A historic train experience is making a comeback in Pennsylvania. In April, the East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) located in Orbisonia, within the rolling hills and farmlands of central Pennsylvania, will ...

A train ride that used to delight children at Kiddytown, a small amusement park that operated in the 1950s and 60s in Norridge on land that later became Harlem Irving Park shopping mall, was found in ...

Those of you who were not alive in the 1950s may be connected to toy trains through Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas revived train toy sales that had rapidly declined beginning in the 1960s. The decade ...

Q: I am 55. My childhood toy train set is still in its period cardboard box. The lettering on the top reads: “Stream Line Electric Train / Steam Type / Made in USA / Louis Marx & Co. / New York Office ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The eastbound freight train churned through Wyoming County before dawn on Feb. 26, 1950, the ...

One of the largest Armistice Day parades in the Wyoming Valley since the end of World War I was held Nov. 11, 1950. Ten divisions took part in the 1950 parade, the 31st year the parade was held since ...

Representatives from the American Legion present a wreath honoring the victims of the 1950 train crash at a special ceremony held Sunday at the Kingston Armory. Wreaths and crosses positioned in front ...

For some people, the aroma of Christmas is freshly baked cookies or a newly cut pine. For me, it’s the oily burn of my 71-year-old Lionel sparking across equally ancient tracks. The train is one of ...