State leaders mark PA Donor Day, call for more registered organ donors
The Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Transportation joined health care leaders, organ donation organizations, and families impacted by organ donation at UPMC West Shore to celebrate PA Donor Day and encourage more Pennsylvanians to register as organ donors.
SEPTA Regional Rail riders face hard choices if route reductions implemented
With SEPTA facing a structural budget gap of more than $200 million, and no state funding solution currently in sight, the regional transit system is preparing to make drastic service cuts and implement fare increases, with the first phase beginning later this month: Most Regional Rail midday trains would come every two hours instead of every hour beginning Aug. 24.
Rare locomotive returns to the rails in Scranton after decades-long restoration effort
A historic locomotive returned to the rails after a 25-year restoration effort. On July 11, 2025, a rare and historic locomotive, the Nickel Plate Road 190, returned to life in the Northeast after a 47-year absence.
New roundhouse construction underway at Railroad Museum of Pa.
Young and old, there’s just something attention grabbing about the nostalgia of a train on the tracks.