SCRANTON, Pa. -- People came together in Scranton to honor the history of trains. A train show was held Sunday afternoon at the Electric City Trolley Museum. Customers and vendors from around the ...

July 22, 1973: “The Scranton Flyer” Engine 759, a Nickel Plate Berkshire steam locomotive, returned to the Electric City with a new moniker, the Freedom Train. The train, part of the collection at ...

A proposed Scranton-to-New York City passenger train should receive federal planning money for a simple reason. Speed. Not how fast the train will run, but how quickly it can get rolling. That’s the ...

SCRANTON – If passenger train service between Scranton and New York City ever has a chance of happening, the time is now. Surrounded by transportation from the region’s past at the Electric City ...

The proposed restoration of passenger rail service between Scranton and New York City recently cleared another hurdle, advancing to the next stage of a federal program designed to identify new, viable ...

When the annual Santa Train chugs through Lackawanna County on Saturday for its 27th year, organizers and local officials ...

Apr. 3—An Amtrak map showing a proposed passenger train route between Scranton and New York City and potential money for new railroads excited project fans this week. The project's chief congressional ...

SCRANTON, Pa. -- It is an action-packed weekend for train enthusiasts and Italian food lovers in downtown Scranton. Railfest and La Festa Italiana have everything you need for the Labor Day Weekend.

Obscured by all the enthusiasm lately about Amtrak reviving a Scranton-to-New York City passenger train, two of the railroad’s estimates inject a dose of reality. Amtrak’s construction cost far ...

train that left Wilkes-Barre at the same time and speed? The answer is nine and a half miles, placing them between the South Avoca and Dupont stops. A September 1949 schedule of the now-defunct ...

The next Amtrak train to run to Scranton won’t be the first one. More than 40 years ago, as the 1970s ended, local railroad advocates mounted an effort to revive the passenger train service between ...

If it’s put into place, proposed Amtrak service between New York City and Scranton, Pennsylvania would provide a $2.9 billion one-time financial boost to the region, followed by about $87 million in ...