Photo Line: Short Lines Start Semiquincentennial Celebration

Bedford County kicks off 18-month America 250 PA celebration

BEDFORD, Pa. (WTAJ) — Local and state officials got a head start on the 250th birthday of the United States of America with a ceremony kicking off an 18-month celebration. Nearly 365 days until the Semiquincentennial, the county brought in veterans and residents to the Bedford County Courthouse courtyard for a ceremony, distributing miniature flags. In anticipation of the flurry of events on the 249th birthday, the county wanted to ensure they g…

Photo Line: Short Lines Start Semiquincentennial Celebration

With America’s 250th anniversary just a year away, railroads from coast to coast are kicking off the celebration with locomotives painted in patriotic shades of red, white, and blue. So far, at least four locomotives have been painted by short lines and tourist railroads. The newest addition arrived on July 4, when the Nevada Northern Railway Museum unveiled SD9 250. The former Southern Pacific unit arrived on the Nevada Northern in the 1990s an…