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Pennsylvania - Middletown & Hummelstown Rail Road
Middletown, PA - Visitors to the M&H Railroad will enjoy an 11-mile train ride along the Swatara Creek, while learning the history of the area. Passengers board our 1920's vintage, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western coaches at our 1891 Freight Station in Middletown or at the Indian Echo Caverns Platform.
During the ride, the train follows the towpath of the historic Union Canal and alongside the peaceful Swatara. The narrator relates the history of the Canal (completed in 1822) and the location of Canal Lock #33, as well as a century old limekiln and Horse Thief Cave. Passengers will have a "photographic moment" while crossing a 35-foot tall bridge above the Swatara Creek.
Info: URL: https://www.mhrailroad.com/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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Pennsylvania - Monongahela Incline
Pittsburgh, PA - The Monongahela Incline often called the Mon Incline for short is the oldest continuously operating funicular railway in the U.S. It opened on May 28, 1870, and has since then transported millions of passengers.
The recently refurbished Monongahela Incline was built in 1870 by engineer John J. Endres, and has been in nearly continuous use for almost a century and a half. It was the first passenger funicular railway built in the United States. Added to The National Register of Historic Places in 1977, this icon of Pittsburgh history was built to transport workers up and down "Coal Hill" which was otherwise almost inaccessible from the city proper. "Coal Hill" is now known as Mount Washington.
Info: URL: https://monongahelaincline.com/ (Added: 30-Oct-2016)
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Pennsylvania - New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
New Hope, PA - Ride aboard the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad passenger train and travel into a scene from the past. Relax and leave your cares behind as you journey into history, learning what rail travel was like for your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Behold the continuously changing view as the train traverses through the rolling hills and valleys of historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Enjoy our restored 1920s vintage passenger coaches, antique bar car, a real steam locomotive or one of our historic diesel locomotives. The train will take you along the same historic route that was filmed in the 1914 movie series Perils of Pauline.
Info: URL: https://www.newhoperailroad.com/ (Added: 20-Dec-2000)
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Pennsylvania - Newton Square Railroad Museum
Newtown Square, PA - The freight station is the last vestige of the Newtown Square branch of the P.R.R. freight and passenger line that once rumbled 9.2 miles through the township to Philadelphia.
To make room for the Winding Way by-pass road, the station was moved to its new home on the Drexel Lodge site on West Chester Pike. The Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society was pleased to have the opportunity to move and save this valuable piece of history. The Historical Society will start a complete restoration on May 11, 2000. They plan to use it as a railroad museum, preserving a piece of our history for future generations. In 2006 it was transferred to the Newtown Square Penn Railroad Museum Association.
Info: URL: https://newtownsquarerailroadmuseum.org/ (Added: 30-Oct-2016)
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Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Lumber Museum
Galeton, PA - The Museum preserves and interprets the colorful heritage of the Commonwealth's prosperous lumber era when white pine and hemlock were the wealth of the nation.
Take a tour of the grounds where a 1912 Shay-geared logging locomotive and Barnhart Log Loader are on display. Experience the rugged lifestyle of the woodhicks in our re-created logging camp. Watch our sawmill turn logs into lumber by joining us during the annual Bark Peeler's Convention event.
Info: URL: http://lumbermuseum.org/ (Added: 28-Jan-2001)
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Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Washington, PA - The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum came to Chartiers Township, Washington County in February 1954 with three trolleys and a dream that was born in 1941. Today, that dream is a reality. PTM now boasts a collection of nearly 50 cars, over 600 members worldwide, 150 active volunteers, and over 30,000 visitors each year. With your support, we can fulfill our mission to keep the Trolley Era alive for generations to come.
Info: URL: https://pa-trolley.org/ (Added: 10-Jan-1999)
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Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania's Railways
Railroad attractions in PA - Pennsylvania's Railways. No matter where you go in Pennsylvania, you're not far from a reminder of our railroad heritage. Hop on board for an exciting trip into the past — or, visit one of Pennsylvania's numerous museums dedicated to our railroad heritage, where you can get a glimpse at some of the iron giants that helped build America.
Info: URL: http://www.parailways.com (Added: 17-Apr-2000)
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Pennsylvania - Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine Tour
Ashland, PA - Travel back through time on an old-time narrow gauge steam locomotive, the Henry Clay. Built in the 1920's, The Henry Clay takes you on a scenic three-quarter mile ride around the side of Mahanoy Mountain to show you another kind of mining called strip mining. You'll visit the Mammoth Stripping, an area where an unusually thick seam of anthracite known as the Mammoth Vein outcrops to the surface of the earth.
Info: URL: http://www.pioneertunnel.com (Added: 22-Jan-1999)
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