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Railroad, Pennsylvania is located in York County. Zip codes in Railroad, PA include 17355. More Railroad information.

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Derry mayor vows to end pedestrian deaths on railroads

When a 15-year-old boy was killed by a train in Derry in July, Mayor Susan Bortz thought that people would stop walking across those railroad tracks that split town.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Voices Online

Trains Poised for Comeback in Central Pa.

Submitted by voicesweb on Tue, 2008-03-04 20:53. Trains poised for comeback in Central Pa.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Philly.com

View of Pa. Railroad Steam Plant at 30th Street Station.

The Pullman porter dormitory soon will be gone , too. Historians credit the uniformed railroad attendants, many of whom were African American and were restricted to the basement, with laying the groundwork for the civil-rights movement.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

The York Daily Record

York County parks sex sting citations listed

The York Daily Record obtained a list Thursday of the nearly 80 men cited in connection with a sex sting into illicit behavior at two York County parks since August.

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Editorial from 1930 still rings true today

"With the end of every day there is felt a more pressing need in this valley for a Monongahela Valley Chamber of Commerce." Those words sound familiar, right? Perhaps they were spoken or written in recent years by proponents of the time-honored theory of strength in numbers.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rail would link city neighborhoods

It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to drive to Carnegie Mellon University from the former LTV site in Hazelwood.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

You ask Youker: What's the connection between Hopewell Furnace and the Underground Railroad?

You ask Youker is a weekly feature providing answers to quirky curiosities of the Berks County area.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Feds mull high-speed rail line to Cleveland

The Federal Railroad Administration is considering whether to create a high-speed rail line between Pittsburgh and Cleveland after pleas from two state governors.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Chambersburg cemetery designated part of the Underground Railroad

Mount Vernon Cemetery in Hamilton Township has been designated as a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Amtrak recommends new train

Amtrak is recommending that another train be added to the sparse service between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, if state and federal legislators decide the additional ridership is worth the expense.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Tribune-Democrat

Singer/storyteller to revive rail days

The rich history of the railroad in Cambria County will be played out in song and story Sunday at the Portage Area Historical Society.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Book reveals Monroeville, from rural roots to businesses

A new book, "Remembering Monroeville: From Frontier to Boomtown," by Zandy Dudiak has been released by The History Press in Charleston, S.C. In the book, Dudiak, news editor of the Times Express in Monroeville - a Trib Total Media newspaper - relates 28 stories detailing Monroeville's evolution as part of Plum through its days as rural Patton ...

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Local sales offer fabulous furnishings

An encouraging upswing continues at local auction houses as galleries prepare for upcoming sales that include an outcropping of significant pieces among consignments that are generally above average.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

LancasterOnline

Railroad museum to offer virtual tours of historic cars

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania soon will be inviting guests on a journey to places few visitors have gone before.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Centre Daily Times

Movie cast, crew first guests for new hotel

After weeks of frenzied activity, the Best Western University Park Inn and Suites opened Friday on Shiloh Road.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Bethel Park woman lived through 2 world wars, saw advent of flight

With her 110th birthday on Oct. 18, Agnes Wetzel would rank among the world's 75 oldest people, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks claims of extreme old age.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

WPMT-TV York

$50 billion in high-speed rail applications submitted, money to be awarded this winter

The Obama administration said Tuesday it has received applications from 24 states seeking $50 billion for high-speed rail projects, more than six times the money designated in the economic stimulus plan.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

LancasterOnline

Model trains rock

Locomotives thunder past English boxwoods and a Japanese red maple in the Manheim Township backyard of Mark and Mary Beth Oles.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Ridgway Record

Rails-to-Trails accepts donation

Members of the Tri-County Rails-to-Trails Association recently accepted a $600 donation from controller Mark Vosacek on behalf of the Corporate Foundation of ARC Metals and Anchor Specialties to benefit the Clarion/Little Toby Trail, an 18-mile trail that runs from Ridgway to Brockway.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Lower Township Gazette

Railroad excursion to help the hungry

A very special and unique train will be operated over the Cape May Seashore Lines Railroad on Saturday, Nov.

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