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Steamtown National Historic Site was created in 1986 to preserve the history of steam railroading in America, concentrating on the era 1850 through 1950. This is the mission of the park. The park was not created to preserve the history of Steamtown USA. Our site does touch on the history of railroad preservation, specifically in our History Museum.
A reproduction 4-4-0 steam locomotive hauls passengers over 10 miles of Northern Central Railway track between New Freedom and Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. [1] The operation was originally named Steam into History and held its grand opening on June 1, 2013. [2] In 2019 it took up the historical name Northern Central Railway. [3]
The railroad ran as far as Hartsville Station (near Bristol Road, which eventually became Ivyland) until March 29, 1891, when the line was extended to the long-desired terminal of New Hope, Pennsylvania. [2] In 1932, steam powered trains above Hatboro were replaced with a Doodlebug after electric service was introduced between Hatboro and ...
Each of the museum's exhibitions represent a certain aspect of industrial history in Pennsylvania and the nation. [2] The museum is the first affiliate museum of the Smithsonian Institution. [2] The museum was proposed in the 1990s, but was sidelined due to legal issues, which prevented clearance for opening until 2015. During its first few ...
Focuses on community's railroad, industrial, social, and religious heritage, park exhibits a restored 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose, history of the Gallitzin Tunnel: Gen. Frederick Von Steuben Headquarters: Valley Forge: Chester: Delaware Valley: Historic house: General Lee's Headquarters Museum: Gettysburg: Adams: Pennsylvania Dutch ...
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The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (M&H) uses both steam and diesel locomotives for passenger excursions. Coaches are 1920s-vintage Delaware, Lackawanna & Western High-Roof MU Trailers . Passengers board at the 1891-era freight station in Middletown for an 11-mile (18 km) round-trip excursion along the Swatara Creek and Union Canal ; a ...