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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)
Towson and Cockeysville Electric Railway; 1912–1924, shuttle between Northern Central's Timonium Station and the Towson Courthouse [1] United Railways and Electric Company Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway : 1900–1902, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad were consolidated to form the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad November 1, 1902 The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad was purchased by PRR in about 1877 (Pennsylvania portion) and 1890 (Maryland portion).
From The Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company— Constructed by that company, Brandywine Summit to National Kaolin Works, Pa., 1888. 1.63 Constructed by the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company- Wawa, Pa., to Rising Sun, Md., 1865. 45.79 Rising Sun to Octoraro, Md., 1867. [included above]
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.
The West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1848, and the company was organized in 1851. Construction began in Philadelphia in 1852, and the road reached Kellyville (now Gladstone) in November 1853, and Media by November 1854. In July 1855, at least one worker died in a construction accident ...