SG rail railroad name PennsylvaniaRailroad logo filename Pennsylvania Herald.png logo size 100 marks PRR system map PennsylvaniaRailroad system map 1918 .svg map caption Pennsylvania system as of 1918 ... old gauge hq city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Image PRR M1a.jpg thumb right 250px PennsylvaniaRailroad ... 250px PennsylvaniaRailroad PRR S1 S1 locomotive also displayed at the 1939 New York World s Fair The Pennsylvania .... ref cite web title PennsylvaniaRailroad Company Inspection of Physical Property Board of Directors ... web title The Erie Lackawanna Limited The PennsylvaniaRailroad url http jimmancuso1.tripod.com id12.html ... horseshoecurve nrhs Guide.htm accessdate 2007 08 24 ref In 1968 the PennsylvaniaRailroad ... most of the former PennsylvaniaRailroad, including the old Pennsy Main Line PRR Main Line across Pennsylvania. The PennsylvaniaRailroad s corporate symbol was the keystone architecture keystone ..., as part of the Main Line of Public Works , chartered the PennsylvaniaRailroad in 1846 to build ... . ref cite web title History of the Altoona Railroad Shops The Creation And Coming Of The Pennsylvania ... an important influence on the PennsylvaniaRailroad, which in the mid 19th century was on the technical ... and its steady growth while avoiding financial risks. His PennsylvaniaRailroad was in his .... ref James A. Ward, Power and Accountability on the PennsylvaniaRailroad, 1846 1878. Business ... 2007 08 28 ref New York Chicago On July 1, 1869, the PennsylvaniaRailroad formally leased the Pittsburgh ... Limited which became the most famous train operated by the PennsylvaniaRailroad. ref Some Classic ... PennsylvaniaRailroad Through freight Lines Around 1900, the PRR built several grade slope low grade ... and Trenton Cut Off Railroad from Glen Loch, Pennsylvania east to Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ... the latter abandoned by Conrail in 1990 The Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad was incorporated ... to the existing line. Work was suspended in 1916. PennsylvaniaRailroad electrification main Railway ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Railroad, Pennsylvania other name native name nickname settlement type Borough motto image skyline Railroad, Pennsylvania.jpg imagesize image caption Railroad, Pennsylvania image flag flag size image seal seal size image shield shield size image blank emblem blank emblem size image dot map Pennsylvania Locator Map.PNG dot mapsize 250px dot map caption Location within the state of Pennsylvania dot x 158 dot y 129 subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Pennsylvania subdivision type2 List of counties in Pennsylvania County subdivision name2 York County, Pennsylvania York government footnotes government type Borough Council leader title Mayor leader name leader title1 leader name1 leader title2 leader name2 leader title3 leader name3 leader title4 leader name4 established title Settled established date 1792 established title1 Incorporated established date1 1871 area magnitude unit pref unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area total sq mi 0.6 area land sq mi area water sq mi area water percent population as of 2010 population footnotes population note population total 278 population density km2 population ... Railroad is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania York County , Pennsylvania , United States ... Law 94 171 Summary File QT PL , Railroad borough, Pennsylvania publisher U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2 accessdate October 6, 2011 ref History The Railroad Borough Historic District was listed ... Geography Railroad is located at coord 39 45 24 N 76 41 58 W city 39.756761, 76.699396 GR 1 . According ... Reflist York County, Pennsylvania Category Populated places established in 1792 Category Boroughs in York County, Pennsylvania ca Railroad es Railroad Pensilvania ht Railroad, Pennsilvani nl Railroad pt Railroad vo Railroad ... more details
Ohio and PennsylvaniaRailroad may refer to Ohio and PennsylvaniaRailroad 1848 1856 , later part of the PennsylvaniaRailroad Ohio and PennsylvaniaRailroad 1995 present , a short line in northeast Ohio disambig ... more details
PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge may refer to the following in the United States by state then city Canal Street railroad bridge , in Chicago, Illinois Fourteenth Street Bridge Ohio River , in Louisville, Kentucky PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge Trenton, New Jersey , over the Delaware River PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge Columbia, Pennsylvania , over the Susquehanna River Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad , in Delta, Pennsylvania, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaRailroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek , in Huntingdon, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge over Shavers Creek , in Petersburg, Pennsylvania Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge , in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also known as the PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad , in Sunnyburn, Pennsylvania, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania disambig de PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad marks PN logo filename PNRR logo.png logo size 150 locale Eastern Pennsylvania start year 2011 length 55.53 miles hq city Lansdale, Pennsylvania website http www.panerailroad.com The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad reporting marks PN is a short line railroad operating on trackage mostly in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery counties to the north of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It was created in 2011, taking over former operations from CSX Transportation . The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad interchanges with CSX in Lansdale, Pennsylvania Lansdale and the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad in Warminster, Pennsylvania Warminster . Operations The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad operates on convert 55.53 mi km of SEPTA owned trackage mostly in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery counties to the north of Philadelphia , with some lines extending into northern portions of Philadelphia. The lines operated by the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad include the Bethlehem Branch from Newtown Junction, Pennsylvania Newtown Junction to Telford, Pennsylvania Telford , the Doylestown Branch from Lansdale, Pennsylvania Lansdale to Doylestown, Pennsylvania Doylestown , the New Hope Branch from Glenside, Pennsylvania Glenside to Ivyland, Pennsylvania Ivyland , the New York Line from Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Jenkintown to Neshaminy Falls, Pennsylvania ... Lansdale. The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad also operates the Lansdale Yard in Lansdale. ref ... and the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad in Warminster, Pennsylvania Warminster . ref cite web url http www.panerailroad.com services title Services publisher Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad accessdate ... Railroad and East Penn Railroad partnered to form the Pennsylvania Northeast Railroad, which would ... Northeastern Railroad Category Pennsylvania railroads Category Railway companies established ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Southwest PennsylvaniaRailroad marks SWP logo filename logo size locale Fayette County, Pennsylvania BR Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania start year 1995 length 66 hq city Oakmont, Pennsylvania website http www.carloadexpress.com sub.cfm?cat railroads&sub swp Image Scottdale pennsylvania train station.jpg thumb right 250px SWP locomotive at the Scottdale train station The Southwest PennsylvaniaRailroad reporting mark SWP is a shortline railroad that operates in southwestern Pennsylvania . The SWP uses rail branches that were acquired from CSX Transportation originally the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , as well as Conrail originally the PennsylvaniaRailroad . All of the track used by the SWP is in either Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette or Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Westmoreland counties. SWP provides local service to many customers in the area, connecting them to the outside world via interchanges with Norfolk Southern , Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad ... PennsylvaniaRailroad s operational headquarters are located in Oakmont, Pennsylvania . The SWP is operated ... railroads DEFAULTSORT Southwest PennsylvaniaRailroad Category Pennsylvania railroads Category ... Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines Category Companies operating former PennsylvaniaRailroad lines Category ... Counties in recent years. The main line of the SWP railroad runs as far north as Radebaugh in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Salem Township . It then passes Greensburg, Pennsylvania Greensburg and Scottdale, Pennsylvania Scottdale the location of the railyard to an interchange with NS and W&LE in Everson, Pennsylvania Everson . The SWP mainline passes through the coal towns of Owensdale, Pennsylvania Owensdale and Broadford, Pennsylvania Broadford , before reaching a junction with CSX. The SWP operates over CSX tracks through Connellsville, Pennsylvania Connellsville it then runs south through Dunbar, Pennsylvania , and Mt Braddock to Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown ... more details
, Pennsylvania Sunbury , and to the north and west with the Union County Industrial Railroad at Milton, Pennsylvania Milton , the Lycoming Valley Railroad at Muncy, Pennsylvania Muncy and at Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Linden and the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Lock Haven . History The North Shore Railroad s line first was built in 1852 as part ... Haven and renamed it the North Shore Railroad . See also List of Pennsylvania railroads Stourbridge ..., North East Pennsylvania Shortline Website Pennsylvania railroads DEFAULTSORT North Shore Railroad ...Other uses North Shore Railroad disambiguation Infobox SG rail railroad name North Shore Railroad logo filename North Shore Railroad Herald.png logo size 125px marks NSHR locale Pennsylvania start year 1984 hq city Northumberland, PA Image North Shore Railroad Engine.JPG thumb Engine 2317 at the North Shore Railroad corporate headquarters in Northumberland, Pennsylvania The North Shore Railroad reporting mark NSHR is a short line railroad that operates convert 44 mi km of track in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Northumberland , Montour County, Pennsylvania Montour , Columbia County, Pennsylvania Columbia , and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Luzerne County United States counties in Pennsylvania in the United States . The line runs generally northeast between Northumberland, Pennsylvania Northumberland ... in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Salem Township in Luzerne County . Other communities served include Danville, Pennsylvania Danville in Montour County, Pennsylvania Montour County , Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg , and Berwick, Pennsylvania Berwick both in Columbia County, Pennsylvania ... Shore Railroad System The North Shore Railroad gives its name to the North Shore Railroad System, which includes the following short lines Juniata Valley Railroad JVRR Lycoming Valley Railroad LVRR Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad NBER North Shore Railroad NSHR Shamokin Valley Railroad SVRR Union ... more details
dablink This article is about the Central Railroad of New Jersey s Pennsylvania lines. For the independent line between Bellefonte PA Bellefonte and Mill Hall PA Mill Hall , see Central Railroad of Pennsylvania 1893 1918 . Infobox SG rail railroad name Central Railroad of Pennsylvania logo filename logo size marks CRP locale Easton, PA to Scranton, PA start year August 5, 1946 end year 1952 successor line Central Railroad of New Jersey CNJ , br later Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh Valley old gauge hq city The Central Railroad of Pennsylvania reporting mark CRP was an attempt by the Central Railroad of New Jersey to avoid certain New Jersey tax es on their Pennsylvania lines. The tax dodge failed, and CRP operations were merged back into those of the CNJ. History Most of the Pennsylvania extension of the CNJ was built by the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad , leased to the CNJ in 1871 as their Lehigh and Susquehanna Division. By the 1940s the CNJ wished to avoid certain New Jersey taxes on its Pennsylvania lines. The Easton and Western Railroad , a short branch west of Easton PA Easton , was renamed to the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania in 1944 and all Pennsylvania leases, primarily the L&S, were transferred to it in 1946. The new company began operations August 5, 1946. http www.lowerluzernecounty.com ..., the CNJ s Lehigh and Susquehanna lease expired, and the CNJ s Pennsylvania lines were then operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad . External links http www.gingerb.com central railroad of new jersey.htm Black Diamonds to Tidewater Central Railroad of New Jersey details of the Pennsylvania lines References ... Reporting Marks Question Former Class I DEFAULTSORT Central RailroadPennsylvania Category Former Class I railroads in the United States Category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Category Railway companies ... Railroad of New Jersey US ClassI rail transport stub fr Central Railroad of Pennsylvania ... logo was changed from Central Railroad Company of New Jersey to Jersey Central Lines . The arrangement ... more details
The South PennsylvaniaRailroad is the name given to two proposed but never completed Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth century. Parts of the right of way railroad right of way for the second South PennsylvaniaRailroad were reused for the Pennsylvania Turnpike . Initial promotions The first South PennsylvaniaRailroad was originally chartered as the Duncannon, Landisburg and Broad Top Railroad on May 5, 1854. Its intended route began in Duncannon, Pennsylvania Duncannon , passed through Landisburg ... and Virginia. On April 1, 1863, it was renamed as the South PennsylvaniaRailroad. Despite feverish ... syndicate New York Central and PennsylvaniaRailroad competition The unused charter of the defunct South PennsylvaniaRailroad was revived in the 1880s as a weapon in a growing war between the New York Central Railroad and the PennsylvaniaRailroad , the two major Eastern railroad systems. William ... viewed the West Shore project as a PennsylvaniaRailroad incursion into prime New York Central territory ... anxious to break the PennsylvaniaRailroad s freight monopoly in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania ... mainline railroad across the Alleghenies that would connect Pittsburgh with Harrisburg, Pennsylvania .... The group used the long inactive charter of the South PennsylvaniaRailroad as their vehicle to begin ... the West Shore Railroad, halted construction on the South Pennsylvania including a South PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania bridge over the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg , and agreed ... , a PennsylvaniaRailroad subsidiary which had charter rights along the route, initiated court proceedings ... in 1938. In 1904, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bought the South Pennsylvania grade west of Mount .... Image 1884 South Penn RR.jpg thumb center 350px The South PennsylvaniaRailroad was planned ... 0 9603398 5 X Reflist Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission DEFAULTSORT South PennsylvaniaRailroad Category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Category Companies affiliated with the New York Central Railroad ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Homestead PennsylvaniaRailroad Station nrhp type image HomesteadPennsylvaniaRailroadStation.jpg caption location Amity St., Homestead, Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 24 lat seconds 29 lat direction N long degrees 79 long minutes 54 long seconds 47 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania built 1906 architect PennsylvaniaRailroad Co. architecture added December 26, 1985 area convert 0.3 acre governing body Private refnum 85003157 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The Homestead PennsylvaniaRailroad Station is located in Homestead, Pennsylvania Homestead , Pennsylvania . The building was built in 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985. ref name nris See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania References reflist National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Buildings and structures completed in 1906 Category Buildings and structures in Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania NRHP stub ... more details
notability date December 2009 unreferenced date December 2009 The PennsylvaniaRailroad 7048 is a preserved EMD GP9 diesel electric locomotive. It sits on static display behind a convert 10 in sing on fact date October 2011 fence at Horseshoe Curve Altoona, Pennsylvania Horseshoe Curve near Altoona Pennsylvania . History In the 1950s, the PennsylvaniaRailroad began to purchase EMD GP9 4 axle diesel locomotives. At the same time, other railroads were purchasing GP9s as well. The PennsylvaniaRailroad operated their GP9s in a long hood forward style. This was different because other railroads were operating them in a cab forward design. For years the PennsylvaniaRailroad GP9s ran in dark brunswick green. In the mid to late 1960s, the PennsylvaniaRailroad began to paint out the Pennsylvania on their locomotives and were just adorning keystones with the letters PRR intertwined. In 1968, when the PennsylvaniaRailroad merged with the New York Central Railroad to form the Penn Central , the 7048 was repainted into Penn Central livery black with PC worms and Penn Central . For the whole 8 years of Penn Central, GP9 7048 was used as a freight train diesel. In 1976, the government created freight railroad, the Consolidated Rail Corporation Conrail assumed operations from the bankrupt Penn Central. Penn Central had filed for bankruptcy in 1970. In the Conrail years the diesel was painted ... on white rail logo. Retirement In 1986, when PennsylvaniaRailroad class K4s 4 6 2 Pacific type steam locomotive number 1361 was successfully persuaded by a Pennsylvania representative who convinced ... being sent to the curve, she was repainted into the PennsylvaniaRailroad s dark brunswick green scheme with Pennsylvania on the sides and keystones as well. Today Today the 7048 sits at the curve .... Category Diesel locomotives of the United States Category Individual locomotives Category PennsylvaniaRailroad locomotives 7048 ... more details
Infobox rail railroad name Rochester, Nunda and PennsylvaniaRailroad logo filename logo size system map map caption map size marks image image size image caption locale start year 1870 end year 1881 predecessor line successor line Rochester, New York and PennsylvaniaRailroad gauge old gauge electrification length hq city website Rochester, Nunda and PennsylvaniaRailroad was a New York railroad. Trains ran from Sonyea south through Nunda to Swain. Parts of the railroad were sold to the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad . ref cite web url http wnyrails.org railroads prr prr roch.htm title Western New York Railroad Archive author date work publisher accessdate 12 April 2010 ref Other parts of the RN&P were graded near York, NY and Fowlerville, NY and also near Chili, New York , but no tracks were ever laid. ref cite web url http russnelson.com unfinished railroads.html RochesterNundaandPennsylvania title Russ Nelson s Unfinished Railroads of New York State author date work publisher accessdate 10 April 2010 ref References Reflist Photos http www.flickr.com photos 15947776 N06 sets 72157623482063104 detail Paige Miller s Flickr Set, showing photos of the graded but unfinished portions of the RN&P Category Defunct New York railroads ... more details
s main line east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster was built by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the Main Line of Public Works , a railroad and canal corridor across the state. The system consisted of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad from Philadelphia west to Columbia, Pennsylvania ..., the Juniata Division Canal from Duncan s Island to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Hollidaysburg , the Allegheny Portage Railroad from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown , and the Western ... to Malvern, Pennsylvania Malvern the end of the West Chester Railroad in 1832 ref PDFlink http www.prrths.com ... ref PennsylvaniaRailroad Company Image On the Way to Pittsburgh Great Bend on the Alleghenies.jpg thumb ... The PennsylvaniaRailroad Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania legislature on April 13, 1846 ... side of the ridge, the main line opened from Conemaugh, Pennsylvania Conemaugh on the Portage Railroad ... Railroad near South Fork, Pennsylvania South Fork and a longer adjacent section of New Portage Railroad ..., Lebanon and Pine Grove Railroad from Philadelphia west via Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Phoenixville to Salunga Landisville, Pennsylvania Salunga on the Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad. This was done ... on the PennsylvaniaRailroad &ndash October 12, 1934. center See also Pennsylvania Main Line References reflist Further reading McGonigal, Robert S., Heart of the PennsylvaniaRailroad The Main Line, Philadelphia ... Sipes, William B., The PennsylvaniaRailroad Its Origin, Construction, Condition, and Connections , 1875 published by The Passenger Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category PennsylvaniaRailroad ...otheruses2 Main Line Image Crossing of the Alleghany, Pennsylvania Railroad.jpg thumb right 325px Crossing of the Allegheny Mountains Alleghany , PennsylvaniaRailroad , 1853 print The Main Line of the PennsylvaniaRailroad was a rail line in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania , connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg . It is still an important cross state corridor ... more details
Infobox NRHP name PennsylvaniaRailroad District nrhp type hd image caption location Conrail mile markers 213.73 to 218.88, Spruce Creek Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Spruce Creek Township, Pennsylvania , Morris Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Morris Township, Pennsylvania , and Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Warriors Mark Township, Pennsylvania in Huntingdon County and Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania in Blair County lat degrees 40 lat minutes 36 lat seconds 47 lat direction N long degrees 78 long minutes 09 long seconds 07 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania built 1850 1902 architect OR builder PennsylvaniaRailroad added March 20, 1990 area convert 50 acre governing body ... County, 1780 1939 MPS refnum 90000393 ref name nris NRISref version 2010a ref PennsylvaniaRailroad ... mile section had the most bridges and tunnels per mile to carry the PennsylvaniaRailroad right ... Form PennsylvaniaRailroad District accessdate 2011 12 03 author Deborah L. Suciu format PDF ... historic district located in Spruce Creek Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Spruce Creek Township , Morris Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Morris Township , and Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Warriors Mark Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania Tyrone Township in Blair County, Pennsylvania . It consists ... & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania publisher CRGIS Cultural Resources Geographic ... nris References Reflist National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania NRHP bridges Category Tunnels in Pennsylvania Category Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Bridges completed in 1902 Category Bridges in Blair County, Pennsylvania Category Bridges in Huntingdon County, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox museum name Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania image RRMOP 460.JPG imagesize caption Lindbergh Engine .... Building and grounds File Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania entrance.JPG thumb left upright ... thumb PennsylvaniaRailroad locomotive 4935 File PRR 520 19930000 PA Strasburg.jpg thumb PRR 520 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 1993. File RRM Strasburg PA Tahoe 1875.JPG thumb Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Virginia & Truckee Tahoe , 1875. File PRR1223.jpg thumb PRR engine 1223 in operation ... en.wikipedia.org wiki image Strasburg1223.jpg File Ma n Pa 81.JPG thumb Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad ... of the PennsylvaniaRailroad PRR , steam locomotives in particular. The famous Lindbergh Engine ... to change. This collection of PennsylvaniaRailroad steam locomotives is the most representative ... it upon themselves to clean up and paint other engines as documented in the book PennsylvaniaRailroad ... commons cat References Reflist External links http www.rrmuseumpa.org Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania website Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Category Railroad museums in Pennsylvania ... W established 1975 location Strasburg, Pennsylvania Strasburg , Pennsylvania type Railway museum Railroad museum director Charles Fox website http www.rrmuseumpa.org rrmuseumpa.org The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railway museum railroad museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania Strasburg , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County , Pennsylvania . The museum is located on the east side of Strasburg along Pennsylvania Route 741 . It is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the active support of the Friends of the Railroad Museum. The museum has more than 100 historic locomotive s and railroad car s that chronicle United States American railroad history ... activities via closed circuit television , enjoy interactive educational programs, and more. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania was created to provide a historical account of railroading in Pennsylvania ... more details
Infobox nrhp name PennsylvaniaRailroad Station Wilkinsburg nrhp type image PennsylvaniaRailroad Station in Wilkinsburg.jpg caption location Hay St. at Ross Ave., Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 26 lat seconds 35 lat direction N long degrees 79 long minutes 53 long seconds 17 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania built 1916 architect Cookson,Walter H. architecture Beaux Arts added July 18, 1985 area convert 0.5 acre governing body Local refnum 85001568 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref designated other1 name Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark designated other1 date 1976 ref name PHLF cite book url http www.phlf.org wp content uploads 2007 09 Historic Plaques 2010b.pdf title Historic Landmark Plaques 1968 2009 publisher Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation location Pittsburgh, PA page year 2010 accessdate 2011 07 28 ref designated other1 abbr Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation PHLF designated other1 link List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks designated other1 color gold designated other1 textcolor black The PennsylvaniaRailroad Station Wilkinsburg is located in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Wilkinsburg , Pennsylvania . The building was built in 1916 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1985. ref name nris See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania References reflist National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Beaux Arts buildings Category Buildings and structures completed in 1916 Category Buildings and structures in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Category Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks Pennsylvania NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad locale Ohio and Michigan successor line hq city The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad was a railroad company in the U.S. state s of Ohio and Michigan that existed from 1926 to 1956. Its sole purpose was to simplify the corporate structure of the PennsylvaniaRailroad by merging subsidiaries into a common company leased to the PRR the PO&D was merged into the Connecting Railway in 1956. History The PO&D was formed on January 1, 1926 by the consolidation of the following companies ref PDFlink http www.prrths.com Hagley PRR1925 20Jul 2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1925 101 Kibibyte KiB application pdf, 103936 bytes , June 2004 Edition ref Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway , Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati to Dayton, OH Dayton leased to PRR since 1921 Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati Railway , Cleveland, OH Cleveland to Columbus, OH Columbus and Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati leased to PRR affiliates since 1912 Manufacturers Railway Toledo, Ohio Manufacturers Railway , Toledo, OH Toledo not leased to PRR before the consolidation Pennsylvania Detroit Railroad , Toledo, OH Toledo to Detroit, MI Detroit leased to PRR since 1923 Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad , Toledo, OH Toledo to Marietta, OH Marietta and Sandusky, OH Sandusky to Columbus, OH Columbus leased to PRR affiliates since 1900 portions earlier The PO&D bought part of the Ohio River and Western Railway , from Zanesville, OH Zanesville to Lawton, Ohio Lawton , on December 7, 1928 this had been operated by the PRR since 1924. ref PDFlink http www.prrths.com Hagley PRR1928 20Jul 2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1928 110 Kibibyte KiB application pdf, 112810 bytes , July 2004 Edition ref On May 31, 1956, the PO&D was merged into the Connecting ... 2004 Edition ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Pennsylvania Ohio Detroit Railroad Category Railway ... of the PennsylvaniaRailroad Category Defunct Michigan railroads Category Defunct Ohio railroads ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad logo filename Ma and Pa RR logo.png ... The original Ma and Pa, with the former PennsylvaniaRailroad PRR s York, Pennsylvania York &ndash Hanover, Pennsylvania branch highlighted map size 300 The Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad Reporting ... of the remaining original railroad line was abandoned by 1984. The Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad acquired a former convert 19 mi km 0 adj on PennsylvaniaRailroad PRR branch line between York ... cite web author Craig Sansonetti title A History of the Maryland & PennsylvaniaRailroad date 1997 06 05 publisher Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad Preservation Society url http www.maandparailroad.com ... The Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad was formed from two earlier 19th century convert 3 ft ... author George W. Hilton title The Ma & Pa &mdash A History of the Maryland & PennsylvaniaRailroad ... and PennsylvaniaRailroad on February 12, 1901. ref name Hilton The result was the circuitous ... PennsylvaniaRailroad s more direct convert 56 mi km 0 adj on distance between the two cities on its ... from Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania Red Lion and York were mainstays of the railroad s outbound ... A History of the Maryland & PennsylvaniaRailroad . ref name Hilton87 Hilton, p. 87. ref The next ... by its hilly, curving line through rural Maryland and Pennsylvania. The railroad offered several ..., Jr. title Maryland & PennsylvaniaRailroad The Ma & Pa date 2004&ndash 2005 publisher Maryland ... title White Flag Extra journal Timetable publisher Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad Historical Society volume 23 issue 2 pages 16 ref In 1971, the Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad was acquired by Emons Industries. ref name HistSoc cite web title About the Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad publisher The Maryland and PennsylvaniaRailroad Historical Society date 2008 01 25 url http www.maparailroadhist.org ... the Pennsylvania town s furniture manufacturer shuttered its doors in 1984, the Red Lion section of the railroad ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Cumberland and PennsylvaniaRailroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks locale Maryland start year 1850 end year 1944 successor line Western Maryland Railway hq city Mount Savage, Maryland The Cumberland and PennsylvaniaRailroad C&P was an United States American railroad which operated in Western Maryland . Primarily a coal hauler, it was owned by the Consolidation Coal Company , and was absorbed into the Western Maryland Railway WM in 1944. ref name Cook cite book last Cook first Roger coauthors Zimmermann, Karl title The Western Maryland Railway Fireballs and Black Diamonds publisher Garrigues House location Laurys Station, Pennsylvania date 1992 edition ... terminus of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad . History The Cumberland and PennsylvaniaRailroad Company was incorporated on March 4, 1850, with a charter from the Maryland General Assembly . ref Patrick H. Stakem 2002 . http books.google.com books?id 0vgJGSwS wC Cumberland & PennsylvaniaRailroad Revisited. p. 9. Laurel, MD Pat Stakem, 2002. ISBN 0972596607. ref The early charter ... c&p c&p 20shop.htm The Cumberland & PennsylvaniaRailroad. Accessed 2009 ..., 1981, Potomac Chapter, NRHS, Inc. Mellander, Deane. Cumberland and PennsylvaniaRailroad, 1981, Newton ... .aspx Great Allegheny Passage Trail DEFAULTSORT Cumberland PennsylvaniaRailroad Category Defunct ... and PennsylvaniaRailroad ... points interchanging with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . The railroad s shops were located ... ref In 1854 the C&P acquired the Mount Savage Railroad from the Mount Savage Coal and Iron Company . In 1863 the C&P acquired the Georges Creek Railroad from the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company , and in 1870 it acquired the Eckhart Branch Railroad from the Maryland Mining Company . In 1866 James Millholland opened the locomotive shops which became the center of the railroad. From 1868 to 1917 ... more details
North PennsylvaniaRailroad NPR was a railroad company formed in 1855, and served Philadelphia , Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County , Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania Northampton County , Pennsylvania . History Construction of the line started in 1852 under the name Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad Co. , and became operational three years later. The railroad formally opened on Monday, July 2, 1855, with an excursion from the Cohoquinoque ..., Pennsylvania Lansdale to Doylestown, Pennsylvania Doylestown and during the 1860s another extension was built to Sellersville, Pennsylvania Sellersville , running parallel to Bethlehem Pike . This railroad was eventually completed to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem , and later became the Reading Company s Bethlehem Branch , a two track main line, with one portion near Telford, Pennsylvania Telford being three tracked. A Perkasie Tunnel single track tunnel is in Perkasie, Pennsylvania Perkasie . The Reading Company leased North PennsylvaniaRailroad on May 14, 1879, which later led to the eventual .... Image Center valley b4.jpg right thumb 350px North PennsylvaniaRailroad in Center Valley, Pennsylvania ... Railroad in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, after trackage removal. None of the former stations ... Railroad Category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Category Predecessors of the Reading Company ... trains are operated on the portion from Lansdale to Quakertown, Pennsylvania Quakertown by Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad and East Penn Railroad . The former Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City main line of the Reading branches just north of the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Jenkintown Wyncote station ... Jersey . A branch extends from Glenside, Pennsylvania Glenside to New Hope, Pennsylvania New Hope , although SEPTA only operates the Warminster Line line as far as Warminster, Pennsylvania Warminster ... Hope & Ivyland Railroad . North of Quakertown, the double track line is out of service. Until 2008 ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Union Railroad logo filename Union Railroad 28Pittsburgh 29 Logo.gif logo size old gauge marks URR locale Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County, PA start year 1896 end year present hq city 1200 Penn Avenue, Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 The Union Railroad reporting mark URR is a Class III switching railroad located in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania ... County, Pennsylvania Penn Hills Twp North Bessemer Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE CN East ..., Allegheny County, Pennsylvania North Versailles Twp and Duquesne Union Railroad Coal Valley ... between Rankin, Pennsylvania Rankin and Whitaker, Pennsylvania Whitaker McKeesport Connecting Railroad ... Union RailroadPennsylvania railroads DEFAULTSORT Union Railroad Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Category ... known as United States Steel . The railroad s primary customers are the three plants of the USS Mon ... Railroad name changed to Shenango and Allegheny Railroad Co. was incorporated in March 1865 for the purpose ... the interest of Andrew Carnegie. In April 1896, a tri party agreement between PS&LE, Union Railroad .... The Butler and Pittsburgh Railroad Company incorporated April 8, 1896 and completed, spectacularly ... of Carnegie. The Union Railroad or as some call railroad in the sky was created 1896. The railroad ... in the years 1894 1907 Four years later, Carnegie formed the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad ... railroad and for delivering the finished products to interchange with the major railroads in the area most notable the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie . In 1906, B&LE leased, and later sold, to Union Railroad the portion of line between North Bessemer and East ..., PA. The URR also used four bridges crossing the Monongahela River Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge , Union Railroad Clairton s Wyle Bridge , McKeesport Connecting Riverton Bridge also known as Union Railroad Riverton Bridge , Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge also known as Union Railroad Rankin ... more details
Infobox Bridge bridge name South PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge image Southparrbridge.jpg caption Ruins from 1885 official name also known as carries crosses Susquehanna River locale ruins Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania maint id design mainspan length width clearance below traffic open closed toll map cue map image map text map width lat 40.2493 long 76.8834 The South PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge would have carried the South PennsylvaniaRailroad rail lines across the Susquehanna River between Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Work began on the South Penn and was abruptly halted by banker J. P. Morgan in 1885 when he called a truce in the railroad wars that threatened to undermine investor confidence in the PennsylvaniaRailroadPennsylvania and New York Central Railroad New York Central railroad s. ref cite web url http www.harrisburgriverboat.com bridges.htm date November 29, 2006 title Bridges on the Susquehanna River first last Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society publisher harrisburgriverboat.com accessdate 2006 11 29 ref Eight piers still rise from the water at the west side of the river near the current location of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge . See also List of crossings of the Susquehanna River References reflist Crossings navbox structure Bridges place Susquehanna River bridge South PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge ruins bridge signs upstream Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge upstream signs downstream Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge downstream signs Category Bridges in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category Bridges over the Susquehanna River Category Bridges completed in 1885 Category Demolished bridges in the United States Category Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania US rail bridge struct stub Pennsylvania struct stub ... more details
Infobox NRHP name PennsylvaniaRailroad Freight Station nrhp type designated other1 name Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Landmark designated other1 date designated other1 link Washington ... image size 280 caption PennsylvaniaRailroad Freight Station in 2010 location 111 Washington Street, br Washington, Pennsylvania Washington , Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 10 ... National Register of Historic Places publisher National Park Service ref The PennsylvaniaRailroad ... by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation . ref Cite web title PennsylvaniaRailroad ... display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania map width 280 built 1871 architect architecture Victorian ... train station building in Washington, Pennsylvania Washington , Pennsylvania . It was listed on the National ... 2010 11 08 ref History The station was built in 1871 for Chartiers Valley Railroad and was leased later that year to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad PC&StL . ref Liptak, § p. 3. ref The Chartiers Valley Railroad was merged with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PCC&StL in 1907. The PennsylvaniaRailroad leased the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PCC&StL in 1921. The PennsylvaniaRailroad was eventually merged with the New York Central Railroad to form Penn Central Transportation Company Penn Central . Penn Central declared ... 8 p. 5. ref See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania Notes Reflist References Commons category Cite web last Liptak first Milan title PennsylvaniaRailroad Freight Station work National Register of Historic Places Registration Form date May 8, 1995 ... 01H.pdf accessdate July 6, 2010 National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Buildings ... Places in Pennsylvania Category Victorian architecture in Pennsylvania Category Buildings and structures in Washington County, Pennsylvania ... more details
Infobox Bridge bridge name PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge image PRRbridge.gif caption official name also known as Columbia Wrightsville Bridge carries railroad tracks and two lane automobile roadway crosses Susquehanna River locale York County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania maint PennsylvaniaRailroad id design prefabricated open air steel trusses mainspan equal convert 200 ft m sing ... N 76.5179 W lat long The PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge once carried the York Branch of the PennsylvaniaRailroad across the Susquehanna River between Columbia, Pennsylvania Columbia and Wrightsville Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and is therefore considered a Columbia Wrightsville Bridge. It and its predecessors were a vital commercial and passenger linkage between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ... stone piers in the years just after the Civil War, restoring the railroad line. The PennsylvaniaRailroad .... These bridges were each known as the Columbia Wrightsville Bridge. PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge File ..., 2009. Crossings navbox structure Bridges place Susquehanna River bridge PennsylvaniaRailroad Bridge bridge signs PennsylvaniaRailroad upstream Wright s Ferry Bridge upstream signs Image US 30.svg 20px downstream Columbia Wrightsville Bridge downstream signs Image PA 462.svg 25px Category Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania Category Bridges over the Susquehanna River Category Lincoln Highway Category PennsylvaniaRailroad bridges and tunnels Category U.S. Route 30 Category Pennsylvania in the American ... and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway , as well as for carriages, pedestrians ... from crossing into Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County shortly before the Battle of Gettysburg ... railroad track for the PRR, as well as a two lane roadway. It was designed to be fire resistant and flood ... Memorial Bridge Columbia, Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial Bridge , just downstream. The steel bridge reverted to only being used by the railroad, although usage eventually diminished considerably as commercial ... more details
The following railroad s merged to form the PennsylvaniaRailroad PRR . On February 1, 1968 the PRR merged into Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation . The following PRR owned and leased companies were still separate at the time of the Penn Central merger Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Baltimore and Eastern Railroad The Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway was conveyed to the Baltimore and Eastern Railroad May 1, 1928. Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Connecting Railway The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad merged into the Connecting Railway December 9, 1956. The Cincinnati ... Toledo, Ohio Manufacturers Railway , Pennsylvania Detroit Railroad and Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad merged into the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad December 10, 1925. Delaware Railroad Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad Little Miami Railroad The Dayton and Western Railroad merged into the Little Miami Railroad December 27, 1943. The Columbus and Xenia Railroad merged into the Little Miami Railroad December 1, 1943. Northern Central Railway The Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad merged into the Northern Central Railway January 31, 1956. Pennsylvania and Atlantic RailroadPennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad were consolidated to form the Philadelphia ... Railway 1895 1955 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway , Wheeling Coal Railroad and Wheeling and Eastern ... into the Western New York and PennsylvaniaRailroad January 29, 1932. The Delaware River Railroad and Bridge ... Chicago and Southern Railroad , Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company , Wheeling Terminal .... The Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad was dissolved December 21, 1956. Unknown merger dates Baltimore .... ISBN 0 934118 28 0 Category Predecessors of the PennsylvaniaRailroad Category United States railway related lists PennsylvaniaRailroad predecessor railroads ... more details
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