The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg, will highlight the historic Reading Railroad during Reading Railroad Days on Wednesday to Saturday, July 3 to 6. Reading Railroad Days will take place during regular museum hours and is included in the regular museum admission.

A detailed HO-scale model train layout of the Reading Railroad, operated by members of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, is a centerpiece in the museum's climate-controlled Rolling Stock Hall. Visitors also may view Reading Company equipment from the museum's premier collection, including the 106-year-old tank engine No. 1251, multiple unit car No. 800, Crusader observation car No. 1, and the 1928 turntable.

In its heyday, the Reading Company was a multifaceted industrial giant. Originally established as the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1833 to transport anthracite coal, the pioneering 94-mile line evolved into a large corporation serving eastern Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey and Delaware. Operations included coal mining, iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding. With its complex of shops for locomotive and car building and repair, and constant advances in railroad technology, the company held a position of leadership in the railroad industry for over a century.

For more information about the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit http://www.rrmuseumpa.org or call 717-687-8628.