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Washington, DC — Bangor, ME — Rockland, ME; The Bay State 1940 — 1975 Philadelphia, PA — New Haven, CT — Boston, MA via NYNH&H; Birmingham Special 1909 — 1975 New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA — Birmingham, AL via SOU; The Blue Diamond 1965 Wilmington, DE — Delmar, DE 6-month experimental train; Blue Grass Special ...
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 ...
The Broadway Limited was a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between New York City and Chicago. It operated from 1912 to 1995. It was the Pennsylvania's premier train, competing directly with the New York Central Railroad 's 20th Century Limited. The Broadway Limited continued operating after the formation of Penn ...
Pittsburgh Line. The Pittsburgh Line is the Norfolk Southern Railway 's primary east–west artery in its Pittsburgh Division and Harrisburg Division across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is part of the Keystone Corridor, Amtrak -Norfolk Southern's combined rail corridor. The Pittsburgh Line spans 248 miles (399 km) between its namesake ...
Disposition. Scrapped 1949. The PRR S1 class steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was a single experimental duplex locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was designed to demonstrate the advantages of duplex drives espoused by Baldwin Chief Engineer Ralph P. Johnson. The S1 class was the largest steam locomotive ever built. [1]
Baltimore Penn Station, formally named Baltimore Pennsylvania Station in full, is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland.Designed by New York City architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872–1938), it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a rail line in Pennsylvania connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg. The rail line was split into two rail lines, and now all of its right-of-way is a cross-state corridor, composed of Amtrak 's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line (including SEPTA 's Paoli/Thorndale Line service ...
Schuylkill River Passenger Rail is a proposed passenger train service along the Schuylkill River between Philadelphia and Reading, Pennsylvania, with intermediate stops in Norristown, King of Prussia, Phoenixville, and Pottstown. Passenger trains previously ran on this route from 1838 to 1981, when SEPTA discontinued service past Norristown on ...