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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.
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 ...
0-4-0 steam locomotive: No future plans 4: Baldwin: 1914: 2-6-2 steam locomotive: Purchased 2008; will be restored for operation 65: H.K. Porter: 1930: 0-6-0 ST steam locomotive: Being rebuilt and brought up to FRA code to be returned to service 250: Baldwin: 1926: 2-6-2 steam locomotive: On static display at the Edaville Railroad, South Carver ...
The Bucks County Industrial Development Corporation (BCIDC) purchased the trackage from the Steam Trains, Inc. in early 1974 to "preserve rail service through the center of Bucks County." [ 4 ] The county selected McHugh Brothers Heavy Hauling, Inc. to operate freight service over the line via a lease agreement. [ 2 ]
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 museum's collection has more than 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars that chronicle American railroad history. Visitors can climb aboard various locomotives and cars, inspect a 62-ton locomotive from underneath, view restoration activities via closed-circuit television, enjoy interactive educational programs, and more. The Railroad ...
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 ...
View history; Tools. Tools. ... National Toy Train Museum; Northern Central Railway of York; P. Pennsylvania Trolley Museum; R. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania;