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94-631: The Gettysburg Railroad was a railway line in Pennsylvania that operated from 1858 to 1870 over the 17-mile (27 km) main line from the terminus in Gettysburg to the 1849 Hanover Junction . After becoming the Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway line in 1870, the tracks between Gettysburg and Hanover Junction became part of the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad in 1874,
188-672: A locomotive first entered the Gettysburg borough on November 29. Service from Goulden's Station had begun by September 27, the line was "completed" at Gettysburg on December 1, 1858, with operations over the Gettysburg Railroad Company tracks managed from that date by the Hanover Branch RR until June 12, 1859. The last spike was driven at Gettysburg on December 16, 1858 (12:30 a.m.); and that day at Hanover, company representatives met an official "party of Baltimoreans" with
282-2098: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Allentown Railroad RDG 1853 1945 Reading Company Allentown Terminal Railroad CNJ / RDG 1888 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad 1897 1910 Altoona, Juniata and Northern Railway Altoona, Clearfield and Northern Railroad 1891 1897 Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad Altoona, Juniata and Northern Railway 1910 1913 Altoona Northern Railroad Altoona Northern Railroad 1912 1919 N/A Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad 1892 1906 New York and Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad Anthracite Railway ATRW 1983 1989 Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad Arnot and Pine Creek Railroad ERIE 1881 1937 Tioga Railroad Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 1871 1880 New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 1858 1865 Atlantic and Great Western Railway Atlantic and Great Western Railway ERIE 1865 1871 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Auburn and Port Clinton Railroad RDG 1854 1857 Allentown Railroad Altoona and Wopsononock Railroad 1890 1891 Altoona, Clearfield and Northern Railroad Bachman Valley Railroad WM 1871 1886 Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Bald Eagle Valley Railroad PRR 1861 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad Company D&H 1868 1871 Northern Coal and Iron Company Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad WM 1878 1917 Western Maryland Railway Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad Extension Company WM 1880 Still exists as
376-9564: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Baltimore and Hanover Railroad WM 1877 1886 Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway WM 1886 1917 Western Maryland Railway Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway (Eastern Extension) WM 1888 1917 Western Maryland Railway Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway (Western Extension) WM 1888 1917 Western Maryland Railway Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad 1891 1894 York Southern Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1876 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania B&;O 1912 1980 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad B&O 1885 1887 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad B&O 1883 1989 CSX Transportation Baltimore and Philadelphia Railway B&O 1883 1883 Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad Bangor and Bath Railroad DL&W 1880 1880 Bangor and Portland Railway Bangor and Portland Railway DL&W 1879 1909 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Barclay Railroad LV 1891 1902 Susquehanna and New York Railroad Barclay Coal Company LV 1862 1891 Barclay Railroad Barclay Railroad and Coal Company LV 1854 1862 Barclay Coal Company Bare Rock Railroad 1892 Bear Creek Railroad B&LE 1865 1867 Shenango and Allegheny Railroad Beaver Connecting Railroad Beaver and Ellwood Railroad PLE 1890 1916 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company LV 1830 1864 Lehigh Valley Railroad Beaver Meadow, Tresckow and New Boston Railroad CNJ 1894 N/A Beaver Valley Railroad PLE / PRR 1899 1941 Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad , Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Bedford Railroad 1859 1864 Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company Bedford and Blair County Railroad PRR 1893 1894 Pennsylvania Midland Railroad Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad PRR 1868 1891 Bedford and Bridgeport Railway Bedford and Bridgeport Railway PRR 1891 1911 Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad PRR 1902 1911 Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad Beech Creek Railroad NYC 1886 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad NYC 1883 1886 Beech Creek Railroad Beech Creek Extension Railroad NYC 1901 1961 New York Central Railroad Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad 1882 1882 Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad Bellefonte Central Railroad BFC 1892 1985 Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Bellefonte, Nittany and Lemont Railroad PRR 1883 1889 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Bellefonte and Snowshoe Railroad PRR 1859 1881 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Bell's Gap Railroad PRR 1871 1889 Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad Bells Run Railroad 1903 Belvidere Delaware Railroad PRR 1896 1958 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company Berks and Chester Railroad RDG 1864 1866 Wilmington and Reading Railroad Berks County Railroad RDG 1871 1874 Reading and Lehigh Railroad Berlin Railroad B&;O 1879 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Berlin Branch Railroad 1876 1903 East Berlin Railway Bethlehem Railroad LNE 1861 1864 Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad Big Level and Bradford Railroad B&O 1881 1883 Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway Big Level and Kinzua Railroad B&O 1881 1911 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Binghamton, Towanda and Western Railway LV 1902 1902 Susquehanna and New York Railroad Blacklick and Yellow Creek Railroad 1904 1911 Cambria and Indiana Railroad Blacksville and Western Railway MGA 1917 1917 Morgantown and Wheeling Railway Bloom Run Railroad 1902 Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad BBS RDG 1883 1928 Reading Company Blossburg Coal Mining and Railroad Company 1866 1885 Erie Railroad Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad BMRG 1983 1995 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Bradford Railroad PRR 1911 1932 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Bradford Railway PRR 1881 1911 Bradford Railroad Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad 1880 1892 Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway 1892 1903 Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad Bradford, Bordell and Smethport Railroad 1880 1892 Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway Bradford and Foster Brook Railway 1877 1879 N/A Bradford Industrial Rail BR 1993 2004 Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Bradford and State Line Railroad B&O 1881 1881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Bradford and Western Pennsylvania Railroad 1891 Bridgeport and Widemire Railway B&O 1896 1913 Clearfield and Mahoning Railway Bristol Industrial Terminal Railway BITY 1992 1997 Penn Eastern Rail Lines Brock Railroad 1903 Brockport and Shawmut Railroad ERIE 1886 1940 New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company Brockwayville and Punxsutawney Railroad B&O 1882 1891 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Brooks Mills and Altoona Railroad PRR 1894 1894 Pennsylvania Midland Railroad Brookville Railway 1896 Brookville and Mahoning Railroad PS&N 1903 1909 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Brownstone and Middletown Railroad 1892 N/A Brownsville Railway PRR 1875 1880 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Brownsville and New Haven Railway B&O 1876 1882 Ohio and Baltimore Short Line Railway Brownsville and State Line Railroad PRR 1893 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Bruce and Clairton Railroad P&WV 1901 1902 West Side Belt Railroad Buffalo and Bradford Railroad ERIE 1856 1859 Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad 1904 1931 N/A Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad ERIE 1859 1941 Erie Railroad Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway PRR 1879 1880 Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1867 1872 Corry and State Line Railroad Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway NKP 1881 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Buffalo Coal and Iron Company DL&W 1856 1860 Continental Coal Company Buffalo and Erie Railroad NYC 1867 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad PRR 1883 1887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway PRR 1871 1883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad PRR 1881 1883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway BR&P B&O 1887 Still exists as
470-650: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad 1882 1891 Bellefonte Central Railroad Buffalo and St. Marys Railroad PS&N 1895 1897 Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad PS&N 1897 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad B&S B&O 1891 1954 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway B&O 1907 1910 N/A Leased
564-1030: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Mahoning Valley Railroad B&O 1890 1967 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Main Line of Public Works PRR 1828 1857 Pennsylvania Railroad Manns Choice and Hyndman Railroad PRR 1894 1894 Pennsylvania Midland Railroad Manufacturers Railroad RDG 1870 1873 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Manufacturers Terminal Railway Mapleton and Rocky Ridge Railway 1891 Marginal Railroad 1880 1890 Pennsylvania Company Martins Creek Railroad PRR 1885 1896 Belvidere Delaware Railroad Maryland Central Railway 1888 1891 Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad M&PA, MPA 1901 Still exists as
658-2318: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Tiadaghton and Fahnastalk Railway 1892 Tioga Railroad ERIE 1850 1941 Erie Railroad Tioga Navigation Company ERIE 1828 1852 Tioga Railroad Tionesta Valley Railroad 1879 1894 Tionesta Valley Railway Tionesta Valley Railway 1894 1941 N/A Tionesta Valley and Hickory Railway 1892 1911 Sheffield and Tionesta Railway Tionesta Valley and Salmon Creek Railway 1893 1901 Sheffield and Tionesta Railway Tipton Railroad PRR 1885 1927 N/A Titusville and Oil City Railway PRR 1878 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Titusville and Petroleum Centre Railroad PRR 1870 1878 Titusville and Oil City Railway Towanda and Franklin Railroad LV 1853 1854 Barclay Railroad and Coal Company Trenton Cut-off Railroad PRR 1889 1902 Pennsylvania Railroad Trenton Delaware Bridge Company PRR 1835 1903 N/A Tresckow Railroad CNJ 1870 1963 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Trevorton Coal Company RDG 1861 1867 Zerbe Valley Railroad Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company RDG 1856 1860 Trevorton Coal Company Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna Railroad RDG 1850 1854 Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad RDG 1854 1856 Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company Turbotville and Williamsport Railroad PRR 1892 1893 Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad Turtle Creek and Allegheny River Railroad Turtle Creek Valley Railroad PRR 1886 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad Tuscarora Valley Railroad 1891 1934 N/A Tylerdale Connecting Railroad TYC B&O / PRR 1899 Still exists as
752-2910: A nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad PRR 1854 1866 Pennsylvania Railroad , Tyrone and Clearfield Railway Tyrone and Clearfield Railway PRR 1867 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Tyrone and Lock Haven Railroad PRR 1857 1861 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania RDG 1826 1866 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Union Coal Company D&H 1864 1868 Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad Company Union and Titusville Railroad PRR 1866 1871 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway Uniontown Railway PRR 1879 1879 Brownsville Railway Uniontown and West Virginia Railroad PRR 1868 1877 South-West Pennsylvania Railway United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company PRR 1958 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Unity Railways UNI 1915 1990 N/A Ursina and North Fork Railroad 1871 1882 Ursina and North Fork Railway Ursina and North Fork Railway 1882 1936 N/A Valley Railroad 1893 1936 N/A Valley Connecting Railroad 1898 Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway P&WV 1904 1916 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Wampum and State Line Railway PLE / PRR 1886 1886 Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway Warren and Farnsworth Railroad 1885 1894 Tionesta Valley Railway Warren and Farnsworth Valley Railroad 1882 1885 Warren and Farnsworth Railroad Warren and Franklin Railway PRR 1864 1868 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway Warren and Tidioute Railroad PRR 1861 1864 Warren and Franklin Railway Warren and Venango Railroad NYC 1871 1873 Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad Washington Railroad B&O 1879 1879 Pittsburgh Southern Railway Washington County Railroad P&WV 1900 1901 Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad Washington and Franklin Railroad WM 1898 1899 Washington and Franklin Railway Washington and Franklin Railway WM 1899 Owned by
846-7693: A nonoperating subsidiary of R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines Clearfield Southern Railroad NYC 1898 1905 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad NYC 1854 1868 Lake Shore Railway Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1850 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Coal Glen Railroad 1889 Colebrook Valley Railroad PRR 1881 1886 Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Colebrookdale Railroad RDG 1865 1945 Reading Company Columbia Bank PRR 1852 1864 Columbia Bridge Company Columbia Bank and Bridge Company PRR 1837 1852 Columbia Bank Columbia Bridge Company PRR 1864 1871 Pennsylvania Railroad Columbia Bridge Company PRR 1835 1837 Columbia Bank and Bridge Company Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad PRR 1860 1864 Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad PRR 1864 1890 Columbia and Port Deposit Railway Columbia and Port Deposit Railway PRR 1890 1916 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Columbus and Erie Railroad ERIE 1905 1941 Erie Railroad Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad CBL 1923 Lehigh Valley Rail Management Conewango Valley Railroad NYC 1870 1870 Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway Confluence and Oakland Railroad B&O 1890 1941 N/A Confluence and State Line Railroad B&O 1889 1890 Confluence and Oakland Railroad Connecting Railway PRR 1863 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Connection Railroad NYC 1870 1871 Junction Railroad Connellsville Central Railroad MGA 1902 1905 Connellsville and Monongahela Railway Connellsville and Monongahela Railway MGA 1905 N/A Connellsville and State Line Railway WM 1910 1917 Western Maryland Railway Connequenessing Valley Railroad B&LE 1881 1882 West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railroad Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation , Norfolk Southern Railway Continental Coal Company DL&W 1860 1865 Keyser Valley Railroad Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway NYC 1873 1892 Fall Brook Railway Cornwall Railroad CWL RDG 1870 1968 Reading Company Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad C&L PRR 1882 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad Cornwall and Mount Hope Railroad RDG 1883 1886 Cornwall Railroad Corry and State Line Railroad PRR 1879 1879 Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway Coudersport and Pine Creek Railroad 1889 1895 Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad CPA 1882 1970 N/A Owned by Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad Coudersport and Wellsboro Railroad B&O 1892 1894 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Cowanesque Valley Railroad NYC 1869 1874 Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway Crane Railroad LNE 1905 1914 Lehigh and New England Railroad Cresson Railroad PRR 1891 1891 Cambria and Clearfield Railroad Cresson and Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad PRR 1882 1894 Cresson and Irvona Railroad Cresson and Irvona Railroad PRR 1894 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Cross Cut Railroad PRR 1864 1867 Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad Cross Fork Railroad B&O 1893 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Cumberland Valley Railroad PRR 1831 1919 Pennsylvania Railroad Cumberland Valley and Waynesboro Railroad PRR 1901 1906 Cumberland Valley Railroad Curwensville and Bower Railroad NYC 1903 1905 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Dahoga and Highland Railroad Dallastown Railroad 1898 1902 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad PRR 1867 1878 Sunbury, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Railway Danville and Pottsville Railroad PRR 1826 1851 Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Darlington Cannel Coal Railroad PLE / PRR 1852 1855 Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad , Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company RDG 1838 1859 Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Dawson, Broadford and Mount Pleasant Railroad PLE 1881 1882 Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad Delaware and Chester County Railroad B&O 1867 1869 Wilmington and Western Railroad Delaware and Cobb's Gap Railroad DL&W 1849 1853 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Delaware and Hudson Company D&H 1899 1930 Delaware and Hudson Railroad Delaware and Hudson Railroad D&H D&H 1930 1968 Delaware and Hudson Railway Delaware and Hudson Canal Company D&H 1826 1899 Delaware and Hudson Company Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad DL&W, DLW DL&W 1853 1960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad LV 1846 1853 Lehigh Valley Railroad Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company PRR 1896 1954 Penndel Company Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad 1868 1893 N/A Delaware River and Union Railroad DR&U 1902 1941 N/A Owned by Sunoco Delaware and Slatington Railroad LNE 1881 1882 Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad LV 1890 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Delaware Valley Railroad 1899 1903 Delaware Valley Railway Delaware Valley Railway DV 1994 1999 Brandywine Valley Railroad Delaware Valley Railway 1904 1937 N/A Delaware Valley Railway 1899 Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad 1898 1899 Delaware Valley Railroad Delaware Western Railroad B&O 1877 1883 Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad Dent's Run Railroad 1903 N/A Diamond Valley Railroad 1886 1891 Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad Founder David Gring relocated and began
940-697: A nonoperating subsidiary of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Allegheny Junction Railroad 1898 1907 N/A Allegheny and South Side Railway AYSS 1892 Allegheny Southern Railway ASRW 1982 1985 Everett Railroad Allegheny Terminal Company 1899 Allegheny Valley Railroad PRR 1852 1891 Allegheny Valley Railway Allegheny Valley Railway PRR 1892 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad Allegheny and Western Railway B&O 1896 Still exists as
1034-1437: A nonoperating subsidiary of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad PS&N 1899 1947 N/A Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE 1888 1897 Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh Southern Railroad B&O 1878 1879 Pittsburgh Southern Railway Pittsburgh Southern Railway B&O 1879 1884 Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad B&O 1885 1887 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad PRR 1849 1867 Pan Handle Railway Pittsburgh, Summerville and Clarion Railroad 1903 1912 Pittsburgh, Clarion and Franklin Railroad Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad 1910 1931 N/A Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway PRR 1876 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway PRR 1870 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore Railroad Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad 1967 Still exists as
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#17328552237071128-10250: A nonoperating subsidiary of the York Railway Masontown and New Salem Railroad MGA 1899 1905 Connellsville and Monongahela Railway Mauch Chunk Railroad 1826 1872 Continued as a tourist railroad McKean and Buffalo Railroad PRR 1874 1911 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway McKees Rocks Railroad 1899 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad PLE 1886 1890 Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad McKeesport and Bessemer Railroad PRR 1888 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway McKeesport Terminal Railroad 1896 McLaughlin Line Railroad MCLR 1985 N/A McLaughlin's and Saw Mill Run Railway PLE / PRR 1881 1881 Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway Mead Run Railroad 1897 1931 N/A Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Meadow Lands and Zediker Railroad PRR 1903 1907 Chartiers Railway Meadville Railroad ERIE 1857 1858 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Meadville Railway B&LE 1880 1884 Meadville and Linesville Railway Meadville, Conneaut Lake and Linesville Railroad B&LE 1891 1948 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Meadville and Linesville Railway B&LE 1884 1891 Meadville, Conneaut Lake and Linesville Railroad Medix Run Railroad B&O 1886 1905 Susquehanna and Southern Railroad Mercer Valley Railroad 1900 Mercersburg Railway MERW 1978 1980 Consolidated Rail Corporation Middle Creek Railroad PRR 1865 1870 Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad RDG 1888 1923 Reading Company Midland Pennsylvania Railroad 1910 Midland Terminal Company MDLR 1983 2003 Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad Midway and Oakdale Railway PRR 1900 1909 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Mifflin and Centre County Railroad PRR 1860 1896 Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad Mill Creek Railroad PRR 1865 1865 Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole Railway Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company RDG 1828 1950 Reading Company Mill Creek Valley Railroad PS&N 1899 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Millersburg Railroad PRR 1899 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Millville and North Mountain Railroad PRR 1886 1887 Wilkesbarre and Western Railway Milton and North Mountain Railroad PRR 1885 1887 Wilkesbarre and Western Railway Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad RDG 1829 1951 Reading Company Mineral Railroad and Mining Company 1865 Miramar Iron Company RDG 1870 1871 Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad Mocanaqua and Eastern Railroad Monessen Southwestern Railway 1912 Monongahela Railroad MGA 1900 1915 Monongahela Railway Monongahela Railway MGA MGA 1915 1993 Consolidated Rail Corporation Monongahela Connecting Railroad MGAC, MCRR 1885 2002 Allegheny Valley Railroad Monongahela and Ohio Railroad MGA 1912 1933 Monongahela Railway Monongahela River and Streets Run Railroad PRR 1892 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Monongahela Southern Railroad 1897 1937 Union Railroad Monongahela Valley Railroad PRR 1867 1870 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Monongahela and Washington Railroad PRR 1899 1904 Pennsylvania Railroad Mont Alto Railroad PRR 1871 1901 Cumberland Valley and Waynesboro Railroad Montour Railroad M, MTR MTR 1877 1983 N/A Montrose Railroad LV 1905 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Montrose Railway LV 1869 1905 Montrose Railroad Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad ERIE 1887 1941 Erie Railroad Morgantown and Wheeling Railway M&W MGA 1917 1923 Scotts Run Railway Moshannon Railroad PRR 1863 1881 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Moshannon and Clearfield Railroad PRR 1880 1884 Tyrone and Clearfield Railway Mount Carmel Railroad RDG 1907 1952 N/A Mount Carmel and Natalie Railroad RDG 1891 1906 Mount Carmel Railroad Mount Carbon Railroad RDG 1829 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad RDG 1842 1949 Reading Company Mount Eagle and Tremont Railroad RDG 1853 1862 Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad PS&N 1897 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad B&O 1889 1942 N/A Mount Jewett and Smethport Railroad PS&N 1892 1897 Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad Mount Penn Gravity Railroad 1889 Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad B&O 1870 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant and Latrobe Railroad 1881 Mountain Laurel Railroad MNL 1991 1996 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Muncy Creek Railway 1864 1882 Williamsport and North Branch Railroad Nanticoke Railroad CNJ 1860 1867 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Nazareth and Lehigh Railway DL&W 1899 1899 Bangor and Portland Railway Nescopec Railroad PRR 1886 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad Nesquehoning Valley Railroad CNJ 1861 1963 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company New Berlin and Winfield Railroad 1904 1916 N/A New Brighton and New Castle Railroad PRR 1881 1887 Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad PRR 1862 1906 Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway New Castle and Butler Railroad 1881 New Castle and Darlington Railroad PRR 1856 1857 Pittsburgh, New Castle and Cleveland Railroad New Castle and Franklin Railroad PRR 1864 1881 New Castle and Oil City Railroad New Castle and Oil City Railroad PRR 1881 1882 Oil City and Chicago Railroad New Castle, Plain Grove and Butler Railroad 1882 1882 Oil City and Chicago Railroad New Castle Northern Railway ERIE 1883 1887 New Castle and Shenango Valley Railroad New Castle and Shenango Valley Railroad ERIE 1887 1900 Sharon Railway New Haven and Dunbar Railroad 1892 1955 N/A New Park and Fawn Grove Railroad 1905 1935 N/A Operated by Stewartstown Railroad New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1914 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company New York Central and Hudson River Railroad NYC 1890 1914 New York Central Railroad New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKP NKP 1887 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NKP 1881 1887 Erie and State Line Railroad New York and Erie Railroad ERIE 1841 1861 Erie Railway New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway DL&W 1880 1945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad ERIE 1878 1895 Erie Railroad New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company ERIE 1881 1941 Erie Railroad New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad B&O 1883 1898 Galeton and Eastern Railroad New York, Ontario and Western Railway O&W, OW O&W 1890 1957 N/A New York and Pennsylvania Railroad 1896 1902 New York and Pennsylvania Railway New York and Pennsylvania Railway 1904 1935 N/A New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad ERIE 1880 1896 Nypano Railroad New York and Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad 1906 1907 Philipsburg Railroad New York and Pittsburg Central Railroad 1903 1906 N/A Leased
1222-3282: A tourist railroad East Mahanoy Railroad RDG 1854 1951 Reading Company East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad EMHR 1992 1996 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad East Penn Railways EPRY 1995 2007 East Penn Railroad East Pennsylvania Railroad RDG 1857 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation East Stroudsburg and Matamoras Railroad 1899 Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad Eastern Railroad 1901 1925 Monongahela Connecting Railroad Easton and Northern Railroad LV 1889 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Easton and Western Railroad CNJ 1914 1944 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad PRR 1893 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad PRR 1859 1891 Cresson Railroad Eddystone and Delaware River Railroad PRR 1899 1918 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Elk and Highland Railroad 1898 1913 Elk and Highland Railway Elk and Highland Railway 1913 1913 Tionesta Valley Railway Elk Lick Coal, Lumber and Iron Company B&O 1868 1871 Salisbury and Baltimore Railroad and Coal Company Ellwood Connecting Railroad PLE 1892 1911 Beaver and Ellwood Railroad Ellwood Short Line Railroad B&O 1890 1912 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Ellwood Southern Railroad PLE 1899 1899 Beaver and Ellwood Railroad Elmira and Williamsport Railroad PRR 1860 1969 Penndel Company Emlenton and Shippenville Railroad B&O 1875 1877 Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railway Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railway B&O 1877 1881 Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway Emporium and Mount Jewett Railroad PS&N 1895 1897 Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad Emporium and Rich Valley Railroad 1891 Engelside Railroad PRR 1892 1902 Connecting Railway Enterprise Railroad RDG 1865 1870 Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad Erie Railroad ERIE ERIE 1895 1960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad Erie Railway ERIE 1861 1878 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Erie–Lackawanna Railroad EL 1960 1968 Erie Lackawanna Railway Erie Lackawanna Railway EL 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Erie and North East Railroad NYC , PRR 1842 1867 Buffalo and Erie Railroad , Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad Erie and Ohio Rail Road NYC 1849 1854 Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Built by
1316-1165: A tourist railroad Stony Creek Railroad RDG 1868 1945 Reading Company Sullivan and Erie Coal and Railroad Company LV 1865 1874 State Line and Sullivan Railroad Summit Branch Railroad 1846 1897 Summit Branch Coal Company Sunbury and Erie Railroad PRR 1837 1861 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Sunbury, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Railway PRR 1878 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad PRR 1870 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad Susquehanna Railroad B&O 1891 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Susquehanna Railroad PRR 1851 1854 Northern Central Railway Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad PRR 1902 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad Susquehanna and Buffalo Railroad 1891 Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad PRR / NYC 1879 1901 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Sold by
1410-926: A Farmer in Pennsylvania, To the Inhabitants of the British Colonies , which were published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle between December 2, 1767, and February 15, 1768. When the Founding Fathers convened in Philadelphia in 1774, 12 colonies sent representatives to the First Continental Congress . The Second Continental Congress , which began in May 1775, authored and signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, but when Philadelphia fell to
1504-723: A century, the Pennsylvania General Assembly met at various places in the Philadelphia area before it began meeting regularly in Independence Hall in Philadelphia for 63 years. However, events such as the Paxton Boys massacres of 1763 had made the legislature aware of the need for a central capital. In 1799, the General Assembly moved to the Lancaster Courthouse. The Pennsylvania General Assembly met in
1598-512: A grant that incorporated all lands included in the original Virginia Company of Plymouth Grant and other lands. This grant was in conflict with the Dutch claim for New Netherland , which included parts of today's Pennsylvania. On June 24, 1664, the Duke of York sold the portion of his large grant that included present-day New Jersey to John Berkeley and George Carteret for a proprietary colony. The land
1692-451: A heavy snowstorm, presumably because of a faulty flue . The General Assembly met at a nearby Methodist Church until a new capitol could be built. Following an architectural selection contest, Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb was asked to design and build a replacement building. However, the legislature had little money to allocate to the project. When they dubbed the roughly finished, somewhat industrial Cobb Capitol building complete,
1786-457: A leader in technology and healthcare. Similarly, Philadelphia has a concentration of university expertise. Healthcare, retail, transportation, and tourism are some of the state's growing industries of the postindustrial era. As in the rest of the nation, most residential population growth has occurred in suburban rather than central city areas, although both major cities have had significant revitalization in their downtown areas. Philadelphia anchors
1880-12991: A lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway P&WV P&WV 1916 1967 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Pittsburgh and Western Railroad B&O 1902 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad B&O 1879 1887 Pittsburgh and Western Railway Pittsburgh and Western Railway B&O 1887 1902 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad 1899 1916 N/A Pittsburgh and Whitehall Railroad PRR 1882 1888 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad PRR 1887 1906 Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway PRR 1906 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pittsburg, Youngstown and Chicago Railroad B&O 1880 1882 Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Plumville Railroad B&O 1905 1907 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad PL&W Railroad PLW 1993 1995 Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Plymouth Railroad RDG 1836 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre Road and Bridge Company D&H 1859 1873 Northern Coal and Iron Company Pocono Northeast Railway PNER 1982 1993 Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Pomeroy and Newark Railroad PRR 1881 1917 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Pomeroy and State Line Railroad PRR 1880 1881 Pomeroy and Newark Railroad Port Kennedy Railroad RDG 1860 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Portland and Northern Railway 1901 Portsmouth and Lancaster Railroad PRR 1832 1835 Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad Potato Creek Railroad 1907 1927 N/A Pottsville and Mahanoy Railroad PRR 1883 1886 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Pottsville and New York Railroad LV 1882 1887 Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad Quakertown and Bethlehem Railroad 1916 1937 N/A Quakertown and Delaware River Railroad 1911 1916 Quakertown and Bethlehem Railroad Quakertown and Eastern Railroad 1896 1911 Quakertown and Delaware River Railroad Quemahoning Branch Railroad 1901 Railroad Ventures, Inc. 1996 2001 Columbiana County Port Authority Reading Company RDG RDG 1924 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Reading Belt Railroad RDG 1900 1923 Reading Company Reading and Columbia Railroad RDG 1859 1945 Reading Company Reading and Lehigh Railroad RDG 1875 1879 Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad Reading and Lehigh Railroad RDG 1856 1857 East Pennsylvania Railroad Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad RDG 1882 1930 N/A Reading and Pottsville Railroad PRR 1884 1885 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Red Bank Railroad RBKX 1990 1996 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Red Bank and Youngstown Railroad B&O 1881 1882 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Redstone Central Railroad MGA 1902 N/A Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole Railway PRR 1865 1867 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad 1883 1934 N/A Ridgway and Clearfield Railroad PRR 1882 1911 Pennsylvania Railroad River Front Railroad PRR 1876 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad Rochester, Beaver Falls and Western Railway PRR 1889 1890 Pennsylvania Company Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad 1873 1877 Sold at foreclosure; no property in Pennsylvania Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad B&O 1881 1885 Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad Rockwood and Bakersville Railway B&O 1907 1911 Indian Creek Valley Railway Rocky Ridge Railroad 1907 1913 East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company Rogers Railroad 1902 Rupert and Bloomsburg Railroad RDG 1888 1923 Reading Company Rural Valley Railroad B&O 1900 1925 Allegheny and Western Railway St. Clair Terminal Railroad 1901 1937 Union Railroad St. Marys and Western Railroad 1904 St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad PS&N 1893 1897 Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad Salamanca, Bradford and Allegheny River Railroad PRR 1880 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Salisbury Railroad B&O 1875 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Salisbury and Baltimore Railroad and Coal Company B&O 1871 1875 Salisbury Railroad Scalp Level Railroad PRR 1897 1902 South Fork Railroad Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Company RDG 1828 1829 Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company Schuylkill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad RDG 1862 1863 Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad PRR 1900 1902 Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad RDG 1880 1923 Reading Company Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad LV 1886 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Schuylkill River East Side Railroad B&O 1883 Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad RDG 1859 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Schuylkill Valley Navigation Company RDG 1828 1829 Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company RDG 1829 1950 Reading Company Scootac Railway 1901 Scotland and Mont Alto Railroad PRR 1864 1871 Mont Alto Railroad Scottdale Connecting Railroad 1897 Scotts Run Railway MGA 1923 1933 Monongahela Railway Scranton and Forest City Railroad O&W 1886 1889 Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway Scranton and Spring Brook Railroad 1897 Shade Gap Railroad 1884 1913 East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg Railroad RDG 1882 1923 Reading Company Shamokin and Trevorton Railroad RDG 1868 1870 Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad PRR 1858 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Sharon Railway ERIE 1873 1953 Erie Railroad Sharon and Ceres Railroad 1901 1904 New York and Pennsylvania Railway Sharon Connecting Railroad Sharpsville Railroad PRR 1876 1931 Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad , Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Sharpsville and Oakland Railroad PRR 1866 1876 Sharpsville Railroad Sharpsville, Wheatland, Sharon and Greenfield Railroad ERIE 1870 1875 Sharon Railway Shawmut Connecting Railroad PS&N 1900 1905 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Sheffield and Spring Creek Railroad 1884 1894 Tionesta Valley Railway Sheffield and Tionesta Railway S&T 1900 1943 N/A Shenango and Allegheny Railroad B&LE 1867 1888 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Shenango and Beaver Valley Railway PLE / PRR 1902 1902 Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad Shenango Valley Railroad NYC 1886 1963 Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway Sinnemahoning Portage Railroad PRR 1865 1866 Buffalo and Washington Railway Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad B&O 1885 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Slackwater Connecting Railroad 1892 Slate Ridge and Delta Railway 1879 1888 Maryland Central Railway Slate Run Railroad 1884 Slate Valley Railroad LNE 1886 1891 Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Smethport Railroad 1899 1931 N/A Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Smethport and Olean Railroad PS&N 1895 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Smithfield and Masontown Railroad B&O 1899 1915 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad Somerset and Bedford Railroad PRR 1894 1894 Pennsylvania Midland Railroad Somerset and Cambria Railroad B&O 1879 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Somerset Coal Railway WM 1915 1950 Western Maryland Railway Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad B&O 1868 1879 Somerset and Cambria Railroad South Branch Railroad South Chester Railroad PRR 1891 1906 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad South Easton and Phillipsburg Railroad 1899 1912 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway South Fork Railroad PRR 1890 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad South Mountain Iron Company RDG 1869 1877 South Mountain Railway and Mining Company South Mountain Railway and Mining Company RDG 1877 1891 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway South Shore Railroad 1892 Southern Pennsylvania Iron and Railroad Company PRR 1869 1872 Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company PRR 1873 1954 Penndel Company Southwark Railroad PRR 1831 1877 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad South West Connecting Railway PRR 1897 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad South-West Pennsylvania Railway PRR 1871 1906 Pennsylvania Railroad Southwestern Du Bois Railroad B&O 1905 1907 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Spring Brook Railroad 1871 1890 Scranton and Spring Brook Railroad Spring Brook Horse Railway 1869 1871 Spring Brook Railroad Spring Creek Railway 1902 1904 Tionesta Valley Railway State Line Railroad B&O 1890 1895 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad State Line Railroad B&O 1884 1893 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad State Line and Sullivan Railroad LV 1874 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Stewart Railroad NYC 1887 1963 Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway Stewartstown Railroad STRT 1884 1992 Continued as
1974-1508: A new railroad when the DVRR folded. Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg Railroad PRR 1871 1906 Cumberland Valley Railroad Doe Run and White Clay Creek Railroad PRR 1868 1870 Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad Donora Southern Railroad DSO 1902 N/A Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad PRR 1888 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad NYC 1873 1914 New York Central Railroad Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway NYC 1870 1873 Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad Eagles Mere Railroad 1891 1922 Eagles Mere Railway Eagles Mere Railway 1922 1927 N/A East Berlin Railroad EB 1914 1939 N/A East Berlin Railway 1903 1914 East Berlin Railroad East Brandywine Railroad PRR 1854 1860 East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad PRR 1860 1888 Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company 1856 1956 N/A Continued as
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#17328552237072068-836: Is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( October 2021 ) Name Mark System From To Successor Notes Addison and Pennsylvania Railway B&O 1887 1898 Susquehanna and New York Railroad Addison and Northern Pennsylvania Railway B&O 1882 1887 Addison and Pennsylvania Railway Aliquippa and Southern Railroad ALQS 1906 2002 Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad Allegheny Railroad ALY 1985 1992 Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Allegheny and Bald Eagle Railroad, Coal and Iron Company PRR 1839 1859 Bellefonte and Snowshoe Railroad Allegheny and Eastern Railroad ALY 1992 Still exists as
2162-827: Is in Duncannon in Perry County . According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 's 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report , there were an estimated 12,691 homeless people in Pennsylvania. Among Pennsylvania residents, as of 2020, nearly three out of four, 74.5%, are native to the state and were born in Pennsylvania, 18.4% were born in a different U.S. state, 1.5% were born in Puerto Rico , U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s), and 5.6% were foreign born. Foreign-born Pennsylvanians are largely from Asia (36.0%), Europe (35.9%), and Latin America (30.6%) with
2256-1895: Is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any. References [ edit ] ^ [1] Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Columnist shares tales of Diamond Valley Railroad" . The Daily News . 2 October 2019 . Retrieved 2023-01-26 . ^ The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition - Google Boeken . 1874 . Retrieved 2012-11-07 . External links [ edit ] Railroad Companies Operating in PA v t e List of United States railroads by political division Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington, D.C. Puerto Rico Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Pennsylvania_railroads&oldid=1247180703#Defunct_railroads " Categories : Pennsylvania railroads Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Lists of railroads of
2350-610: Is the 33rd-largest by area and has the ninth-highest population density among all states. The largest metropolitan statistical area is the southeastern Delaware Valley , which includes and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth-most populous city. The second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Pittsburgh , is centered in and around Pittsburgh , the state's second-largest city. The state's subsequent five most populous cities are Allentown , Reading , Erie , Scranton , and Bethlehem . Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends thousands of years before
2444-464: Is the fifth-most populated state in the U.S. after California , Texas , Florida , and New York . In 2019, net migration to other states resulted in a decrease of 27,718, and immigration from other countries resulted in an increase of 127,007. Net migration to Pennsylvania was 98,289. Migration of native Pennsylvanians resulted in a decrease of 100,000 people. 7.2% of the population was foreign-born as of 2021. Pennsylvania's center of population
2538-6883: The Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway PLE / PRR 1881 1885 Wampum and State Line Railway New York Short Line Railroad RDG 1903 1923 Reading Company New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad S&W, NYSW ERIE 1881 1958 N/A Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad 1890 1920 Susquehanna River and Western Railroad Nicholson Run and Pine Swamp Railroad and Coal Company PRR 1853 1856 New Castle and Darlington Railroad Nittany Valley Railroad 1887 1914 N/A Nittany Valley and Southwestern Railroad 1882 1882 Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway Norristown and Allentown Railroad RDG 1854 1865 Perkiomen Railroad Norristown and Freemansburg Railroad RDG 1852 1854 Norristown and Allentown Railroad Norristown Junction Railroad RDG 1879 1923 Reading Company Norristown and Main Line Connecting Railroad RDG 1901 1923 Reading Company Norristown and Valley Railroad RDG 1835 1850 Chester Valley Railroad North Bend and Kettle Creek Railroad 1893 North Fayette Railroad MTR 1879 1879 Montour Railroad North Lebanon Railroad RDG 1850 1870 Cornwall Railroad North Pennsylvania Railroad RDG 1853 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation North Shore Railroad 1908 North Shore Terminal Railroad 1898 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad North Star and Mifflin Railroad MTR 1912 1913 Montour Railroad North and West Branch Railroad PRR 1871 1881 North and West Branch Railway North and West Branch Railway PRR 1881 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad Northampton Railroad LNE 1901 1903 Lehigh and New England Railroad Northampton and Bath Railroad NB 1902 1979 N/A North East Pennsylvania Railroad RDG 1870 1945 Reading Company Northern Central Railway PRR 1854 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Northern Coal and Iron Company D&H 1864 Northern Liberties Railway 1896 Northern Liberties and Penn Township Railroad RDG 1829 1871 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Northern Railroad and Navigation Company 1867 1873 Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad Northern Susquehanna Railroad B&O 1900 1901 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad North Western Railroad PRR 1853 1859 Western Pennsylvania Railroad North Western Coal and Iron Company DL&W 1856 1856 Buffalo Coal and Iron Company Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway PRR 1895 1895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Northumberland County Railway Company Nypano Railroad ERIE 1896 1941 Erie Railroad Octoraro Railroad OCTR 2003 2004 East Penn Railways Octoraro Railway OCTR 1977 1994 Delaware Valley Railway Ohio and Baltimore Short Line Railway B&O 1873 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Ohio Connecting Railway PRR 1886 1954 Penndel Company Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad OHPA 2004 2006 Eastern States Railroad Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad OHPA 1995 1996 Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 1848 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Ohio River Junction Railroad 1908 1908 North Shore Railroad Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE 1881 1886 Erie, Shenango and Pittsburgh Railway Oil City and Chicago Railroad PRR 1882 1882 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Oil Creek Railroad PRR 1860 1868 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway PRR 1868 1875 Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway Oil Creek Junction Railroad NYC 1870 1871 Junction Railroad Oil Creek and Titusville Mining and Transportation Company PRR 1865 1866 Union and Titusville Railroad Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway PRR 1877 1911 Bradford Railroad Olean, Oswayo and Eastern Railroad 1892 1896 New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Oleona Railroad 1901 Oleona and Germania Railroad 1902 Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway O&W 1889 1957 N/A Orangeville and Lehigh Railroad PRR 1892 1893 Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad Oswayo Valley Railroad 1918 1920 New York and Pennsylvania Railway Pan Handle Railway PRR 1861 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Panther Creek Railroad LNE 1913 1913 Lehigh and New England Railroad Panther Valley Railroad PVAL 1983 1990 C&S Railroad Parker and Karns City Railroad B&O 1873 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Path Valley Railroad 1893 1900 Perry Lumber Company Peach Bottom Railroad 1881 1890 Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Peach Bottom Railway 1868 1881 Peach Bottom Railroad , York and Peach Bottom Railway Pencoyd and Philadelphia Railroad 1899 1929 N/A Owned by
2632-13266: The American Bridge Company Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Penn Eastern Rail Lines PRL 1997 2007 East Penn Railroad Penn Jersey Rail Lines PJRL 1997 2002 SMS Rail Service, Inc. Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad LV 1857 1864 Lehigh Valley Railroad Penndel Company PRR 1954 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pennsylvania Company PRR 1871 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1846 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad PRR 1870 1873 Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway PRR 1873 1879 Pomeroy and State Line Railroad Pennsylvania Midland Railroad PRR 1894 1902 Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad Pennsylvania Midland Railway ERIE 1881 1881 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Pennsylvania, Monongahela and Southern Railroad PRR 1902 1915 Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad PRR 1894 1896 Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company LV 1865 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Pennsylvania Northern Railroad 1911 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad PRR 1889 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad LNE 1887 1895 Lehigh and New England Railroad Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad PRR 1883 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad LNE 1882 1887 Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Pennsylvania Southern Railroad 1910 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad Pennsylvania and West Virginia Railroad PRR 1889 1893 Bedford and Blair County Railroad Pennsylvania Western and Ohio River Connecting Railway 1901 Pequea Railroad and Improvement Company RDG 1849 1851 Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company Perkiomen Railroad RDG 1865 1945 Reading Company Perry County Railroad 1887 1903 Susquehanna River and Western Railroad Perry Lumber Company Railroad 1901 1905 Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad PRR 1853 1916 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad PRR 1834 1857 Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 1902 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad PBNE 1910 2003 Lehigh Valley Rail Management Owned by Bethlehem Steel Philadelphia and Bustleton Railway PRR 1892 1893 Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad PRR 1893 1902 Connecting Railway Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad PRR 1872 1885 Philadelphia Midland Railroad Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad RDG 1888 1945 Reading Company Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester Central Railroad PRR 1871 1872 Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad PRR 1890 1913 Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad PRR 1831 1836 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad RDG 1852 1853 North Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Erie Railroad PRR 1861 1907 Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Frankford Railroad RDG 1892 1923 Reading Company Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad PRR 1883 1902 Connecting Railway Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad RDG 1831 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad RDG 1890 1923 Reading Company Philadelphia Midland Railroad PRR 1885 1890 Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad Philadelphia and Montgomery County Railroad RDG 1860 1872 Philadelphia and Newtown Railroad Philadelphia and Newtown Railroad RDG 1872 1873 Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Philadelphia and Newtown Connecting Railroad RDG 1892 1892 Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad RDG 1873 1945 Reading Company Philadelphia, Newtown Square and Chester Railroad B&O 1886 1886 Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Philadelphia, Norristown and Phoenixville Railroad PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Railroad NYC 1893 1895 Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad Philadelphia and Reading Railroad RDG 1833 1896 Philadelphia and Reading Railway Philadelphia and Reading Railway P&R RDG 1896 1924 Reading Company Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad RDG 1888 1944 Reading Company Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad PRR 1851 1858 Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad PRR 1832 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad PRR 1836 1902 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Philipsburg Railroad 1907 1909 Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad Philipsburg Coal, Iron and Oil Company PRR 1865 1867 Tyrone and Clearfield Railway Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad 1909 1910 Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad Phoenixville, Pottstown and Reading Railroad PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Phoenixville and West Chester Railroad PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Pickering Valley Railroad RDG 1869 1948 Reading Company Pine Creek Railway NYC 1884 1909 Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad Pine Grove and Lebanon Railroad RDG 1868 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad Pine Run Railroad PRR 1906 1912 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Pittsburgh Railroad B&O 1879 1879 Pittsburgh Southern Railway Pittsburgh and Allegheny Railroad 1899 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Pittsburgh and Allegheny River Railroad 1898 Pittsburgh and Beck's Run Railroad PLE 1877 1880 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE 1897 1948 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway B&O 1881 1883 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Butler and Shenango Railroad B&LE 1889 1890 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh and Carnegie Railroad P&WV 1901 1901 Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad P&WV 1901 1904 Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad 1871 1909 N/A Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon and Washington Railroad B&O 1877 1878 Pittsburgh Southern Railroad Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway PCY PLE / PRR 1881 1996 Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway B&O , PLE / PRR 1878 1881 New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway , Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway PRR 1868 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 1917 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway PRR 1890 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Pittsburgh, Clarion and Franklin Railroad 1912 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad B&O 1882 1915 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad B&O 1837 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh East and West Railroad B&O 1881 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad NYC 1894 1905 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad ERIE , PRR 1846 1857 Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad , Meadville Railroad Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad PRR 1856 1861 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway PRR 1860 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad PIR 1996 2001 Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg and Eastern Railroad 1897 1903 New York and Pittsburg Central Railroad Pittsburgh Junction Railroad B&O 1881 1943 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburg, Kittanning and Warren Railroad PRR 1837 1852 Allegheny Valley Railroad Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad PLE PLE 1875 1992 Three Rivers Railway Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad PL&W, PLW PLE / PRR 1902 1945 Youngstown and Southern Railway Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railway PLE / PRR 1896 1902 Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad Pittsburgh Local Railroad B&O 1880 1881 Pittsburgh Junction Railroad Pittsburgh and Mansfield Railroad P&WV 1893 1901 Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway PLE / PRR 1886 1896 Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railway Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad PLE 1881 1965 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh and Moon Run Railroad MTR 1891 1913 Montour Railroad Pittsburgh, New Castle and Cleveland Railroad PRR 1857 1861 New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad B&O 1877 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Pittsburgh and Northeastern Railroad Pittsburgh and Northeastern Terminal Railroad 1916 Pittsburgh and Northern Terminal Railroad Pittsburgh and Northern Railroad 1881 Pittsburgh and Northern Terminal Railroad 1916 Pittsburgh and Northwestern Railroad B&O 1875 1877 Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley Railway P&OV, POV 1899 1993 Three Rivers Railway Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad PS, PSR PS&N 1909 Still exists as
2726-769: The Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway in 1886, and the Western Maryland Railway in 1917. Today, its line is part of the CSX Hanover Subdivision . On March 4, 1851, Robert McCurdy, Josiah Benner, and Henry Myers secured a charter for the Gettysburg Railroad Company. The groundbreaking was on February 22, 1856; the first mortgage was issued in 1857, and the railroad opened between Hanover Junction and New Oxford on January 6, 1858 (the first passenger train had entered Adams County on September 14, 1857). After construction commenced from New Oxford on June 24, 1858,
2820-818: The British in the Philadelphia campaign , the Continental Congress moved west, where it met at the Lancaster courthouse on Saturday, September 27, 1777, and then to York . In York, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation , largely authored by Pennsylvania delegate John Dickinson, that formed 13 independent States into a new union. Later, the Constitution was written, and Philadelphia
2914-5801: The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Buffalo Valley Railroad B&O 1868 1879 Berlin Railroad Buffalo and Washington Railway PRR 1866 1871 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway Bustleton Railroad PRR 1891 1902 Connecting Railway Bustleton and Eastern Railroad PRR 1893 1893 Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad Butler and Pittsburgh Railroad B&LE 1896 1897 Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Caledonia Iron, Land and Railroad Company PRR 1867 1869 Southern Pennsylvania Iron and Railroad Company Cambria and Clearfield Railroad PRR 1887 1903 Cambria and Clearfield Railway Cambria and Clearfield Railway PRR 1903 1913 Pennsylvania Railroad Cambria County Railroad NYC 1896 1898 Beech Creek Railroad Cambria and Indiana Railroad CI 1911 1994 N/A Cammal and Black Forest Railway 1894 Canoe Creek Railroad NYC 1900 1901 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Carbon Limestone Railroad PLE 1894 1894 Mahoning State Line Railroad Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad RDG 1854 1944 Reading Company Catawissa Railroad RDG 1860 1953 Reading Company Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad RDG 1849 1860 Catawissa Railroad Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway CQPA 2001 2004 Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Central Railroad of New Jersey CNJ CNJ 1952 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Central Railroad of New Jersey CNJ CNJ 1871 1946 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Central Railroad of Pennsylvania CRP CNJ 1944 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Central Railroad of Pennsylvania 1891 1918 N/A Central Pennsylvania Railroad 1889 1891 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania Railroad (Eastern Extension) 1890 1891 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad PRR 1893 1902 Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad Central Trunk Railway NYC 1868 1909 Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad Chambersburg and Gettysburg Railroad 1890 Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad PRR 1853 1859 Franklin Railroad Chapman and Lehigh Railway DL&W 1881 1882 Bangor and Portland Railway Chartiers Railway PRR 1867 1907 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chartiers Connecting Railroad PRR 1881 1899 Chartiers Railway Chartiers and Mansfield Valley Railway PLE / PRR 1880 1881 Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway Chartiers Southern Railway MGA 1906 1929 Monongahela Railway Chartiers Valley Railroad PRR 1853 1866 Chartiers Railway Cheat Haven Railroad B&O 1902 1907 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad B&O 1911 1965 N/A Cheat River Railroad B&O 1896 1907 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad Cherry Grove Railroad 1884 1894 Tionesta Valley Railway Cherry Springs Railroad B&O 1893 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad NYC / PRR 1903 1970 Penn Central Transportation Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CO 1987 1987 CSX Transportation Chester Creek Railroad PRR 1866 1917 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Chester and Delaware River Railroad RDG 1871 1923 Reading Company Chester Valley Railroad RDG 1850 1888 Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad Chester Valley Railway CHTS 1996 1997 Penn Eastern Rail Lines Chestnut Hill Railroad RDG 1848 1948 Reading Company Chestnut Ridge Railroad of Pennsylvania 1898 1902 Chestnut Ridge Railway Chestnut Ridge Railway CHR 1902 2003 Chestnut Ridge Railroad Owned by New Jersey Zinc and successors from 1907 Cheswick and Harmar Railroad CHH 1901 1972 N/A Formerly owned by Duquesne Light Clarion and Jefferson Railroad 1904 1904 Pittsburgh, Summerville and Clarion Railroad Clarion River Railway 1889 1948 N/A Clarion and Summerville Railroad 1900 1901 Clarion, Summerville and Pittsburgh Railroad Clarion, Summerville and Pittsburgh Railroad 1901 1903 Clearfield and Jefferson Railway PRR 1885 1889 Bell's Gap Railroad Clearfield and Mahoning Railway B&O 1892 Still exists as
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3008-469: The Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie . Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn , the son of the state's namesake . Prior to that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden , a Swedish Empire colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania
3102-714: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( Pennsylvania Dutch : Pennsilfaani ), is a U.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic , Northeastern , Appalachian , and Great Lakes regions of the United States . It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and
3196-524: The Declaration of Independence the following year. On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution . In July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg , fought over three days in and around Gettysburg , was the bloodiest and most decisive battle of the American Civil War , claiming over 50,000 Union and Confederate fatalities and repelling Robert E. Lee 's invasion of
3290-761: The Delaware River in the east and the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. The second tribe, the Susquehannock , spoke an Iroquoian language and were based in Western Pennsylvania from New York state in the north to West Virginia in the southwest, including the Susquehanna, Allegheny , and Monongahela rivers near present-day Pittsburgh . European disease and constant warfare with several neighboring tribes and groups of Europeans weakened these two tribes, and they were grossly outpaced financially as
3384-482: The Delaware River to the east, 80°31' W to the west, and the 42° N to the north, except for a short segment on the western end where a triangle extends north to Lake Erie . The state has five geographical regions: Allegheny Plateau , Ridge and Valley , Atlantic Coastal Plain , Piedmont , and Erie Plain . Pennsylvania's diverse topography produces a variety of climates, though the entire state experiences cold winters and humid summers. Straddling two major zones,
3478-17310: The Franklin Canal Company Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1858 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Erie, Shenango and Pittsburgh Railway B&LE 1886 1888 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Erie and State Line Railroad NKP 1887 1887 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Erie Terminal Railroad B&LE 1891 1893 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad ERIE 1882 1941 Erie Railroad Eriton Railroad ERIE 1906 1933 N/A Etna and Montrose Railroad 1896 1961 N/A Fair Hill Railroad PRR 1892 1902 Connecting Railway Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad B&O 1893 1989 CSX Transportation Fall Brook Railway NYC 1892 1909 Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad Falls Creek Railroad 1889 1897 Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad Farmers' Railroad PRR 1862 1868 Warren and Franklin Railway Fayette County Railroad B&;O 1857 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Forest City and State Line Railroad O&W 1889 1889 Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway Foxburg, Kane and Bradford Railroad B&O 1879 1881 Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway Foxburg, St. Petersburg and Clarion Railroad B&O 1877 1881 Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway Frankford Creek Railroad PRR 1890 1891 Kensington and Tacony Railroad Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad PRR 1863 1890 Bustleton Railroad Franklin Railroad PRR 1859 1865 Cumberland Valley Railroad Franklin Railroad PRR 1832 1850 Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad Franklin Canal Company NYC 1849 1854 Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Franklin and Clearfield Railroad NYC 1902 1909 Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad Gaffney and James City Railroad B&O 1913 1940 N/A Gaines and State Line Railroad PRR 1875 1876 Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway Galeton and Eastern Railroad B&O 1898 1901 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Galeton, South Branch and Germania Railroad Garfield and Cherry Grove Railroad 1882 1884 Cherry Grove Railroad Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad NYC 1909 1914 New York Central Railroad Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway PRR 1876 1879 Lake Ontario Southern Railway Gettysburg Railroad (1976-1996) GETY 1976 1996 Gettysburg Railway Gettysburg Railroad WM 1853 1870 Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway Gettysburg Railway GBRY 1996 2001 Gettysburg and Northern Railroad Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad RDG 1882 1891 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway RDG 1891 1945 Reading Company Girardville Railroad PRR 1892 1893 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Glen Hazel and Shawmut Railroad 1893 Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad Glenwood Railroad B&O 1896 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania Good Spring Railroad RDG 1863 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad Grassy Island Railroad ERIE 1887 1936 Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad Grays Run Railway LV 1903 1903 Susquehanna and New York Railroad Greenlick Railway 1892 N/A Greenlick Narrow Gauge Railway 1874 1892 Greenlick Railway Hanover Branch Railroad WM 1849 1874 Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad WM 1874 1886 Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroad RDG 1876 1881 Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad Hanover and Newport Railroad DL&W 1894 1909 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Hanover and York Railroad PRR 1873 1897 York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad PRR 1835 1917 Pennsylvania Railroad Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad RDG 1871 1890 Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad RDG 1890 1890 Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad Harrisburg Terminal Railroad RDG 1889 1890 Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad Hazleton Railroad LV 1865 1868 Lehigh Valley Railroad Hazleton Coal Company LV 1836 1865 Hazleton Railroad Hempfield Railroad B&O 1850 1871 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad Hickory Valley Railroad 1887 1938 N/A Hicks Run Railroad 1905 Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad PRR 1911 1914 Pennsylvania Railroad Hooverhurst and South Western Railroad NYC 1902 1913 Beech Creek Extension Railroad Howard Coal and Iron Company D&H 1864 1867 Union Coal Company Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad RDG 1891 1910 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company H&BT 1852 1954 Everett Railroad , Pennsylvania Railroad Indian Creek Valley Railway B&O 1902 1972 N/A Ironton Railroad IRN LV / RDG 1859 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation ISS Rail, Inc. ISSR 1993 New Castle Industrial Railroad Jackson Coal Railroad NYC 1883 1909 Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad Jamestown and Franklin Railroad NYC 1862 1909 Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad NYC 1909 1915 New York Central Railroad Jeddo and Carbon County Railroad LV 1854 1856 Lehigh and Luzerne Railroad Jefferson Railroad ERIE 1851 1941 Erie Railroad Jefferson and Allegheny Railway B&O 1894 1898 Allegheny and Western Railway Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railroad 1904 Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway NYC 1870 1884 Pine Creek Railway Johnsonburg Railroad PRR 1887 1928 Pennsylvania Railroad Johnsonburgh Railroad B&O 1887 1888 Johnsonburgh and Bradford Railroad Johnsonburgh and Bradford Railroad B&O 1888 1907 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad JKWI 1982 1985 Allegheny Railroad Johnstown and Stony Creek Railroad J&SC, JSC 1888 1983 N/A Jones Lake Railroad ERIE 1887 1894 Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Junction Railroad PRR 1860 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad Junction Railroad NYC 1870 1871 Jamestown and Franklin Railroad Juniata and Southern Railroad 1913 1917 N/A Kane Railroad 1899 1931 N/A Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Kane and Elk Railroad 1895 1946 N/A Karns City and Butler Railroad B&O 1873 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Keating and Smethport Railroad 1899 1931 N/A Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Kendall and Eldred Railroad 1877 1893 N/A Operated by Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Kensington and Tacony Railroad PRR 1884 1902 Connecting Railway Kersey Railroad PS&N 1900 1947 N/A Ketner, Elbon and Shawmut Railroad 1892 1893 Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad Ketner and Kay Fork Railway 1901 Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad 1893 Keyser Valley Railroad DL&W 1865 1865 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Kinzua Railroad PRR 1911 1911 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Kinzua Railway PRR 1881 1911 Kinzua Railroad Kinzua Hemlock Railroad 1890 1936 N/A Operated by Valley Railroad Kinzua and Tiona Railroad 1897 Kinzua Valley Railroad PRR 1889 1911 Kinzua Railroad Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad 1892 1940 N/A Kittanning Run Railroad 1905 Knox and Kane Railroad KKRR 1982 2006 N/A Kushequa Railroad B&O 1898 1931 Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Lackawanna Railway LRWY 1991 1993 Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad DL&W 1852 1873 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna and Montrose Railroad DL&W 1889 1928 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna Valley Railroad LVAL 1985 1993 Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad Lackawanna and Western Railroad DL&W 1851 1853 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad L&WV DL&W 1901 1960 Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway Electric until 1953 Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway L&WV, LWV DL&W 1959 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad LASB 1976 1989 Stourbridge Railroad Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad LEF 1913 1992 N/A Lake Ontario Southern Railway PRR 1879 1882 Sodus Bay and Southern Railway (NY) Sold at foreclosure; no property in Pennsylvania Lake Shore Railway NYC 1868 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway NYC 1869 1914 New York Central Railroad Lancaster and Northern Railroad 1906 Never operated revenue service. Lancaster Northern Railway LANO 1995 1997 Penn Eastern Rail Lines Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad 1890 1912 Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway 1912 1918 N/A Lancaster and Quarryville Railroad PRR 1904 1915 Pennsylvania Railroad Lancaster and Reading Narrow Gauge Railroad PRR 1871 1904 Lancaster and Quarryville Railroad Latrobe and Ligonier Railroad 1853 1871 Ligonier Valley Railroad Lawrence Railroad PRR 1865 1887 Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad Lawrence Railroad and Transportation Company PRR 1864 1865 Lawrence Railroad Lebanon Belt Railway PRR 1889 1891 Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Lebanon and Tremont Railroad RDG 1871 1871 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Lebanon Valley Railroad RDG 1850 1858 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Leetonia Railway 1899 Lehigh and Delaware Railroad LNE 1904 1904 Lehigh and New England Railroad Lehigh and Delaware Gap Railroad CNJ 1857 1867 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Lehigh and Hudson River Railway L&HR, LHR 1889 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad LNE 1864 1904 Lehigh and Delaware Railroad Lehigh Luzerne Railroad LV 1857 1868 Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh and Luzerne Railroad LV 1856 1857 Lehigh Luzerne Railroad Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad LV 1862 1866 Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh and New England Railroad LNE LNE 1895 1961 Lehigh and New England Railway Lehigh and New England Railway LNE CNJ 1961 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company CNJ 1837 1978 Consolidated Rail Corporation Lehigh Valley Railroad LV LV 1853 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad 1897 1906 N/A Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad PRR 1853 1879 Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad PRR 1880 1913 Lewisburg and Tyrone Railway Lewisburg and Tyrone Railway PRR 1913 1915 Pennsylvania Railroad Liggett's Gap Railroad DL&W 1832 1851 Lackawanna and Western Railroad Ligonier Valley Railroad LGV 1871 1952 N/A Little Saw Mill Run Railroad P&WV 1850 1897 West Side Belt Railroad Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company RDG 1829 1952 Reading Company Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad RDG 1835 1849 Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad Littlestown Railroad PRR 1854 1892 Hanover and York Railroad Locust Gap Improvement Company RDG 1854 1864 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Lorberry Creek Railroad RDG 1843 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad Loyalhanna and Youghiogheny Railroad NYC 1894 1895 Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad Loyalsock Railroad LV 1884 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company PRR 1830 1956 Penndel Company Mahanoy and Broad Mountain Railroad RDG 1860 1870 Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad Mahanoy and Shamokin Improvement Company RDG 1850 1856 Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad RDG 1870 1871 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Mahanoy Valley Railroad RDG 1868 1870 Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway NYC 1963 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Mahoning State Line Railroad PLE 1894 Still exists as
3572-540: The Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad . The Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad was consolidated with the Bachman Valley Railroad in 1886 to form the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway . The Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway was one of many companies consolidated in 1917 to create the Western Maryland Railway . In 1973, the Western Maryland became a part of the Chessie System , which later became CSX Transportation on November 1, 1980. List of defunct Pennsylvania railroads From Misplaced Pages,
3666-406: The Hurons and Iroquois blocked them from proceeding west into Ohio during the Beaver Wars . As they lost numbers and land, the Hurons abandoned much of their western territory and moved closer to the Susquehanna River, and the Iroquois and Mohawk tribes moved further north. Northwest of the Allegheny River was the Iroquoian Petun , who were fragmented into three groups during the Beaver Wars:
3760-1082: The Monongahela Incline , and the Duquesne Incline ) Port Authority Transit Corporation (Bi-state authority operates Philadelphia-Camden County subway line) SEPTA (Philadelphia mass transit agency that operates SEPTA Regional Rail commuter lines, the Philadelphia Subway, and a variety of suburban light rail lines) Strasburg Railroad (heritage railroad) Tioga Central Railroad (heritage railroad) Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad (heritage railroad) West Chester Railroad (heritage railroad) Museums and historic sites [ edit ] Allegheny Portage Railroad Howard Tunnel Electric City Trolley Museum Gallitzin Tunnel Horseshoe Curve Mars Station, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Reading Company Technical & Historical Society Rockhill Trolley Museum Steamtown National Historic Site Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum Defunct railroads [ edit ] [REDACTED] This transport-related list
3854-457: The Northeast megalopolis and is associated with the Northeastern United States . Pittsburgh is part of the Great Lakes megalopolis and is often associated with the Rust Belt . During the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States , the small town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania , received worldwide attention after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township , located 1.75 miles (2.82 km) north of
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3948-19423: The Reading Company and leased to the Western Maryland Railway ; still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation , owned by Reading International, Inc. Washington and Maryland Line Railroad PRR 1857 1860 Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad Washington Run Railroad WRN 1895 1931 N/A Water Gap Railroad ERIE 1880 1881 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Waynesburg Southern Railroad WAS MGA 1966 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Waynesburg and Washington Railroad WAW PRR 1875 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Wellsboro and Lawrenceville Railroad NYC 1867 1873 Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad WAG 1954 1979 N/A West Branch Valley Railroad NYC 1898 1901 Beech Creek Extension Railroad West Chester Railroad PRR 1831 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad PRR 1848 1881 Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad West Clarion Railroad ERIE 1897 1941 Erie Railroad West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railroad B&LE 1882 1889 Pittsburgh, Butler and Shenango Railroad West Pittston – Exeter Railroad LV 1925 West Reading Railroad RDG 1860 1873 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad West Side Belt Railroad WSB P&WV 1895 1928 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Westerman Coal and Iron Railroad ERIE 1941 Nypano Railroad Western Allegheny Railroad WAL B&LE 1902 1967 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Western Maryland Railroad WM 1879 1909 Western Maryland Railway Western Maryland Railway WM WM 1909 1989 CSX Transportation Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 1887 1895 Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway PRR 1895 1955 Penndel Company Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania PRR 1887 1887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Western Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 1860 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad Western Washington Railroad PRR 1900 1907 Chartiers Railway Westinghouse Inter-Works Railway 1902 1962 White Deer and Logantown Railway 1906 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad B&O 1872 Wilcox and Howard Hill Improvement Company ERIE 1870 1881 New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad WBC D&H / PRR 1912 Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad ERIE 1892 1941 Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake Railroad LV 1885 1904 Loyalsock Railroad Wilkesbarre and Pittston Railroad PRR 1859 1867 Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railroad CNJ 1851 1860 Nanticoke Railroad Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railway CNJ 1886 1963 Central Railroad of New Jersey Wilkesbarre and Western Railway PRR 1886 1893 Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad Williams Valley Railroad RDG 1891 1947 Reading Company Williamsport and Elmira Railroad PRR 1832 1860 Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Williamsport and North Branch Railroad W&NB 1882 1921 Williamsport and North Branch Railway Williamsport and North Branch Railway W&NB 1921 1937 N/A Wilmington and Northern Railroad RDG 1877 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Wilmington and Reading Railroad RDG 1866 1876 Wilmington and Northern Railroad Wilmington and Western Railroad B&O 1869 1877 Delaware Western Railroad Wind Gap and Delaware Railroad LNE 1880 1904 Lehigh and New England Railroad Winfield Railroad 1900 1979 N/A Wrightsville and Gettysburg Railroad PRR 1836 1837 Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad Wrightsville and York Railroad PRR 1835 1837 Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad PRR 1837 1870 Pennsylvania Railroad Wyoming and Pond Creek Railroad 1897 York and Cumberland Railroad PRR 1846 1854 Northern Central Railway York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad PRR 1897 1914 York, Hanover and Frederick Railway York, Hanover and Frederick Railway PRR 1914 1954 Penndel Company York Haven and Rowenna Railroad PRR 1902 1906 Pennsylvania Railroad York and Maryland Line Railroad PRR 1832 1854 Northern Central Railway York and Peach Bottom Railway 1882 1891 Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad York Southern Railroad 1894 1901 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad York Terminal Railway 1913 Youghiogheny and Ligonier Valley Railroad B&O 1906 1906 Indian Creek Valley Railway Youghiogheny Northern Railway PLE 1881 1945 N/A Youghiogheny and Wick Haven Railroad 1893 Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1887 1887 Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad Youngstown and Southern Railway YS PLE / PRR 1945 1996 Railroad Ventures, Inc. Zerbe Valley Railroad RDG 1867 1870 Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad Electric [ edit ] Adamsville and Mohnsville Electric Railway Allegheny, Bellevue and Perrysville Railway Allegheny Traction Company Allegheny Valley Street Railway Allen Street Railway Allentown and Reading Traction Company Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway Bangor and Portland Traction Company Beaver Valley Traction Company Bethlehem and Nazareth Passenger Railway Birdsboro Street Railway Blue Ridge Traction Company Bradford Street Railroad Butler Passenger Railway Cambria Incline Plane Company Carbon Street Railway Carbondale Railway Carlisle and Mechanicsburg Street Railway Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway 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 Chester, Darby and Philadelphia Railway Chester and Delaware Street Railway Chester and Media Electric Railway Chester Street Railway Chester Traction Company Citizens' Clearfield and Cambria Streets Railway Citizens' East End Street Railway Citizens' Passenger Railway Citizens Passenger Railway Citizens Traction Company Citizens' Traction Company of Oil City, Pennsylvania Clairton Street Railway Coal Castle Electric Railway Coatesville Traction Company Collegeville Electric Street Railway Colonial Street Railway Columbia and Montour Electric Railway Conestoga Traction Company Conneaut and Erie Traction Company Conshohocken Railway Consolidated Traction Company Continental Passenger Railway Corry and Columbus Street Railway Cumberland Railway Danville and Bloomsburg Street Railway Danville and Sunbury Transit Company Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Doylestown and Easton Street Railway Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway DuBois Traction Company Duquesne Traction Company East End Passenger Railway East McKeesport Street Railway East Reading Electric Railway Easton and Bethlehem Transit Company Easton, Palmer and Bethlehem Street Railway Easton and South Bethlehem Transit Company Easton Transit Company Electric Traction Company Empire Passenger Railway Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Erie Electric Motor Company Erie Rapid Transit Street Railway Erie Traction Company Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company Fairmount Park and Haddington Passenger Railway Fairmount Park Transportation Company Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railway French Point Street Railway Front and Fifth Streets Railway Germantown Passenger Railway Gettysburg Electric Railway Girard Avenue Passenger Railway Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway Hagerstown Railway Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway Harrisburg City Passenger Railway Harrisburg and Hummelstown Street Railway Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg Electric Railway Harrisburg Traction Company Heston, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Highland Grove Traction Company Hillcrest Avenue Passenger Railway Holmesburg, Tacony and Frankford Electric Railway Homestead and Mifflin Street Railway Hummelstown and Campbellstown Street Railway Huntingdon, Lewistown and Juniata Valley Traction Company Huntingdon Street Connecting Passenger Railway Irwin–Herminie Traction Company Jefferson Traction Company Jersey Shore Electric Street Railway Johnstown Passenger Railway Johnstown Traction Company Kessler Street Connecting Passenger Railway Kittaning and Leechburg Railways Kutztown and Fleetwood Street Railway Lackawanna Valley Traction Company Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (L&WV) Lake Erie Traction Company Lancaster and Columbia Railway Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Lancaster and Southern Street Railway Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Latrobe Street Railway Lebanon Valley Street Railway Lehigh Avenue Railway Lehigh Traction Company Lehigh Valley Transit Company Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway Linglestown and Blue Mountain Street Railway Lykens and Williams Valley Street Railway Mahoning Valley Street Railway Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway Meadville Traction Company Media, Glen Riddle and Rockdale Electric Street Railway Media, Middletown, Aston and Chester Electric Railway Middletown, Highspire and Steelton Street Railway Monongahela Street Railway Montgomery and Chester Electric Railway Montgomery County Passenger Railway Montgomery County Rapid Transit Company Montgomery Traction Company Montoursville Passenger Railway Morningside Electric Street Railway Mount Vernon Electric Street Railway Mount Washington Street Railway Neversink Mountain Railway New Castle and Lowell Railway New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway New Homestead Street Railway New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company Newtown Electric Railway Newtown, Langhorne and Bristol Trolley Street Railway Newtown and Yardley Street Railway Northampton Central Street Railway Northampton Traction Company Northern Cambria Street Railway Northern Electric Street Railway Northern Passenger Railway Norristown Passenger Railway Northumberland County Traction Company Oakdale and McDonald Street Railway Oil City, Rouseville and Franklin Railway Oil City Station Railway Olean, Rock City and Bradford Railroad Olean, Rock City and Bradford Electric Railroad Oley Valley Railway Oxford, West Grove and Avondale Street Railway Patterson Heights Street Railway Pennsylvania and Mahoning Valley Railway Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway Pennsylvania Motor Company People's Railway People's Passenger Railway People's Street Railway of Nanticoke and Newport Philadelphia, Bristol and Trenton Street Railway Philadelphia, Cheltenham and Jenkintown Passenger Railway Philadelphia and Chester Railway Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Philadelphia and Darby Railway Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway Philadelphia and Easton Railway Philadelphia and Garrettford Street Railway Philadelphia and Grays Ferry Passenger Railway Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore Street Railway Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company Philadelphia Traction Company Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company Philadelphia and Western Railroad Philadelphia and Western Railway Philadelphia and Willow Grove Street Railway Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley Railway Pittsburgh and Birmingham Traction Company Pittsburgh and Charleroi Street Railway Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Greensburg Railway Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Westmoreland Railway Pittsburgh Railways Pittsburgh Traction Company Pittston and Scranton Street Railway Plymouth and Larksville Railway Port Carbon and Middleport Electric Railway Pottstown and Northern Street Railway Pottstown Passenger Railway Pottstown and Reading Street Railway Pottsville and Reading Railway Pottsville Union Traction Company Quakertown Traction Railway Reading City Passenger Railway Reading and Southwestern Street Railway Reading and Temple Electric Railway Reading Traction Company Reading Transit and Light Company Red Lion and Windsor Street Railway Ridge Avenue Connecting Railway Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Roxborough, Chestnut Hill and Norristown Railway Schuylkill Railway Schuylkill Electric Railway Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg Street Railway Schuylkill Valley Traction Company Scranton Railway Scranton and Carbondale Traction Company Scranton, Dunmore, and Moosic Lake Railroad Scranton and Northeastern Railroad Scranton and Pittston Traction Company Scranton Traction Company Second and Third Streets Passenger Railway Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets Passenger Railway Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway Shamokin Extension Electric Railway Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company Sharon and New Castle Street Railway Sharon and Wheatland Street Railway Shingle House Railroad Slate Belt Electric Street Railway South Bethlehem and Saucon Street Railway South Side Passenger Railway South Waverly Street Railway Southwestern Street Railway Stroudsburg Passenger Railway Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway Suburban Rapid Transit Street Railway Sunbury and Northumberland Electric Railway Susquehanna Traction Company Tamaqua and Lansford Street Railway Tamaqua and Pottsville Electric Railroad Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger Railway Titusville Electric Traction Company Trappe and Limerick Electric Street Railway Trenton, New Hope and Lambertville Street Railway Tri-State Railway and Electric Company Twenty-Second Street and Allegheny Avenue Passenger Railway Union Passenger Railway Union Traction Company of Philadelphia United Traction Company United Traction Company of Pittsburgh United Traction Street Railway Vallamont Traction Company Valley Street Railway Valley Traction Company Walnut Street Connecting Passenger Railway Warren County Traction Company Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Warren Street Railway Washington and Canonsburg Railway Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City Street Railway West Chester Street Railway West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway West Fairview and Marysville Electric Street Railway West Penn Railways West Philadelphia Passenger Railway West Side Electric Street Railway Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company Westmoreland County Railway White Hill and Mechanicsburg Passenger Railway Whitehall Street Railway Wilkes-Barre Railroad Wilkes-Barre Railway Wilkes-Barre, Dallas and Harvey's Lake Railway Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railroad Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company Williamsport Passenger Railway Wissahickon Electric Passenger Railway Wrightsville and York Street Railway Yardley, Morrisville and Trenton Street Railway York and Dallastown Electric Railway York and Dover Electric Railway York Haven Street Railway York Street Railway Youngsville and Sugar Grove Street Railway Private carriers [ edit ] Birmingham Coal Company Clinton Coal Company H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad Lawrence Ore Company Leiper Railroad Mehard Coal Company Perry Lumber Company Shawnee Railroad Passenger carriers [ edit ] Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway Quakertown & Eastern Railroad Valley Forge Scenic Railroad Wawa and Concordville Railroad Not completed [ edit ] Blue Mountain Railroad Duncannon, Landisburg and Broad Top Railroad Harrisburg and Hamburg Railroad Harrisburg and South Mountain Railroad Pennsylvania Pacific Railway Philipsburg and Johnstown Railroad Pittsburgh, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad Shermans Valley and Broad Top Railroad South Mountain Railroad South Pennsylvania Railroad South Side Railroad Notes [ edit ] ^ This
4042-403: The Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln . Control of the machine was subsequently passed on to Cameron's son J. Donald Cameron , whose ineffectiveness resulted in a transfer of power to the more shrewd Matthew Quay and finally to Boies Penrose . The post-Civil War era, known as the Gilded Age , saw the continued rise of industry in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was home to some of
4136-485: The Spanish–American War . Pennsylvania was an important industrial center in World War I , and the state provided over 300,000 soldiers for the military. On May 31, 1918, the Pittsburgh Agreement was signed in Pittsburgh to declare the formation of the independent state of Czechoslovakia with future Czechoslovak president Tomáš Masaryk . In 1922, 310,000 Pennsylvania miners joined the UMW General coal strike , which lasted 163 days and shut down most coal mines within
4230-415: The United States . Pennsylvania has 51 miles (82 km) of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary . Of the original Thirteen Colonies , Pennsylvania is the only state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean . The boundaries of the state are the Mason–Dixon line (39°43' N) to the south, Twelve-Mile Circle on the Pennsylvania- Delaware border,
4324-445: The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . The university, one of nine colonial colleges , was the first college established in Pennsylvania and one of the first in the nation. Today, it is an Ivy League university, which is routinely ranked among the world's best universities. Dickinson College in Carlisle , founded by Benjamin Rush and named after John Dickinson, was the first college founded after Revolutionary War and
4418-431: The county commission and freedom of religion , which were subsequently replicated in many of the Thirteen Colonies . What had been Upland on the Pennsylvania side of the Pennsylvania-Delaware border was renamed Chester County when Pennsylvania instituted its colonial governments on March 4, 1681. Penn signed a peace treaty with Tamanend , leader of the Lenape, which began a long period of friendly relations between
4512-447: The seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, and Pittsburgh is the center of the nation's 27th-largest metropolitan areas. As of 2020, the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania is the nation's 69th-largest metropolitan area. Pennsylvania also has six additional metropolitan areas that rank among the nation's 200-most populous metropolitan areas. Philadelphia forms part of
4606-514: The 15th U.S. president and was the first president to be born in Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg , the major turning point of the American Civil War , took place near Gettysburg in July 1863. An estimated 350,000 Pennsylvanians served in the Union Army forces, including 8,600 African American military volunteers . The politics of Pennsylvania were for decades dominated by the financially conservative Republican -aligned Cameron machine , established by U.S. Senator Simon Cameron , later
4700-417: The 45th President of the United States Donald Trump occurred. Pennsylvania is 170 miles (274 km) north to south and 283 miles (455 km) east to west. Of a total 46,055 square miles (119,282 km ), 44,817 square miles (116,075 km ) are land, 490 square miles (1,269 km ) are inland waters, and 749 square miles (1,940 km ) are waters in Lake Erie . It is the 33rd-largest state in
4794-428: The 48 states. The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard served as an important naval base, and Pennsylvania produced important military leaders, including George C. Marshall , Hap Arnold , Jacob Devers , and Carl Spaatz . During the war, over a million Pennsylvanians served in the armed forces, and more Medals of Honor were awarded to Pennsylvanians than to individuals from any other state. The Three Mile Island accident
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#17328552237074888-408: The Americas began, at least two major Native American tribes inhabited Pennsylvania. The first, the Lenape , spoke an Algonquian language and inhabited the eastern region of the state, then known as Lenapehoking . It included most of present-day New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley and Delaware Valley regions in eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania. The Lenape's territory ended somewhere between
4982-420: The Blues Band from Calvert railway station . The group arrived at Gettysburg at 3 p.m. where a reception was held at "a large and recently furnished building near the depot". The Gettysburg Railroad Station contracted in the fall opened in May 1859 after the railroad had been the site of a New Oxford riot at the end of December 1858. On June 27 prior to the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg , the line at Gettysburg
5076-543: The Dutch began settling the Delmarva Peninsula by establishing the Zwaanendael Colony on the site of present-day Lewes, Delaware . In 1638, Sweden established the New Sweden Colony in the region of Fort Christina on the site of present-day Wilmington, Delaware . New Sweden claimed and, for the most part, controlled the lower Delaware River region, including parts of present-day Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, but settled few colonists there. On March 12, 1664, King Charles II of England gave James, Duke of York
5170-427: The General Assembly refused to occupy the building. In 1901, political and popular indignation prompted a second contest that was restricted to Pennsylvania architects; Joseph Miller Huston of Philadelphia was chosen to design the present Pennsylvania State Capitol that incorporated Cobb's building into a magnificent public work, finished and dedicated in 1907. James Buchanan , a Franklin County native, served as
5264-409: The Netherlands confirmed the English conquest on July 21, 1667, although there were temporary reversions. On September 12, 1672, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War , the Dutch reconquered New York Colony / New Amsterdam , establishing three County Courts, which went on to become original Counties in present-day Delaware and Pennsylvania. The one that later transferred to Pennsylvania was Upland. This
5358-440: The North, leading to the Union's preservation . Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, the state's manufacturing-based economy contributed to the development of much of the nation's early infrastructure, including key bridges, skyscrapers , and military hardware used in U.S.-led victories in World War I , World War II , and the Cold War . Pennsylvania's geography is highly diverse. The Appalachian Mountains run through
5452-1507: 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 and Potomac Railway WM 1871 1874 Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad Susquehanna and New York Railroad S&NY LV 1902 1942 Lehigh Valley Railroad Susquehanna and New York Railroad B&O 1898 1901 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Susquehanna River and Western Railroad 1903 1939 N/A Susquehanna and Southern Railroad B&O 1902 1906 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Susquehanna and Southwestern Railroad NYC 1882 1883 Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad Susquehanna and Union Bridge Company RDG 1850 1854 Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad Swatara Railroad RDG 1841 1863 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Swatara and Good Spring Railroad RDG 1840 1841 Swatara Railroad Tamaqua, Hazleton and Northern Railroad RDG 1891 1923 Reading Company Thomas Railroad LV / RDG 1906 1917 Ironton Railroad Three Rivers Railway 1992 Still exists as
5546-439: The Petun of New York, the Wyandot of Ohio, and the Tiontatecaga of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. South of the Allegheny River was a nation known as Calicua, which may have been part of the Monongahela culture . In the 17th century, the Dutch and the English each claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their colonial lands in America. The Dutch were the first to take possession. By June 3, 1631,
5640-563: The Quakers and the Indians. Additional treaties between Quakers and other tribes followed. The Treaty of Shackamaxon of William Penn was never violated. Between 1730 and when the Pennsylvania Colony was shut down by Parliament with the Currency Act in 1764, the Pennsylvania Colony made its own paper money to account for the shortage of actual gold and silver. The paper money was called Colonial Scrip . The Colony issued bills of credit, which were as good as gold or silver coins because of their legal tender status. Since they were issued by
5734-504: The United States by state or territory Pennsylvania transportation-related lists Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Incomplete transport lists Incomplete lists from October 2021 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ( / ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / PEN -sil- VAY -nee-ə , lit. ' Penn's forest country ' ), officially
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#17328552237075828-424: The center of the state; the Allegheny and Pocono mountains span much of Northeastern Pennsylvania ; close to 60% of the state is forested . While it has no ocean shoreline, it has 140 miles (225 km) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the tidal Delaware River. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the United States , with over 13 million residents as of the 2020 United States census . The state
5922-429: The city's population as of 2000. In the 20th century, as Pennsylvania's historical national and even global leadership in mining largely ceased and its steelmaking and other heavy manufacturing sectors slowed, the state sought to grow its service and other industries to replace the jobs and economic productivity lost from the downturn of these industries. Pittsburgh's concentration of universities has enabled it to be
6016-420: The development of labor unions helped them gain living wages. However, the rise of unions also led to a rise of union busting with several private police forces springing up. Pennsylvania was the location of the first documented organized strike in North America, and Pennsylvania was the location of two hugely prominent strikes, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Coal Strike of 1902 . The eight-hour day
6110-432: The earliest known signs of human activity in Pennsylvania and perhaps all of North America, including the remains of a civilization that existed over 10,000 years ago and possibly pre-dated the Clovis culture . By 1000 CE, in contrast to their nomadic hunter-gatherer ancestors , the native population of Pennsylvania had developed agricultural techniques and a mixed food economy. By the time European colonization of
6204-417: The fifth and currently the sixth-largest city after decades of being among the top three. After 1990, as information-based industries became more important in the economy, state and local governments put more resources into the old, well-established public library system. Some localities, however, used new state funding to cut local taxes. New ethnic groups, especially Hispanics and Latinos , began entering
6298-463: The first. At the time, Pennsylvania was the most ethnically and religiously diverse of the thirteen colonies. Because a third of Pennsylvania's population spoke German , the Constitution was presented in German so those citizens could participate in the discussion about it. Reverend Frederick Muhlenberg , a Lutheran minister and the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives , acted as chairman of Pennsylvania's ratifying convention. For half
6392-448: The foundation of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. Archaeologists believe the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period , though it is unclear when humans first inhabited present-day Pennsylvania. Between 10,000 and 16,000 years ago, Native Americans crossed the two continents, arriving in North America . Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Jefferson Township includes
6486-15020: The 💕 (Redirected from List of defunct Pennsylvania railroads ) The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . Common freight carriers [ edit ] Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Genesee & Wyoming Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) BD Highspire Holdings (BDHH) Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) Brandywine Valley Railroad (BVRY) Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) (Genesee & Wyoming) Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE) Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) Central New York Railroad (CNYK) Chestnut Ridge Railroad (CHR) Columbia and Reading Railway (CORY) Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRR) operates Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (PBL) CSX (CSX) Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (DL) East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC) East Penn Railroad (ESPN) ( Regional Rail, LLC ) Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad (EZR) Everett Railroad (EV) Gettysburg and Northern Railroad (GET) Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR) North Shore Railroad ) Kasgro Rail Lines (KRL) Kiski Junction Railroad (KJR) Landisville Railroad (LVR) Lehigh Railway (LRWY) Lehigh Valley Rail Management (LVRB, LVRC, LVRJ) Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS) Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) (Genesee & Wyoming) Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR) New Hope Railroad (NHRR) New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) Norfolk Southern (NS) NDC Railroad (NDC) North Shore Railroad (NSHR) Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (OCTL) Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC) Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (PN) Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR) Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM) Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (POHC) (Genesee & Wyoming) Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Line (RJCN) R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (RJCP) Shamokin Valley Railroad (SVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) SMS Rail Lines (SRL) Operates Penn Jersey Rail Lines Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP) Strasburg Railroad (SRC) Tyburn Railroad (TYBR) (Regional Rail, LLC) Union Railroad (URR) Union County Industrial Railroad (UCIR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) Upper Merion & Plymouth Railroad (UMP) Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee & Wyoming) Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) York Railway (YRC) (Genesee and Wyoming) Operates Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (Genesee & Wyoming) and Yorkrail Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad (YSRR) Private freight carriers [ edit ] Cumberland Mine Railroad Alpha Natural Resources Conshohocken Recycling and Rail Transfer, Inc (CRRT) Juniata Terminal Company (JTFS) Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway (LIT) Passenger carriers [ edit ] Pennsylvania passenger rail Legend Doylestown [REDACTED] [REDACTED] West Trenton Line to West Trenton Delaware Valley Univ. 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Tyrone [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Highland Avenue Altoona [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Marcus Hook Johnstown [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Northeast Corridor to Newark / Washington Latrobe [REDACTED] Greensburg [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Floridian to Miami Lake Shore Limited to New York / Boston [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Connellsville Erie [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pittsburgh Lake Shore Limited to Cleveland / Chicago [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Floridian to Cleveland / Chicago Services [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SEPTA Regional Rail [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Northeast Corridor [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NJ Transit Rail Operations only [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Amtrak only This diagram: view talk edit Allentown and Auburn Railroad (heritage railroad) Amtrak (AMTK) (national passenger rail) CamTran (Johnstown mass transit agency operates Johnstown Inclined Plane ) Colebrookdale Railroad (heritage railroad) Delaware Lackawanna RailRoad East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company Fayette Central Railroad (tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage) Kiski Junction Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains) Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (heritage railroad) Lehigh Lackawanna RailRoad Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains) New Hope Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains) New Jersey Transit Rail Operations ( Atlantic City Line commuter train travels from Philadelphia) Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains) Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway (heritage railroad) Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh mass transit agency that operates The T light rail ,
6580-515: The government and not a banking institution, they were interest-free, largely defraying the expense of the government and therefore taxation of the people. It also promoted general employment and prosperity, since the government used discretion and did not issue excessive amounts that inflated the currency. Benjamin Franklin had a hand in creating this currency, whose utility, he said, was never to be disputed. The currency also met with "cautious approval" by Adam Smith . In 1740, Franklin also founded
6674-433: The land be called New Wales, but there were objections to that name, so he recommended Sylvania (from the Latin silva : "forest, woods"). The King named it Pennsylvania (literally "Penn's Woods") in honor of Admiral Penn. The younger Penn was embarrassed at this name, fearing that people would think he had named it after himself, but King Charles would not rename the grant. Penn established a government with two innovations,
6768-623: The largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Heinz Company was also founded during this period. These huge companies exercised a large influence on the politics of Pennsylvania; as Henry Demarest Lloyd put it, oil baron John D. Rockefeller "had done everything with the Pennsylvania legislature except refine it". Pennsylvania created a Department of Highways and engaged in a vast program of road-building, while railroads continued to see heavy usage. The growth of industry eventually provided middle class incomes to working-class households after
6862-566: The largest steel companies in the world. Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh and Charles M. Schwab founded Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem . Other titans of industry, including John D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould , also operated in Pennsylvania. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. oil industry was born in Western Pennsylvania , which supplied
6956-417: The majority of the state, except for the southeastern corner, has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ). The southern portion of the state has a humid subtropical climate. The largest city, Philadelphia , has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ). Summers are generally hot and humid. Moving toward the mountainous interior of the state, the winter climate becomes colder,
7050-442: The north-central region with York , Carlisle , and the state capital Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River in the east-central region of the state. Altoona and Johnstown are in the state's west-central region. The state's three-most populated cities, in order of size, are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown. As of the 2020 U.S. census , Pennsylvania had a population of 13,011,844, up from 12,702,379 in 2010. Pennsylvania
7144-627: The number of cloudy days increases, and snowfall amounts are greater. Western areas of the state, particularly locations near Lake Erie , can receive over 100 inches (250 cm) of snowfall annually, and the entire state receives plentiful precipitation throughout the year. The state may be subject to severe weather from spring through summer into autumn. Tornadoes occur annually in the state, sometimes in large numbers, such as 30 recorded tornadoes in 2011; generally speaking, these tornadoes do not cause significant damage. Cities in Pennsylvania include Philadelphia , Reading , Lebanon , and Lancaster in
7238-635: The old Dauphin County Court House until December 1821 when the Federal -style Hills Capitol, named for Lancaster architect Stephen Hills , was constructed on a hilltop land grant of four acres set aside for a seat of state government in Harrisburg by the son and namesake of John Harris, Sr. , a Yorkshire native who founded a trading post and ferry on the east shore of the Susquehanna River in 1705. The Hills Capitol burned down on February 2, 1897, during
7332-429: The remainder from Africa (5%), North America (3.1%), and Oceania (0.4%). The state's largest ancestry groups, expressed as a percentage of total people who responded with a particular ancestry for the 2010 census, were German 28.5%, Irish 18.2%, Italian 12.8%, African Americans 9.6%, English 8.5%, Polish 7.2%, and French 4.2%. As of 2018, the top countries of origin for Pennsylvania's immigrants were India ,
7426-459: The southeast, Pittsburgh in the southwest, and the tri-cities of Allentown , Bethlehem , and Easton in the central east, known as the Lehigh Valley . The northeast includes the former anthracite coal mining cities of Scranton , Wilkes-Barre , Pittston , Nanticoke , and Hazleton . Erie is located in the northwest. State College is located in the central region. Williamsport is in
7520-569: The state to fill low-skill jobs in agriculture and service industries. For example, in Chester County , Mexican immigrants brought the Spanish language , increased Catholicism , high birth rates, and cuisine when they were hired as agricultural laborers; in some rural localities, they made up half or more of the population. Stateside Puerto Ricans built a large community in the state's third-largest city, Allentown , where they comprise over 40% of
7614-796: The state. In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge established the Allegheny National Forest under the authority of the Weeks Act of 1911. The forest is located in the northwest part of the state in Elk , Forest , McKean , and Warren Counties for the purposes of timber production and watershed protection in the Allegheny River basin. The Allegheny is the state's only national forest. Pennsylvania manufactured 6.6 percent of total U.S. military armaments produced during World War II , ranking sixth among
7708-578: The state." The ensuing hostilities became known as Pontiac's War . After the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, delegate John Dickinson of Philadelphia wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances . The Congress was the first meeting of the Thirteen Colonies , which convened at the request of the Massachusetts assembly; nine of the 13 colonies sent delegates. Dickinson then wrote Letters from
7802-532: The town. All 40 civilians and 4 Al-Qaeda hijackers on board were killed. The hijackers had intended to crash the plane into either the United States Capitol or The White House . After learning from family members via air phone of the earlier attacks on the World Trade Center , however, Flight 93's passengers revolted against the hijackers and fought for control of the plane, causing it to crash. It
7896-524: The unification of the states. Established in 1773, it was ratified on September 9, 1783, five days after the Treaty of Paris . James Smith wrote that in 1763, "the Indians again commenced hostilities, and were busily engaged in killing and scalping the frontier inhabitants in various parts of Pennsylvania. This state was then a Quaker government, and at the first of this war the frontiers received no assistance from
7990-565: The vast majority of kerosene for years thereafter. As the Pennsylvania oil rush developed, Pennsylvania's oil boom towns, such as Titusville , rose and later fell. Coal mining, primarily in the state's Coal Region in the northeast region of the state, also was a major industry for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1903, Milton S. Hershey began construction on a chocolate factory in Hershey, Pennsylvania ; The Hershey Company grew to become
8084-679: Was disabled when the nearby Rock Creek bridge was demolished by Confederate forces. On November 18, 1863, President Lincoln used the line to attend the consecration of the Soldiers' National Cemetery where he delivered the Gettysburg Address . The Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway purchased the Gettysburg Railroad on January 20, 1871. That company was consolidated with the Hanover Branch Railroad in 1874 to create
8178-550: Was eventually adopted, and the coal and iron police were banned. At the beginning of the 20th century, Pennsylvania's economy centered on steel production, logging , coal mining , textile production, and other forms of industrial manufacturing . A surge in immigration to the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries provided a steady flow of cheap labor for these industries, which often employed children and people who could not speak English from Southern and Eastern Europe . Thousands of Pennsylvanians volunteered during
8272-699: Was known for its relatively peaceful relations with native tribes, innovative government system , and religious pluralism . Pennsylvania played a vital and historic role in the American Revolution and the ultimately successful quest for independence from the British Empire , hosting the First and Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia , which formed the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and unanimously adopted
8366-737: Was not yet in British possession, but the sale boxed in the portion of New Netherland on the West side of the Delaware River. The British conquest of New Netherland began on August 29, 1664, when New Amsterdam was coerced to surrender while facing cannons on British ships in New York Harbor . The conquest was completed in October 1664, when the British captured Fort Casimir in what today is New Castle, Delaware . The Treaty of Breda between England, France, and
8460-527: Was once again chosen to be cradle to the new nation. The Constitution was drafted and signed at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, now known as Independence Hall , the same building where the Declaration of Independence was previously adopted and signed in 1776. On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution , five days after Delaware became
8554-540: Was partially reversed on February 9, 1674, when the Treaty of Westminster ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War and reverted all political situations to the status quo ante bellum . The British retained the Dutch Counties with their Dutch names. By June 11, 1674, New York reasserted control over the outlying colonies, including Upland, and the names started to be changed to British names by November 11, 1674. Upland
8648-439: Was partitioned on November 12, 1674, producing the general outline of the current border between Pennsylvania and Delaware. On February 28, 1681, Charles II granted a land charter to Quaker leader William Penn to repay a debt of £16,000 (around £2,100,000 in 2008, adjusting for retail inflation) owed to William's father. The transaction represents one of the largest land grants to an individual in history. Penn proposed that
8742-497: Was the most significant nuclear accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The state was hard-hit by the decline and restructuring of the steel industry and other heavy industries during the late 20th century. With job losses came heavy population losses, especially in the state's largest cities. Pittsburgh lost its place among the top ten most populous cities in the United States by 1950, and Philadelphia dropped to
8836-643: Was the only one of the four aircraft hijacked that day that never reached its intended target and the heroism of the passengers has been commemorated. Since 2003, the Tekko anime convention has been held annually in Pittsburgh. In October 2018, the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation , a conservative Jewish synagogue, experienced the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , which resulted in 11 fatalities. On July 13, 2024, near Butler, Pennsylvania , an assassination attempt on
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