Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist Brent Wahl looks at a part of an art installation he and Laynie Browne made, at the Rail Park, Thursday June 7, 2018 in ...

When Carnegie joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853, trains carried a sense of wonder. At six cents a mile, a ride didn't ...

From the outside, 625 South Delhi Street looks like an average Philadelphia rowhouse. But in the 1850s, it was home to Underground Railroad leaders William and Letitia Still. Within the house’s narrow ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a 1/2" scale model of the ...

Federal regulators are warning railroads that the long trains they favor can cause all kinds of problems and contribute to derailments, so they want the railroads to ensure their training and ...

A steam locomotive that has been on display at the Franklin Institute for the last 90 years was recently removed and will be relocated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The ...

Amtrak's CEO said Thursday that the railroad is safe, and getting safer, in an effort to reassure the public after one of the railroad service's trains derailed in north Philadelphia, leaving eight ...

An obscure Philadelphia railroad company wants to keep SugarHouse Casino from building “on or near” a right-of-way the city gave to the railroad in 1890. The Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company ...

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