Where to stay when visiting Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. There are no National Park Lodges within the ...

The 190th anniversary of the Allegheny Portage Railroad opening is Monday. On Saturday, about 15 people joined park ranger Elizabeth Shope on a nearly five-mile hike down the Staple Bend Tunnel ...

The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the final piece of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal. “The Portage” opened in 1834, marking the first time that there was one, direct route between ...

GALLITZIN — The Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site will hold a candlelit tour of the Allegheny Portage Railroad on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31. The tours will explain the darker ...

GALLITZIN — A summer program titled “A Day in the Life: Working on the Allegheny Portage Railroad,” will be offered through Sept. 26 at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site ...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — In Cambria County on Saturday, you can help celebrate the 190th anniversary of the opening of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. There will be a ranger guided tour to ...

The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the state's $2 million answer. Constructed as a more than 36-mile-long system of rails and inclines, ...

CRESSON, Pa. (AP) - It was dubbed an engineering marvel. And as history would have it, a short-lived one. But when it was new, the Allegheny Portage Railroad meant much more to the state of ...

This site preserves the location of the first railroad built over the Allegheny Mountains, which operated between 1834-1854. The direct route between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh played a critical role ...