Before there was the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), there were the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR or “the Pennsy”) and the Philadelphia & Reading, generally known as the ...

Is the old Reading Railroad Viaduct in Philly still a railroad? A new federal ruling on that question has cleared the way for Philadelphia to acquire land in the Callowhill neighborhood to expand the ...

STRASBURG, Pa. — Hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, their massive mobile model is a passion. “It’s fun because we try to portray the old ...

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Zachary Kauffman wasn’t even born when the last passenger train ran between Reading and Philadelphia. But for as long as he can remember, the 20-year-old Exeter Township resident has been fascinated ...

(subsidiary of) Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co. ; later called The Reading Cos. and Philadelphia & Reading Corp. ; Reading Anthracite Co. (New York, NY) ; Reading Anthracite Coal Co. (Pottsville ...