List of Pennsylvania Railroad predecessor railroads

The following railroads merged to form the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). On February 1, 1968, the PRR merged into Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation.

The following PRR-owned and leased companies were still separate at the time of the Penn Central merger:

• Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
• • The Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway was conveyed to the Baltimore and Eastern Railroad May 1, 1928.
• Connecting Railway
  • The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad merged into the Connecting Railway December 9, 1956.
    • The Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway, , , Pennsylvania-Detroit Railroad and merged into the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad December 10, 1925.
      • • Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad consolidated with the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway to form the Cleveland, Akron & Cincinnati Railway July 1, 1911.
• Delaware Railroad
• Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad
• Little Miami Railroad
  • The merged into the Little Miami Railroad December 27, 1943.
  • The Columbus and Xenia Railroad merged into the Little Miami Railroad December 1, 1943.
• Northern Central Railway
  • The Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad merged into the Northern Central Railway January 31, 1956.
• Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
• Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
  • The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad were consolidated to form the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad November 1, 1902
  • The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad was purchased by PRR in about 1877 (Pennsylvania portion) and 1890 (Maryland portion). The line was assigned to the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad May 12, 1893 and formally merged September 15, 1916.
    • The Washington and Maryland Line Railroad, later called the Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad, was merged into the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad September 27, 1864.
  • The Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad September 15, 1916.
  • merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad January 3rd, 1919.
  • The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad April 2, 1956.
    • The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, , , and Vandalia Railroad merged into the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad January 1, 1917.
    • merged into the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad June 9, 1927.
  • The Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad January 31, 1956.
• Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
• Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
• Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
• Union Railroad of Baltimore
• United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
  • The Belvidere Delaware Railroad, Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad and merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company January 1, 1958.
  • The merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company February 29, 1956.
  • The merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company December 31, 1954.
  • The Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad was dissolved and its assets were sold to the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company April 21, 1915.
• West Jersey and Seashore Railroad

Also existing was the , incorporated in Delaware November 20, 1953, to absorb railroad subsidiaries.

• The merged into the Penndel Company December 1, 1969.
• The Elmira and Williamsport Railroad merged into the Penndel Company July 1, 1969.
• The , , Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad and New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N) merged into the Penndel Company January 1, 1958.
  • The merged into the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N) January 1, 1918.
• The merged into the Penndel Company February 1, 1957.
• The merged into the Penndel Company August 31, 1956.
• The , , Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway, and merged into the Penndel Company December 31, 1954.
  • The merged into the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad January 29, 1932.
• The , , Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway, , , , , , , and merged into the Penndel Company December 31, 1953.
• The assets of the were sold to the Penndel Company December 30, 1953.

Dissolved companies[]

• The was dissolved September 29, 1905.
• The was dissolved October 2, 1908.
• The Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was dissolved April 24, 1918.
• The Traverse City Railroad was dissolved May 28, 1918.
• Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway was dissolved May 7, 1923.
• The was dissolved April 27, 1925.
• The was dissolved October 8, 1925.
• The was dissolved August 16, 1926.
• The was dissolved October 31, 1926.
• The Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway was dissolved December 21, 1926.
• The and were dissolved June 3, 1927.
• The was dissolved June 8, 1927.
• The was dissolved June 10, 1931.
• The was dissolved September 24, 1931.
• The was dissolved May 17, 1932.
• The Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad was dissolved July 12, 1932.
• The was dissolved August 22, 1932.
• The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad was dissolved October 7, 1932.
• The was dissolved October 25, 1932.
• The was dissolved December 17, 1932.
• The was dissolved March 15, 1935.
• The was dissolved June 24, 1937.
• The was dissolved December 21, 1956.

References[]

• PRR Chronology
• PRR Corporate History
• Roberts, C. and Messer, D. (2003). Triumph VI, Baltimore: Barnard, Roberts. ISBN 0-934118-28-0