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Steamtown National Historic Site

150 S Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503

Featured Review : If you love trains, Scranton is a must-visit location. Steamtown is one of the finest train museums in the world. This is both a visual and a physical museum. You get to climb aboard trains, pull levers and turn handles...See Full Review

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Steamtown National Historic Site Reviews

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Steamtown National Historic Site

  • 5 out of 5 stars by onesundaymorning from Los Angeles, California
  • September 3, 2007
Steamtown National Historic Site
Quote: To most Steamtown is nothing more than a dumping ground for the past where the transportation of the old days came to die among heaps of scrap metal to be forgotten about to make way for the future, but to some it’s more. Steamtown stands as a... Read the full Steamtown National Historic Site review

From journal Sweet Home Pennsylvania

Steamtown National Historic Site

  • 5 out of 5 stars by cassysun from North Palm Beach, Florida
  • July 6, 2006
Steamtown National Historic Site
Quote: We visited Scranton on the weekend of May 20, 2006. They had a special excursion on a steamtrain from Scranton to East Stroudburg in Celebration of Armed Forces Day. On the train ride through the Poconos Mountain the park ranger told the history of... Read the full Steamtown National Historic Site review

From journal Steamtown USA

Steamtown Historic Site

  • 4 out of 5 stars by hottice2nicky from scranton, Pennsylvania
  • September 30, 2005
Steamtown Historic Site
Quote: The experience you get is a reminder of how the city use to be many years ago. It shows you how people worked to build the railroads and how they were built. The mall itself consists of two floors. It has a back deck that leads to the historic site.... Read the full Steamtown National Historic Site review

From journal The Mall at Steamtown

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Steamtown

  • 4 out of 5 stars by zabelle from Portland, Connecticut
  • March 18, 2004
Steamtown
Quote: If you love trains, Scranton is a must-visit location. Steamtown is one of the finest train museums in the world. This is both a visual and a physical museum. You get to climb aboard trains, pull levers and turn handles and pretend that you are the... Read the full Steamtown National Historic Site review

From journal Steamy Scranton

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Steamtown National Historic Site (Scranton)

  • 4 out of 5 stars by moatway from Riverview, New Brunswick
  • September 29, 2003
Steamtown National Historic Site (Scranton)
Quote: Steamtown is a National Historic Site run by the National Park Service. For train buffs and train watchers it is close to the Holy Grail, but for the rest of us it is educational, interesting and a great place to spend a few hours. It sits on a 40... Read the full Steamtown National Historic Site review

From journal Travelling in Eastern Pennsylvania