A Franklin County road will be closed for railroad crossing work this week, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Sign up for our ...

A 143-year tradition came to an end a year ago this week as No. 481 marked the last of the Durango & Silverton's steam locomotives that the company converted from coal burning to oil.

Potential SEPTA Connection Demo. In the first article of this series, posted on March 18, we introduced Pop-Up Metro, a ...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, of Dallas Twp. held a telephone-based town hall Tuesday evening, addressing questions ranging from passenger rail to the price of eggs. The event, from his office in ...

ALTOONA, Pa. — Penn State Altoona history students Will Auman, Jacob Dicks, Emma Moniz and Cinnsire Warner recently assisted ...

When railway postal clerks asked for better pay in 1902, the Lima Times-Democrat declared that, if anyone deserved a raise, the workers who sorted mail on and distributed it from a fast-moving train ...

Two new bills that would work to improve rail safety across the Commonwealth are headed to a committee for consideration.

While Pennsylvania is best known for its marquee metropolises of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, its beating heart is, arguably, ...

Sparks from a train led to a blaze across a hillside in Wysox Township on Monday that could be seen from Towanda Borough.

With the moving of the old Vandalia/Penn Railroad freight depot from Berry Street to the south side of Veterans Memorial ...