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The following railroads merged to form the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). On February 1, 1968, the PRR merged into Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation.. The following PRR-owned and leased companies were still separate at the time of the Penn Central merger:
The Pennsylvania Railroad ... In 1905, the acquisition of the Vandalia Railroad gave the Pennsy access across the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. [8]
Pennsylvania Railroad: Susquehanna and Buffalo Railroad: 1891 Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad: PRR/NYC: 1879 1901 Beech Creek Extension Railroad: Sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1901 Susquehanna Connecting Railroad: ERIE: 1896 Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad: Susquehanna, Gettysburg ...
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad (PB&W) was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia in the 20th century, and was a key component of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) system. Its 131-mile (211 km) main line ran between Philadelphia and Washington.
Two of the largest remaining railroads, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central, merged in 1968 to form the Penn Central. At the insistence of the ICC the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was added to the merger in 1969; in 1970 the Penn Central declared bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history until then.
Beech Creek Railroad: PC (NYC) Buffalo Creek Railroad: EL (Erie)/LV Merged on December 31, 1983 [4] Central Indiana Railway: PC (NYC/PRR) Central Railroad of New Jersey: CNJ Central Railroad of Pennsylvania: CNJ No real property conveyed Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway: PC (NYC) Chicago River and Indiana Railroad: PC (NYC) Cleveland and ...
The Keister branch, near Waltersburg, PA, was built in 1899–1900. [5] The Monongahela and Washington Railroad Company built a railroad from Monongahela to Ellsworth, PA in 1899–1900 and a branch to Cokeburg, PA in 1902. [5] The PV&C merged the line July 1, 1904. [3] On April 1, 1905, the PV&C was merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad. [3]
The Pennsylvania Railroad wholly owns and uses 7,670.306 miles of all tracks, jointly owns but wholly uses 174.957 miles of all tracks, jointly owns and uses 10.924 miles of all tracks, wholly owns but does not use 17.188 miles of all tracks, wholly uses but does not own 4,749.953 miles of all tracks, and jointly uses but does not own 45.972 ...