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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers work like locomotives to preserve the commonwealth’s rich railroad heritage. Craig Sansonetti, president of the Ma ...
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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

A portion of what was once the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad curves around a former flour mill in York County. Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers ...
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Railroads helped build Pa. These train lovers and museums are maintaining the historical tracks.

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