Soon, the invention of the steam locomotive gave Pittsburgh even better access to the East. William Foster Jr. was among the early officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which linked Pittsburgh ...

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A trestle once used by the Pennsylvania Railroad towers over Route 61 between Pottsville and St. Clair. (FILE) The most famous of the PRR bridges was the trestle over Route 61, north of Saint Clair.

boasting a single track between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. To step aboard a train on the Pennsylvania meant stepping into the future. The railroad was a technological risk-taker, experimenting ...

“In that era, a bunch of investors from Washington, Pa., decided we needed a railroad connecting Washington with Pittsburgh,” Oyler said, and for a preliminary survey, they hired civil enginee ...

The switch to open road tolling began in January on the eastern part of the state. It's expected to launch in western ...

The Everett Railroad Company Has Gorgeous Fall Trips If you're looking for a train ride closer to Pittsburgh and the western side of Pennsylvania, the Everett Railroad Company might be just the ...

It subsequently reorganized as the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway and was acquired in 1929 by PennRoad Corp., a holding company owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1990, Oyler said ...

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