Pennsylvania Railroad
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Honors Service and History with Trains & Troops Weekend and 1940s Swing Dance
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will once again celebrate American history, service, and song during its 25th annual Trains & Troops weekend, set for Saturday,…
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Local History Professor Shares His Decades of Duffy’s Cut Research
Local history professor William Watson has shared the story of first discovering Duffy’s Cut, a mysterious landmark in Malvern, as he writes in an article…
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Researchers Unveil Findings of Mass Grave in Downingtown, Likely Connecting to Duffy’s Cut
A newly discovered mass gravesite in Downingtown is believed to be the final resting place of around 120 Irish railroad workers who died in 1832,…
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FBI Raids and Cold Feet: Inside the Disrupted 1942 Nazi Plot to Blow up Pennsylvania Railroad’s Horseshoe Curve
A Nazi plot to blow up a Pennsylvania Railroad, namely Altoona’s famous “Horseshoe Curve,” and a cryolite metals plant in Philadelphia, among other targets, failed…
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Rare Steel Heavyweight Train Car That Became Part of ‘Paoli Local’ Restaurant to be Restored
A rare anthracite-region steel heavyweight office Lehigh & New England Railroad train car that was part of the ‘Paoli Local’ restaurant in Strafford for nearly…
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It’s Radnor’s First Trolley Tour of History
Lucky residents were transported back in time May 19 aboard a trolley historical tour of Radnor Township, writes Linda Stein for mainlinemedianews.com. Historian Greg Prichard…
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Construction at Swarthmore’s Crum Creek Viaduct Receives National Attention
A feature story in the Construction Equipment Guide, the national publication of the construction industry, recently highlighted the work of SEPTA’s Crum Creek Viaduct Replacement…




























