Railroad-Related Sites

Here’s a listing as a followup to the photo essay in the March/April 2023 issue.

TRAIN EXCURSIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA:

Passenger (tourist, not commuter) Railroads in Pennsylvania, check websites, railroads and operating schedule to confirm motive power. Railroads sometimes have to make changes at the last minute for safety, etc.

**Indicates that they have a working steam locomotive in use on their railroad, although not every excursion may use that locomotive for its power.

Here’s a dated map of the railroads in Pennsylvania (it’s not current, but an interesting visual of the rails that cover the state):
1. Allentown & Auburn Railroad, Kutztown
2. Bellefonte Historical Railroad, Bellefonte
3. Colebrookdale Railroad, Boyertown
4. **East Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Furnace (running their historic diesel during the 2024 season)
5. **Everett Railroad, Hollidaysburg
6. **Harrisburg, Lincoln and Lancaster, Elizabethtown
7. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, Jim Thorpe
8. Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad, Middletown
9. **New Hope Railroad, New Hope
10. Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad, Titusville
11. **Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train, Ashland
12. **Pennsylvania Live Steamers, Collegeville (a private club, membership required for participation/viewing)
13. **Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad—Passenger, Reading
14. **Rough and Tumble Historical Engineers Assoc., Kinzers (Shay steam train [and little steam train] on grounds)
15. Northern Central Railway of York, New Freedom
16. **Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton
17. Stourbridge Line, Honesdale
18. **Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg
19. Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad, Kempton
20. **Williams Grove Railroad, Mechanicsburg (rare PRR engine on grounds of historical association)

TROLLEY RIDES / MUSEUMS IN PENNSYLVANIA:

1. Electric City Trolley Museum, Scranton (the Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society has met here for their winter meets) .
2. Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington
3. Rockhill Trolley Museum, Rockhill Furnace
4. SEPTA Transit Museum and Gift Shop, Philadelphia

INCLINED PLANES

* Johnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown
* Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh
* Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh

TRAIN-RELATED ATTRACTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA:

Altoona area, Blair County:
* Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
* Horseshoe Curve
* Gallitzin Tunnels Park and Museum
* Railroaders Memorial Museum
Catawissa
* Catawissa Railroad Company (collection of cabooses)
Derry, Westmoreland County
* Derry Railroad Days

Hamburg
* Reading Railroad Heritage Museum

Harrisburg
* Harris Switch Tower Museum

North East, Erie County
* Lake Shore Railway Historical Society

Strasburg area, Lancaster County
* The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
* The Red Caboose Motel
* National Toy Train Museum

Airville, York County
* Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village, Speeder rides, historic mill, etc.

Greenville, Mercer County
* Greenville Museum Alliance (railroad/caboose/canal museum)

NOTEABLE RAILROAD BRIDGES

* Rockville Bridge, Marysville
* Historic Tunkhannock Viaduct
* Starrucca Viaduct
* Kinzua Bridge State Park