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No. 2 Secondary (or Number 2 Secondary, formerly No. 2 Secondary Track [12] or Number 2 Secondary Track) South Fork Secondary (formerly South Fork Secondary Track [12]) Weirton Secondary (formerly Weirton Secondary Track [12]) Altoona Terminal: Employee timetable name for Altoona Works. Ashtabula Terminal: Conway Terminal
The Harrisburg Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Philadelphia (HP 5.2) west to Harrisburg (HP 112.9). The Harrisburg Line was formed the day Conrail began operations, April 1, 1976, from two former Reading Company lines, the original namesake main ...
Three Norfolk Southern freight trains pass each other on the Horseshoe Curve in 2006. Until reaching Altoona, the Pittsburgh Line is a double-track mainline from Duncannon. Once at Altoona, a third track is added for the climb up the Allegheny Mountains.
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The Lurgan Branch is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Maryland.The line is part of the NS Harrisburg Division and runs from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania southwest to Hagerstown, Maryland along former Reading Company (reporting mark RDG) and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR) lines. [1]
Track #2 parallels Track #1 to the east running from adjacent to 0.5 miles (0.80 km) apart, and is the northbound track originally owned by Michigan Central Railroad. [1] Track #2 is paralleled directly to its east by the CN/GTW Shore Line Subdivision from the start of the line at Gibraltar Road to Vienna Junction just north of the Michigan ...
Track gauge 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge The Reading Line is a main freight line in Pennsylvania owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway .
The Conemaugh Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The line runs from Conpit Junction, Pennsylvania (west of New Florence) northwest and southwest to Pittsburgh, [1] following the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas, and Allegheny rivers, on the former main line of the Conemaugh Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). [2]