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Service to Reading used electric multiple-unit cars between Philadelphia's Reading Terminal and Norristown, and diesel-electric "push-pull" cars from Norristown to Reading. This operation continued until SEPTA ceased funding for the diesel section in 1981, two years prior to taking direct control of Philadelphia's commuter rail routes from Conrail.
Most of the original Berks and Hants stations have been rebuilt; however, there are two early survivors. Mortimer railway station on the Basingstoke line is a good example of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's "chalet" style station; the main building has eaves on all sides to give shelter to passengers and there is a small waiting shelter on the opposite platform in matching style.
The Reading–Basingstoke line is a railway link between the South West Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1846 and 1848. The line is served by GWR local services between Reading and Basingstoke, stopping at the intermediate stations of Reading West, Reading Green Park, Mortimer and Bramley.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) expressed interest in reaching Cleveland via the Valley Railroad's route, and in the fall of 1889, brokers from New York purchased the majority of the Valley Railroad's stock and turned them over to the B&O. [7] The line between Cleveland and Akron was subsequently reorganized as the Cleveland, Terminal and ...
The Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad was founded in 1983 to provide freight service on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Division between Hamburg and Temple. Starting in 1985, the BM&R began operating passenger excursions over the line using two steam locomotives: ex- Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad 4-6-2 № 425 and ex- Reading ...
Youngstown and Connotton Valley Railroad: Ohio River Railway: N&W: 1877 1890 Scioto Valley Railway: Ohio River and Columbus Railway: Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1897 1901 Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad: Ohio River and Western Railway: PRR: 1902 1931 Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad: Ohio Southern Railroad ...
Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad: L&N: 1900 1901 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Short Route Railway Transfer Company: IC: 1873 1897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad: Soo Line Railroad: SOO 1986 2006 Indiana Rail Road: South Kentucky Railroad: IC: 1871 1880 Ohio Valley Railroad: South and Western Railroad: ACL L&N: 1905 1908
The Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway is a shortline railroad in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It both serves local traffic and connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Pittston and to the Norfolk Southern Railway at three separate junctions. It operates a total of 55 miles of track in and around the Wyoming Valley in ...