The Strasburg Rail Road is the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Wikipedia 1. Maryland & Pennsylvania boxcar 723, Load to M&PA Only, Strasburg Rail Road, Duane Hall photo, September 1993. 2.

Strasburg Rail Road’s Mechanical Services joins FMW Solutions in the restoration of a famous Pennsylvania Railroad engine. ALTOONA, PA – Efforts to restore the famous Pennsylvania Railroad steam engine No. 1361, The Spirit of Altoona, have increased in the new year, as the

Situated in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, Strasburg Rail Road Mechanical Services is acclaimed for its superior steam locomotive restoration and maintenance. The facility employs a team of expert craftsmen and engineers who have returned many historic locomotives to working condition, preserving an essential aspect of America’s industrial legacy.

Over the past few months, Strasburg Rail Road #89, a 2-6-0 steam engine has been hard at work pulling their excursion trains and this past Saturday, the engine was also used to switch freight cars down in their new yard in Paridise in place of their …

Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) SW8 8618 is at Strasburg, PA on Sunday, July 7, 2019. According to good sources SRC 8618 was built in 1953 by EMD as a model SW8, NYC 9618 builder's number 16193. It was renumbered to NYC 8618, becoming PC 8618 and CR 8618 before being sold. Roadnames and num

The Strasburg Rail Road is well known as one of the oldest steam powered tourist haulers in the U.S. Well, they do haul freight too, you know. While the railroad has in the past used their steam locomotives to haul freight cars between the interchange a Leaman Place and East Strasburg, former New York Central SW-8 #8618 usually handles those ...

Strasburg Rail Company: Established on June 9,1832, the Strasburg Rail Road is America’s oldest operating railroad and home to the Norfolk and Western Class M 475. As one of Pennsylvania’s leading family attractions, it is home to museum-quality, working, turn-of-the century steam locomotives, freight cars, dining cars, and one of the ...

It was moved in pieces to the Strasburg Rail Road site. "In midsummer 1984 Hill Rigging of Harrisburg began sawing the tower apart, loading it onto lowboys, and transporting the pieces, sometimes by circuitous routes, to Strasburg. First to arrive in September were the roof sections, followed in October by the four halves of the two floors.

Re: Strasburg Rail Road Question Author: bigsavage Guess you missed it not even 2 weeks ago when Strasburg announced that they had purchased 4 acres of land where that crane sits, along with other property there leased by CFP to move their transload yard from E. Strasburg.

Good Morning All! Does anyone know why the Virtual Camera on the Strasburg Rail Road by their station has not been in operation over the past 3 days? The one down at their intersect with the Amtrak Line in Paridise has been fine. Since at the present time I …