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The Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad (P&BC) was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It operated a 110-mile (180 km) main line between West Philadelphia and Octoraro Junction, Maryland (near Port Deposit ), plus several branch lines.
Matthew Newkirk (May 31, 1794 – May 31, 1868) was an American businessman, railroad magnate, banker and philanthropist. He was president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B) [1] and led the integration of four railroad companies to establish the first direct rail service between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark MPA), colloquially known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s.
Trains generally run along the Northeast Corridor between Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south with multiple stops, including in New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Extensions and branches provide service to Newport News , Norfolk , and Roanoke, Virginia , and Springfield, Massachusetts , with intermediate stops.
Harrisburg, PA — Williamsport, PA — Ridgway, PA; Niagara Express 1870 — 1920 Baltimore, MD / Philadelphia, PA — Emporium, PA — Buffalo, NY renamed Niagara; Norfolk Express 1926 — 1927 New York, NY — Cape Charles, VA renamed The Cavalier; North Michigan Resorter 1915 — 1918 Chicago, IL — Kalamazoo, MI — Grand Rapids, MI
The nine-car train departed Washington, D.C., on April 21, 1865, and arrivied at Baltimore's Camden Station at 10 a.m. on the B&O Railroad. [80]: 152 After public viewing of the President's remains, the train departed Baltimore on the Northern Central at 3 p.m. and arrived at Harrisburg at 8:20 p.m., with a brief stop at York. [81] [82]
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At the Baltimore end, the line ended in the Canton neighborhood, with a car ferry across the Patapsco River to Locust Point. At the Philadelphia end, the new line crossed the PW&B and its old alignment (part of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway 's branch to Chester ) and crossed to the east side of the Schuylkill River on the new B&O ...