Reading Railroad Days: Mark Your Calendar!

RJ Hamster

1 year ago

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvaniafeatures the historic Reading Railroad during Reading Railroad Days on Wednesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 5 to Saturday, July 8. Reading Railroad Days takes place during regular Museum hours and is included in the regular Museum admission.

An enormous, detailed HO scale model train layout of the Reading Railroad, operated by members of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, is a centerpiece in the Museum’s climate-controlled Rolling Stock Hall.

Visitors also may view Reading Company equipment from the Museum’s premier collection, including the 105-year-old tank engine No. 1251, multiple unit car No. 800, Crusader observation car No. 1 and the 1928 turntable.

Also, artist Peter Lerro will exhibit and sell his works from Wednesday, June 28 through Sunday, July 2, the Perkiomen Railroad Historical Society will be on hand on Saturday July 1 and the Brick Reading Railroad will display a Reading Railroad LEGO^® layout on Friday, July 7 and Saturday, July 8.

In its heyday, the Reading Company was a multifaceted industrial giant. Originally established as the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1833 to transport anthracite coal, the pioneering 94-mile line evolved into a mighty corporation serving eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Operations included coal mining, iron making, canal and sea-going transportation and shipbuilding. With its great complex of shops for locomotive and car building and repair, and constant advances in railroad technology, the company held a position of leadership in the railroad industry for over a century.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is home to a world-class collection of about 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars, a vast research library and archives, a working restoration shop, an immersive education center and programs, a Museum store and special events and exhibits.

A Smithsonian Affiliate, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is one of 24 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History®, with the active support of the nonprofit Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

300 Gap Road, PA Route 741, P. O. Box 125

Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA 17579

RRMuseumPA.org • (717) 687-8628

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvaniafeatures the historic Reading Railroad during Reading Railroad Days on Wednesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 5 to Saturday, July 8. Reading Railroad Days takes place during regular Museum hours and is included in the regular Museum admission.

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