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The Williamsport and North Branch Railroad was a short line that operated in north-central Pennsylvania between 1872 and 1937. After a long struggle to finance its construction, it was completed in 1893. It derived most of its freight revenue from logging and to a certain extent from anthracite coal traffic.
Harrisburg & Williamsport Express 1898 — 1902 Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA renamed Williamsport Express; Harrisburg Express 1898 — 1904 Philadelphia, PA — Harrisburg, PA; Harrisburger 1965 — 1972 Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Harrisburg, PA; Havana Special 1917 — 1964 New York, NY — Key West, FL via ACL/FEC renamed ...
Bond of the Elmira and Williamsport Rail Road Company, issued 1 may 1863. The Elmira and Williamsport Railroad (earlier Williamsport and Elmira Railroad) is a historic railroad that operated in Pennsylvania. The W&E was organized in 1832 and ran between Williamsport, Pennsylvania and Elmira, New York. It was reorganized as the E&W in 1860, and ...
The Pennsylvania legislature chartered the York and Cumberland Railroad Company (Y&C) on April 21, 1846, [35] to connect the York & Maryland Line with the Cumberland Valley Railroad somewhere north of Mechanicsburg. The Y&C had trouble raising enough money within the state of Pennsylvania to begin construction, so its stock was made available ...
The Pennsy's Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road opened on July 2, 1872, between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. This route required transfer via horse car in Baltimore to the other lines heading north from the city. On June 29, 1873, the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel through Baltimore was completed. The Pennsylvania Railroad started the Pennsylvania ...
The Harrisburg Transportation Center (HTC, formerly Pennsylvania Station, Harrisburg or Harrisburg Central Railroad Station) is a railway station and transportation hub in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is located on the eastern edge of Downtown Harrisburg between the intersections of Aberdeen and Market Streets and 4th and Chestnut Streets.
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad opened from Williamsport, Pennsylvania south to Milton in 1854, [1] Northumberland in 1855, [2] and Sunbury in 1856. [3] Extensions west from Williamsport opened to Whetham in 1859, [ 4 ] Keating (as the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad ) in 1862, reorganize in 1895 to Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway , [ 5 ...
The railroad of the Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Company, herein called the Elmira and Williamsport, is located in New York and Pennsylvania and extends from Williamsport, Pa., to Elmira, N. Y., 73.517 miles. With the exception of 1.800 miles of second main track the railroad is single track.