STRASBURG, Pa. — Hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, their massive mobile model is a passion. “It’s fun because we try to portray the old ...
POTTSVILLE — A special train carrying President. Harry S. Truman pulled into the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad station on East Norwegian Street on Oct. 22, 1952. Troops from Schuylkill County ...
LAVELLE – When Arnie Harner was 5 years old, he got an American Flyer model railroad set for Christmas. The exhilaration the young lad felt that Christmas morning so long ago burns bright 66 years ...
The Brick Reading Railroad returns to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg the next two weekends, July 27 and 28 and Aug. 3 and 4. This highly detailed miniature of the Reading Railroad ...
Zachary Kauffman wasn’t even born when the last passenger train ran between Reading and Philadelphia. But for as long as he can remember, the 20-year-old Exeter Township resident has been fascinated ...