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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. List of Pennsylvania railroads - Wikipedia

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   Catherine and Bainbridge Streets Railway of Philadelphia. Centennial Passenger Railway. Central Pennsylvania Traction Company. Central Traction Company. Central Valley Railroad. Centre and Clearfield Street Railway. Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway. Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway.

5. Reading Terminal - Wikipedia

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   In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and ...

6. North Philadelphia station - Wikipedia

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   The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) built the Connecting Railway in 1867 to connect its main line to the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. By the early 1870s, New York Junction station was established where the Connecting Railway crossed over the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad mainline in North Philadelphia. [ 11 ]

7. 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 ...