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Thousands of people head to Allentown Art Festival every year in search of art, good food, and fun in the quaint neighborhood. Over 400 vendors take part in the event–but one stood out.
Artist Charles L. Amos paints a 1950's scene of downtown Cumberland, Md., at his studio in Hanover, Pa. Amos, who specializes in painting railroad scenes, was, by turns, a railroad executive, a ...
It’s been more than half a century since the trains of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad — quaintly remembered by old-timers in these parts as the Ma & Pa — rolled over a single set of ...
Locomotives are the subject of three new books celebrating railroad history and culture. “The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Pictures” celebrates the collection of historic railroad ...
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. – A backed-up sewer led to a surprising discovery of historical significance in Pennsylvania.. Turns out, a brick tunnel had been hidden since the 1800s under the Merrick Art ...
When it rolled out of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona shops in 1914, the wooden caboose known as cabin car No. 478396 was state-of-the- art.
A sewer looked at as old and rusty could be a piece of important history. The Merrick Art Gallery in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, claims the brick tunnel, dated from the 1800s, may be a route of ...
All aboard! The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will depart on a new project soon. The PA Historical and Museum Commission announced plans to break ground this month on a new roundhouse at the ...