Ever dreamed of becoming a train engineer? Now you can!Join the HOTT – Hands On The Throttle Experience and take control of a historic 1946 GE 44-Ton diesel locomotive on the Stewartstown Railroad, a real short line railroad with over 140 years of railroading history in Pennsylvania. 🚂 What’s Included in the HOTT Experience: Take… Continue reading Drive a Real Train – Hands On The Throttle Experience (HOTT) | June 1 & June 28

We will be holding the May Work Weekend at Stewartstown Railroad on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 2 thru 4, 9 AM thru 430 PM each day. We will be doing some unusual tasks this weekend! We will work UNDER Bridge 8, removing old deteriorated supports from underneath the bridge and replacing them with new… Continue reading Work Weekend Announcement: May 2-4, 2025 at 9AM

It is always the fun part of the day when we move the “red board” farther to the west, giving the big train a longer run. We are now at MP 5.5! With over 3,000 ties per mile, we have to replace at lest 1,000 per mile to make the track suitable for the big… Continue reading Recent Track Expansion to MP 5.5

We will be scheduling March 8th as a work day. What we do is dependent on weather and ground conditions, just like March 1 and 2…..if the ground is not frozen we can do trackwork, if it is we will do inside work or some other feasible project. Let me know if you have any issues.… Continue reading Additional Workday Scheduled for March 8, 2025

Celebrating 140 Years of Stewartstown Railroad Company! The volunteers at Stewartstown Railroad Company extend our heartfelt thanks to York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler and Vice President Commissioner Scott Burford for personally presenting us with a Proclamation in honor of our 140th anniversary! It was an incredible honor to receive this recognition on December 14th,… Continue reading 🚂 Celebrating 140 Years of The Stewartstown Railroad Company! 🎉

We will be hosting a special work day on Friday November 22, 9AM to 4:30PM. We will be taking the Plasser tamper out and we will be working on raising low joints and tamping loose ties from Bailey Springs west. Hopefully we can get down as far as the approach to Iron Bridge. This will… Continue reading Special Tamping Workday: Friday, Nov 22 at 9AM

Stewartstown Railroad will be holding the October Work Weekend on October 18, 19 and 20. We will be doing some finishing work to get the stretch from Five Forks Road to the picnic grove in final good condition for big train operations. On Saturday, we will be replacing missing crossing signs at several locations out… Continue reading October Work Weekend – 18, 19, 20

As a part of our 140th anniversary, some of our volunteers were interviewed on ABC channel 27. 140th Birthday Interviews Enjoy!

This year Stewartstown Railroad Company will celebrate 140th year of operations. We still operate under the same charter we did in 1884, not too many American companies can make that claim. And to celebrate we are throwing a party. We will have cake, ice cream and treats. But unlike most parties, you will get the… Continue reading Happy 140th Birthday to Us!

The August work weekend will be August 16,17, and 18. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will be concentrating on finishing tie work to get the big train Out Of The Woods and up to Five Forks Road….. we are actually Out Of The Woods and are now into the open stretch below the Church building… Continue reading August Work Weekend