Airville, PA
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Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village
4.5· 103 Google reviews
About Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village
Climb aboard a restored narrow-gauge train at Muddy Creek Forks, a preserved 1915 railroad village deep in the York County countryside. Sunday excursions run from June through Labor Day along the old Ma & Pa line, paired with a walk through the original general store, mill, and station — an unhurried day out about two hours west of Philadelphia.
At a Glance
Verified daily- Type
- Heritage railroad & tourist attraction
- Location
- Airville, PA
- Rating
- 4.5 ★ 103 Google reviews
- Upcoming
- Sun, Jul 19
Upcoming Events
Plan Your Visit
- Parking
- Free lot
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance · accessible parking
Find the Depot
The Trains
The railroad operates restored narrow-gauge equipment over a short stretch of the original line. The village itself preserves the 1899 A.M. Grove general store (with post office and railroad ticket office), a roller mill, a grain elevator, and a turn-of-the-century station — a working picture of a 1915 rail community.
History
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The Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad — the 'Ma & Pa' — was a narrow-gauge line that wound roughly 77 miles between Baltimore and York. Muddy Creek Forks grew around the Peach Bottom Railway that reached it in 1875; today the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society restores the village and runs heritage train rides on a section of the original right-of-way.
Around the Depot
Muddy Creek Forks sits in rural southern York County near Airville, amid the rolling farmland and creek valleys of the Susquehanna Riverlands. It pairs easily with a Lancaster County or lower-Susquehanna river day trip.
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