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):
- Allentown & Auburn Railroad, Kutztown
- Bellefonte Historical Railroad, Bellefonte
- Colebrookdale Railroad, Boyertown
- **East Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Furnace
- **Everett Railroad, Hollidaysburg
- **Harrisburg, Lincoln and Lancaster, Elizabethtown
- Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, Jim Thorpe
- Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad, Middletown
- **New Hope Railroad, New Hope
- Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad, Titusville
- **Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train, Ashland
- **Pennsylvania Live Steamers, Collegeville (a private club, membership required for participation/viewing)
- **Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad—Passenger, Reading
- **Rough and Tumble Historical Engineers Assoc., Kinzers (Shay steam train [and little steam train] on grounds)
- Northern Central Railway of York, New Freedom
- **Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton
- Stourbridge Line, Honesdale
- **Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg
- Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad, Kempton
- **Williams Grove Railroad, Mechanicsburg (rare PRR engine on grounds of historical association)
TROLLEY RIDES / MUSEUMS IN PENNSYLVANIA:
- Electric City Trolley Museum, Scranton (the Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society has met here for their winter meets) .
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington
- Rockhill Trolley Museum, Rockhill Furnace
- 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
Hamburg
Harrisburg
North East, Erie County
Strasburg area, Lancaster County
Airville, York County
- Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village, Speeder rides, historic mill, etc.
Greenville, Mercer County
- Greenville Museum Alliance (railroad/caboose/canal museum)