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Pennsylvania Railroad Museum finally breaks ground on long-held vision Christina Lengyel August 4, 2025 August 3, 2025

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(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission broke ceremonial ground on a new facility at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania on Tuesday in Strasburg.

The 16,000-foot roundhouse will hold six steam locomotives for preservation and exhibition at the museum. It has been under construction for two months after decades of planning.

“To step into a railroad roundhouse is to enter into the microcosm of an industry where the dance between man and machine unfolds with vivid intensity,” described Secretary Patrick Bowne

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