Trains

Norfolk Southern tops 1,000 DC to AC conversions — and transforms its roster

Norfolk Southern didn’t mind being late to the AC-traction party. And NS wasn’t just fashionably late, either. As Burlington ...
The Times Leader

Next Stop, The 1977 Conrail Runaway Freight Train Rolled Through Valley With Dangerous Cargo

it sat idling on the tracks in South Scranton on Sept. 19, 1977. When it slipped backwards out of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad yard and began an unscheduled trip to Edwardsville at 10:20 p.m. that ...

Authority that owns 220 miles of rail track in central Pa. to become independent entity

LEWISBURG — An authority created in 1983 in response to Conrail’s abandonment of several unprofitable rail lines in central Pennsylvania will become an independent entity on Jan. 1. That is when the ...
Yahoo

Erie Depot Museum open house marks 20 years. How museum keeps Hornell's rail history alive

All aboard for an event celebrating Hornell's rich railroad history. The Hornell Erie Depot Museum will mark its 20th anniversary with an open house from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 6 at ...
The Daily Item

SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority becoming independent entity on Jan. 1

LEWISBURG — SEDA-Council of Governments’ Joint Rail Authority will become a fully independent entity effective Jan. 1. The JRA was created by SEDA-COG in June 1983, in response to Conrail’s ...