Chester Rural Cemetery, established in 1863, serves as the final resting place for many notable Pennsylvanians. This isn’t your typical cramped urban cemetery, it sprawls across rolling hills with ...

This Delaware County gem holds the title of Pennsylvania’s oldest continuously settled city, founded in 1644 when the rest of the state was still just wilderness and possibility. Chester started life ...

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After persistent agitation by the National Grange, Congress enacted regulations and restrictions, known as “Granger laws” in ...

I very much enjoyed the Frederick County Rewind article by my friend Jim Rada in the Real Life section of the Feb. 7-8 Frederick News-Post ("Losing the railroad in Frederick").

Sheboygan’s last passenger train left Penn Avenue depot in 1971, ending decades of rail service and marking the end of a local transportation era.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — All rides for Amtrak’s Keystone Service have been suspended after a maintenance worker was hit and killed by a train Monday morning in Lancaster County. Jeremy Charles, ...

LANSDALE, Pa. - Lansdale Police said two people were in a pickup truck when it collided with a freight train around 3 a.m. Tuesday. It happened on South Broad Street between Main and Vine streets.

An Amtrak worker was hit by a train and killed on Monday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Jeremy Charles, 39, was working with an Amtrak crew on the railroad tracks on Monday, Feb.

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, we are reminded by the American Revolution that the nation's independence ...

Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate a SEPTA train after it went up in flames. It happened around 6 p.m. Thursday night just outside of Philadelphia. The six-car train was traveling from ...