Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Railroad museum in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, US
Description
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railway museum in Strasburg Township that holds more than one hundred locomotives and railroad cars across an exhibition site covering 18 acres (7 ha). The building includes galleries and a large covered area where the rolling stock is displayed.
History
The collection began with a railroad display at the New York World's Fair in 1939 and grew over decades until the museum opened to the public in 1975. Since then, additional rolling stock and archives have been added to document Pennsylvania's rail history.
Culture
The name honors the role railroads played in building Pennsylvania, when tracks connected coal mines to cities and ports. Visitors today see preserved rolling stock and tools that show how railroad workers and travelers experienced daily life on the rails.
Practical
The site is located at 300 Gap Road and opens Wednesday through Saturday from ten in the morning to four in the afternoon, plus Sunday from noon to four. The location is easy to reach by car and has parking available on site.
Did you know?
A Solari board from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station shows how train departures were displayed before the digital age, until screens replaced the mechanical flip panels in 2019. The device now stands as a reminder of analog travel technology inside the museum.
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