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Pages in category "Heritage railroads in Pennsylvania" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893. The Pennsy's charter was supplemented on March 23, 1853, to allow it to purchase stock and guarantee bonds of railroads in other states, up to a percentage of its capital stock. Several lines were then aided by the Pennsy in hopes to secure additional traffic.
The section of the old Pennsylvania Railroad running from Philadelphia west through Chester County and, by extension, the western suburbs of Philadelphia, is still known as the Main Line. The Columbia Plane, which lowered railway cars down to the Eastern Division Canal along the Susquehanna River, was bypassed in 1840 by a new track alignment. [17]
On the Way to Pittsburgh -- Great Bend on the Alleghenies, 1871 1855 map of the PRR, including the planned Lancaster, Lebanon and Pine Grove Railroad Panoramic view of Horseshoe Curve on the Pennsylvania Railroad – October 12, 1934. Pennsylvania Railroad Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania legislature on April 13, 1846 to build a ...
North Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia and Erie Railroad: PRR: 1861 1907 Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia and Frankford Railroad: RDG: 1892 1923 Reading Company: Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad: PRR: 1883 1902 Connecting Railway: Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad: RDG: 1831 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) [2] in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).
Ligonier (0 miles (0 km)) was the western terminus of the railroad, where it connected with the Ligonier Valley Railroad and thence to the Pennsylvania Railroad main line. Running southeasterly from Ligonier, the PW&S followed Loyalhanna Creek. Market Street was shown in the 1906 timetable but not the 1916 timetable. This would have been ...
Central Pennsylvania Railroad; Central Pennsylvania Railroad (Eastern Extension) Central Railroad of New Jersey; Central Railroad of Pennsylvania (1891–1918) Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway; Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway; Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway; Chester Creek Railroad; Chestnut Hill ...