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The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad (reporting mark PW) was a nineteenth-century, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad connecting Pittsburgh with coal supplies and the oil field around Titusville, Pennsylvania. [1] Its right-of way formed the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west from Pittsburgh. It was reorganized in 1889 under ...
The line runs from Rankin north through Pittsburgh to West Pittsburg (near New Castle) [1] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, once the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad. The line begins in Rankin at the Pittsburgh Subdivision, almost directly under the Rankin Bridge, and runs along the east (right) shore of the Monongahela River.
Stations are listed from west to east. Distances shown are from Ligonier: [1] [2] 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.
The West Pittsburg Station is a former railway station that was constructed and used by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The station building is located just south of the city of New Castle , Pennsylvania in the small village of West Pittsburg .
The current line runs from 69th Street Terminal just west of Philadelphia, west and north to Norristown, splitting from the original main line at Villanova Junction. P&W's previous main line went west to a terminus just east of Sugartown Road in Strafford , then later, another 0.47 miles (0.76 km) further, on an extension providing transfer to ...
Main Line (Pittsburgh, PA to St. Louis, MO) Ohio Connecting Railway (Woods Run, Pittsburgh to Elliott, Pittsburgh) [1] Duffs Branch (Esplen, Pittsburgh to Thornburg) [1] Sheridan Branch (Esplen, Pittsburgh to Elliott, Pittsburgh) [1] Chartiers Branch (Carnegie to Washington) Bridgeville and McDonald Branch (Bridgeville to Cecil)
The western end of the line was simultaneously built from Pittsburgh, eastward along the Allegheny and Conemaugh rivers to Johnstown, while the eastern end was built from Harrisburg to Altoona. In 1848, the Pennsy contracted with the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad (HPMtJ&L) to buy and use equipment over both roads ...
The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a rail line in Pennsylvania connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg. The rail line was split into two rail lines, and now all of its right-of-way is a cross-state corridor, composed of Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line (including SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line service) and ...