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Steamtown National Historic Site
Moscow, PA Excursion
A steam locomotive pulls dark green passenger cars past a brown wooden freight station at Moscow, PA.

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Canadian Pacific 2317, a passenger locomotive built in 1923, pulls a train past the 1904 freight station at Moscow, Pennsylvania. These excursions are offered on select weekends from July through October.

Steamtown National Historic Site offers seasonal excursions to Moscow, Pennsylvania, a small town on the western edge of the Pocono Plateau. This 26-mile round trip includes a 30-40 minute layover and takes about 2 hours. It follows Roaring Brook through the Nay Aug tunnel into the Pocono Mountains, across numerous bridges and through the historic and scenic Pennsylvania countryside. Light refreshments are available for purchase at the Moscow train station through the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railway Historical Society.

For 2010, Moscow excursions are offered on July 3, 10, 17, and 31; August 7, 14, 21; September 4 and 5, and October 2*, 9, 16 and 30.

All Moscow Excursions depart at 1:00 pm and return at approximately 3:00 pm.  Reservations open April 12, 2010.

*There will be TWO trips on October 2 - The "My Little Pumpkin Express" departs at 11 am, returns at 1 pm. The "Fall Foliage" excursion departs at 2 pm, returns at 3:30 pm.

The Wright Flyer flew 120 feet on its first flight.  The largest steam engine at Steamtown is 12 feet longer!  

Did You Know?
The first flight of the Wright Flyer was 120 feet? That is 12 feet less than the length of one of the steam locomotives at Steamtown National Historic Site. The Union Pacific 'Big Boy', built in 1941, is 132 feet, 9 3/4 inches long!
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Last Updated: November 02, 2009 at 14:26 EST