The Harrisburg Transportation Center is a railway station and transportation hub in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is located on the eastern edge of Downtown Harrisburg between the intersections of Aberdeen and Market Streets and 4th and Chestnut Streets.
Harrisburg Transportation Station in September 2012
Station interior, February 2007
Train platform with a Keystone Service train on the left and the Pennsylvanian on the right
The station circa 1900
Cumberland Valley Railroad
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The Cumberland Valley Railroad was an early railroad in Pennsylvania, United States, originally chartered in 1831 to connect with Pennsylvania's Main Line of Public Works. Freight and passenger service in the Cumberland Valley in south central Pennsylvania from near Harrisburg to Chambersburg began in 1837, with service later extended to Hagerstown, Maryland, and then extending into the Shenandoah Valley to Winchester, Virginia. It employed up to 1,800 workers.
CVRR station and offices in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
The locomotive "Pioneer"
The first American sleeping car, the "Chambersburg" started service on the CVRR in 1839
Hagerstown station, built c. 1883