{"id":230318,"date":"2026-06-28T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230318\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:14:08","slug":"reading-railroad-days-upcoming-at-the-railroad-museum-of-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230318\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Railroad Days upcoming at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">STRASBURG, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 The next two weeks will be a celebration of life on the Reading at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reading Railroad Days takes place from Wednesday, July 1 through Sunday, July 5 and Wednesday, July 8 through Saturday, July 11 during regular museum hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A scale model train layout of the Reading will be featured and the museum will also show off ex-Reading equipment like a 108-year-old tank engine, a 95-year-old commuter car, and a 188-year-old Rocket steam locomotive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In its heyday, the Reading was a multi-faceted industrial giant rooted in east-central Pennsylvania\u2019s anthracite coalfields. The company owned numerous anthracite coal mines and transported such to market, in addition to other ventures like canals and shipbuilding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Reading Railroad was one of several that merged into Conrail in the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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