This is a photo of the new 1941 Mack fire engine of the Altoona Pennsylvania Railroad Fire Department sitting on the Eighth ...

Mayor Matt Pacifico welcomed a student from St. Polten, Austria, for a two-week stay. Pirmin Rauscher, a senior honors ...

Well-known local artist Joseph Servello is being remembered for his dedication to the arts, his generosity and ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's first statewide rail plan since the COVID-19 pandemic outlines several long-term infrastructure proposals that could make it ...

These 10 cities offer peaceful streets, historic sights, and laid-back atmospheres perfect for unhurried exploration! Altoona boasts a rich railroad history that gives the city its unique character ...

Local railroad preservation society beginning their annual 'Fall Leaf Excursions' each weekend through early November. YORK ...

The Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton plant, which had been one of just three U.S. locations producing railroad rails, will be closed ...

A western Iowa man has been charged in connection with a fire that erupted at an Altoona Walmart on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 2. The Altoona Police Department arrested Jack Cedeno, 41, of ...

Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary ...

Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees identified the man who was found dead by a set of railroad tracks in the West End Wednesday.

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A familiar sight in the Altoona skyline went missing Friday morning. Residents may have noticed the flag at Gospel Hill is nowhere to be seen. According to City officials, ...

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...