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The P&BC was chartered in Pennsylvania in 1854 and quickly absorbed the Baltimore & Philadelphia Railroad and its Maryland charter. [1] Starting from a connection with the West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad (WC&P) at Wawa, Pennsylvania (formerly called Grubb's Bridge), the initial plan was to build southwest for 78 miles (126 km) to a junction with the Northern Central Railway, north of ...
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B) was an American railroad that operated independently from 1836 to 1881. Headquartered in Philadelphia, it was greatly enlarged in 1838 by the merger of four state-chartered railroads in three Mid-Atlantic states to create a single line between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
1913: Baltimore and Sparrow's Point Railroad, which provided freight service to Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point steel mill; 1916: Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad; 1916: Columbia and Port Deposit Railway; 1916: Elkton and Middletown Railroad; 1956: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Pan Handle Route)
The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad was a railroad line built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Maryland-Delaware state line, where it connected with the B&O's Philadelphia Branch to reach Baltimore, Maryland.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad: Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad: PRR: 1828 1854 Northern Central Railway: Baltimore and Swann Lake Passenger Railway: 1868 1874 Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway: Baltimore, Towsontown, Dulaney's Valley and Delta Narrow Gauge Railway: 1876 1878 Baltimore and Delta Railway: Bay Coast ...
1881: Pennsy purchases control of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad thereby providing a direct route between Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., access to Delmarva Peninsula; Broad Street Station opens. [3] 1885: The Congressional Limited Express from New York to Washington is introduced
The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1861, when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to ...
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad: PRR: 1853 1916 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad: Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad: PRR: 1834 1857 Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad: PRR: 1902 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad: PBNE 1910 2003