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A Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad stock certificate from 1852 Early Philadelphia railroads up to 1948 A 1920 map of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Germantown Depot. Philadelphia was an early railroad hub, with lines from all over meeting in Philadelphia. The first railroad in Philadelphia was the Philadelphia ...
After SEPTA was formed in 1964, the transport agency began overseeing commuter rail services, however, the railroad companies continued operating their own trains. After operations were taken over by Conrail in 1976, SEPTA began acquiring ownership of the railroads through 1979. The SEPTA Regional Rail Division was created on January 1, 1983 ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad built its main line during the early 19th century as part of the Main Line of Public Works that spanned Pennsylvania. Later in the century, the railroad, which owned much of the land surrounding the tracks, encouraged the development of this picturesque environment by building way stations along the portion of its track closest to Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad: PRR: 1883 1887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania: Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway: PRR: 1871 1883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad: Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad: PRR: 1881 1883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad: Buffalo, Rochester ...
An 1884 map of the Reading, Lehigh Valley, and Pennsylvania railroads following Reading's acquisition of the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway During 1875, four members of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad board of directors resigned to build a second railroad from Camden, New Jersey , to Atlantic City by way of Clementon .
The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad had one inclined plane at each end; the Allegheny Portage Railroad had ten. The parts that were later included in the PRR main line opened from Philadelphia to Malvern (the end of the West Chester Railroad) in 1832 [2] and from Malvern to Lancaster in 1834. [3]
A 1941 map of Philadelphia and Western Railroad's routes and connecting lines. 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.