{"id":251,"date":"2020-11-07T19:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T19:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:34:14","slug":"steel-city-mckeesport-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/indexphp\/steel-city-mckeesport-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel City: McKeesport, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_252\" style=\"width: 965px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" src=\"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252 size-full\" width=\"955\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1.jpg 955w, https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1-230x86.jpg 230w, https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1-600x224.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Steel_1-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Artist rendering of the McKeesport Connecting Railroad Locomotive Shops drawn by Kevin G. Varrato.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Steel City Chapter of the Railroad &amp; Locomotive Historical Society was formed in 2017 by a small group of railroad enthusiasts and the McKeesport Preservation Society. This chapter serves the Greater Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as a flagship chapter in the Steel Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Our vision is twofold. First, we aim to preserve and educate the public in this region&#8217;s vast railroad network from small Class III industrial railroad that served the steel and manufacturing industry to the big Class I railroads that hauled passengers and freight.<\/p>\n<p>Our second vision is to highlight and preserve a few select railroad locomotives and rolling stock in the former McKeesport Connecting Roundhouse located in McKeesport, PA. With a group of dedicated and passionate railfans and history and preservation buffs this dream is becoming reality. We hope you consider joining our organization.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter dues: $20 per year<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcityrlhs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.steelcityrlhs.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steel City R&amp;LHS, P.O. Box 3094, McKeesport, PA 15134<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steel City Chapter of the Railroad &amp; Locomotive Historical Society was formed in 2017 by a small group of railroad enthusiasts and the McKeesport Preservation Society. This chapter serves the Greater Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as a flagship chapter in the Steel Valley. Our vision is twofold. First, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139,"parent":420,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5830,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/5830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rlhs.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}