Early Steam: Technology & Innovations 1825-1876

Join this virtual program, “Early Steam: Technology & Innovations 1825-1876,” a collaboration between the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the California State Railroad Museum, via Zoom on Saturday, February 15, 2025 beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. PT. Registration is by donation.

You’ll learn about the evolution of early steam locomotives, how the technology changed over time and how that technology improved each new generation of steam locomotives. Featured locomotives will be the John Stevens replica, the John Bullreplica, the Philadelphia & Reading Rocket and the Virginia & Truckee Tahoe from the historic collection of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the C. P. Huntington, the Virginia & Truckee Dayton and the North Pacific Coast Sinoma from the historic collection of the California State Railroad Museum.

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