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Steamtown National Historic Site
Moscow, PA Excursion
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| NPS Photo, Ken Ganz | | 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 late May through October. |
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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.
Moscow excursions are offered on: July 5, 12, and 26; August 2, 16, 23 and 30; and October 5, 12, 18 and 26.
All Moscow Excursions depart at 1:00 pm and return at approximately 3:00 pm.
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Did You Know?
Mexican President General Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna owned stock in the Lackawanna Railroad, chartered in 1854 with plans to operate between Jessup and Nay Aug PA. Part of the route became a branch line of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Learn more about railroads at Steamtown NHS.
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Last Updated: July 28, 2008 at 14:57 EST |