185-year-old locomotive coming to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania But as railroads were abandoned across the country, a new idea took hold-rail trails, repurposing rights of way for public use.

Ernie Bradmon remembers the group of men that worked on the Monongahela Railway (MRY) out of Brownsville. In fact, many of ...

His father worked for the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, and he said that his first exposure to the industry was when he was between 5 and 6 years old. As a teen, Brown worked in an engine house.

By 1900, the Pennsylvania Railroad, led by President Alexander Cassatt, was the largest corporation in the world, operating more than 10,000 miles of track between New York and the Mississippi River.