These lectures will be by noted electricians, which is taken to mean that the Pennsylvania Railroad is making preparations for electrifying its system into Pittsburg. Advertisement ...

The electrification of railroad lines in Germany that have not yet been upgraded accordingly is only making slow progress. In 2024, only 20 kilometers of track were equipped with contact wire ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg is the official railroad museum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This year in 2025, they celebrate 50 years of service to the community.

(WHTM) – The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is celebrating a golden anniversary. The museum, located in Strasburg, is being recognized for 50 years of sharing railroad history. A new exhibit in ...

The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD was one of the 3 major components of the CONRAIL network, which included the ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD and the NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. Pennsylvania Railroad operations in ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Executive ... Westinghouse is awarded the contract for tunnel electrification, using direct current (DC). Earlier that year, the company collaborated with Baldwin Locomotive ...

Since then, LA&L has expanded significantly, including expansion from Avon to Rochester as well as the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad in 1996, formation of the Western New York & Pennsylvania ...

Baltimore reveres its railroad traditions, yet its smallest lines have captured an outsized emotional attachment. The old Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, called the Ma & Pa or just the M&P ...

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 ...

A trestle once used by the Pennsylvania Railroad towers over Route 61 between Pottsville and St. Clair. (FILE) The most famous of the PRR bridges was the trestle over Route 61, north of Saint Clair.