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  2. 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 ...

  3. Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Length. 82 miles (132.0 km) Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (P&CR) (1834) was one of the earliest commercial railroads in the United States, running 82 miles (132 km) from Philadelphia to Columbia, Pennsylvania, it was built by the Pennsylvania Canal Commission in lieu of a canal from Columbia to Philadelphia; in 1857 it became part of the ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of railway industry occupations - Wikipedia

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    One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917. This is a list of railway industry occupations, but it also includes transient functional job titles according to activity. [1]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (PBL) is a non-operating railroad and exists solely as a real estate holding company.PBL directly owns or has an interest in 6.5 miles of railroad infrastructure plus an additional 10 miles of trackage rights over a joint railroad, as well as other fee simple owned property and right of way within the Port of Philadelphia. [2]

  8. 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 ...

  9. Junction Railroad (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    The Junction Railroad was a railroad created in 1860 to connect lines west of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and allow north-south traffic through the metropolitan area for the first time. The railroad consisted of 3.56 miles of double track and 5.3 miles of sidings. It owned no locomotives or rolling stock. [1]

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