Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad
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The Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad is a heritage railway and working railroad in Middletown, Pennsylvania just outside of Hershey and Harrisburg.
The line uses both steam and diesel locomotives for passenger excursions. Coaches are 1920’s-vintage Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, boarded at the 1891 Freight Station in Middletown. Excursions are an 11-mile ride along the Swatara Creek and Union Canal, while a narrator relates history of the Canal.
There is also a collection of railway rolling stock displayed in the Middletown Yard.
Freight service has been provided since 1976 and tourist passenger service has been provided since 1986.
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