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Want to have a say on the next local landmark that will be added to the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad & ...
A huge but little-known federal loan program may be one of the most important keys to revitalizing Downtown Pittsburgh — and all because of a railroad.
The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD was one of the 3 major components of the CONRAIL network, which included the ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD and the NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. Pennsylvania Railroad operations in ...
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Western Pennsylvania played a crucial role in the Underground Railroad. Buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh, on the North Side and Mt. Washington were a part of the track to ...
Michael Douglas, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of Miloš Forman’s classic “One ...
Pennsylvania's Economic Boom The railroad opened on March 18th, 1833, and was used to transport people, raw materials, and manufactured goods from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia.
A tunnel, likely related to the Underground Railroad, was found on the Merrick Art Gallery property. The gallery's director wants to find out more.
O'HARA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A train has struck a tractor-trailer in O’Hara Township. Allegheny County 911 officials say the call ...
When the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its line from Philly to Pittsburgh in 1852, travel time dropped to mere hours. In 1857 the Pennsylvania Railroad bought the Main Line canal at a public auction.
“Following the war, the Pennsylvania Railroad decided, we’d really would like to have a right of way from downtown Pittsburgh to Mansfield,” later Carnegie.