, and Norfolk Southern's Exhibit Car will represent Norfolk Southern's past, ...

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