Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 1—SCRANTON — Plans are afoot to reuse an old tunnel as a new pedestrian access to Steamtown National Historic Site. Closed ...

Thirty years ago, the attraction now known as Steamtown National Historic Site was a train wreck. Steamtown USA, as it was then known, moved to Scranton from Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 1984. The ...

SCRANTON — Twenty-two years after Steamtown National Historic Site became part of the National Park Service, the park devoted to telling and interpreting the story of steam railroading in ...

As federal funds transform an abandoned rail yard into a showcase for vintage steam locomotives, a heated debate continues over whether the project is preserving a national treasure or unleashing a ...

For the first time in the Steamtown National Historic Site’s 32 years, the park will appear on collectors’ stamps sold across the United States National Park System. Distributed by Eastern National, ...

Northeastern Pennsylvania has a rich historical legacy founded in the coal, iron, textile, and railroad industries, and the city of Scranton is home to a variety of museums that celebrate that legacy ...