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Steamtown National Historic SiteSteam locomotive pulling passenger train through fall colors in the Pocono Mountains.
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Things To Know Before You Come
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Your safety is very important to us at Steamtown. Please be aware that any track may have a train on it at any time.

To ensure that you can fully enjoy all that Steamtown has to offer, please check out the information in the links listed above.
An engineer peers out of the cab of a steam locomotive. The engineer drives the train, but the conductor is in charge.  

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The engineer drives the locomotive using the throttle lever, brakes, and reversing gear. He (or she) is in charge of the locomotive. The conductor, however, is in charge of the train. Learn more about railroad jobs at Steamtown NHS in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST