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Schuylkill River East Side Railroad: Philadelphia, Norristown and Phoenixville Railroad: PRR: 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Railroad: NYC: 1893 1895 Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad: RDG: 1833 1896 Philadelphia and Reading Railway: Philadelphia and Reading ...
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 ...
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.
Philadelphia, PA — Altoona, PA; The American 1925 — 1956 New York, NY — St. Louis, MO via Dayton, OH; Anthracite Express 1901 — 1941 Philadelphia, PA — Pottsville, PA — Wilkes-Barre, PA; The Arlington 1933 — 1962 Washington, DC — New York, NY; Atlanta Special 1892 — 1895 New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA via SAL
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (P&CR) (1834) was one of the earliest commercial railroads in the United States, running 82 miles (132 km) from Philadelphia to Columbia, Pennsylvania, it was built by the Pennsylvania Canal Commission in lieu of a canal from Columbia to Philadelphia; in 1857 it became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Portal of the abandoned tunnel of the Allegheny Portage Railroad near Johnstown, PA, the first railroad tunnel in the United States. The eastern part of the PRR's main line (east of Lancaster) was built by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the Main Line of Public Works: a hybrid railroad and canal corridor across the state.
The name was changed to Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad on December 4, 1883. The first major task was to convert all track to standard gauge, which was completed on October 5, 1884. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway acquired full control on December 4, 1885. The Reading leased the North Pennsylvania Railroad on May 14, 1879.
The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown also controlled the Plymouth Railroad, which was chartered in 1836 and by 1840 had built 4 miles (6.4 km) north from the Norristown Branch at Conshohocken. The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown took control via stock ownership in 1868, and extended the line another four miles to Oreland and a ...