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  2. Reading Company - Wikipedia

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    Length. 1,460 miles (2,350 kilometres) [ 1 ] The Reading Company (/ ˈrɛdɪŋ / RED-ing) was a Philadelphia -headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railroad and logotyped as Reading Lines ...

  3. Pennsylvania Railroad - Wikipedia

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    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. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad (by traffic and revenue), the largest ...

  4. History of rail transport in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    History of rail transport in Philadelphia. Philadelphia was an early railroad hub, with lines from all over meeting in Philadelphia. The first railroad in Philadelphia was the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, opened in 1832 north to Germantown. At the end of 1833, the state-built Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, part of the ...

  5. Reading Viaduct - Wikipedia

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    June 14, 2018. (2018-06-14) Status. Open. The Reading Viaduct, also called The Rail Park, is a disused elevated rail line in the Callowhill district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that has been partly transformed into a rail trail. In 2010, the Center City District and a new community organization, Friends of the Rail Park, began ...

  6. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct

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    1856. Location. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct, also called the Reading Railroad Bridge and the Falls Rail Bridge, is a stone arch bridge that carries rail traffic over the Schuylkill River at Falls of Schuylkill (East Falls) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in Fairmount Park, the bridge also spans Martin ...

  7. Philadelphia and Western Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia and Western Railroad was a high-speed, third rail -equipped, commuter-hauling interurban electric railroad operating in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is now SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line, though the Strafford spur has been abandoned. Part of the abandoned line within Radnor Township is now the ...

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