• Dan Robrish / AP

    A historic Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive pulls into the newly renovated railroad station in Elizabethtown, Pa., on Wednesday, May 4, as part of the station's opening ceremony. A renovation paid for with federal stimulus money that began in late 2009 made the station accessible to the handicapped, got the parking lot paved and the indoor passenger waiting area reopened after decades of disuse.

    Historic Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive opens renovated train station

    By Rich Shulman

    It's great to know that Pennsylvania Railroad trains live on somewhere besides Monopoly games and model railroad sets. The railroad merged with the New York Central to become the Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. Today, most of its lines are owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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  • Oli Scarff / Getty Images

    Passengers are served hot drinks by the Salvation Army as they queue outside St. Pancras train station for Eurostar services to mainland Europe on December 20, 2010 in London, England. Severe weather has caused major disruption at the United Kingdom's biggest airport for a third day.

    Travel delays in Europe prompt Salvation Army appearance at the train station London.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    You know its going to be a long day at the train station when the Salvation Army truck is there. More photos of travel distruptions in our slideshow.