List of Pennsylvania railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

  • Allentown & Auburn Railroad (heritage railroad)
  • Amtrak (AMTK) (national passenger rail)
  • CamTran (Johnstown mass transit agency operates Johnstown Inclined Plane)
  • Colebrookdale Railroad (heritage railroad)
  • East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
  • (tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage)
  • Kiski Junction Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains)
  • Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (heritage 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)
  • (heritage railroad)
  • Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh mass transit agency that operates The T light rail, the Monongahela Incline, and the Duquesne Incline)
  • Port Authority Transit Corporation (Bi-state authority operates Philadelphia-Camden County subway line)
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (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[]

Defunct railroads[]

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Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
B&O 1887 1898 Susquehanna and New York Railroad
B&O 1882 1887
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 a nonoperating subsidiary of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
1898 1907 N/A
Allegheny and South Side Railway AYSS 1892
Allegheny Southern Railway ASRW 1982 1985 Everett Railroad
1899
Allegheny Valley Railroad PRR 1852 1891
PRR 1892 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad
B&O 1896 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
Allentown Railroad RDG 1853 1945 Reading Company
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
ATRW 1983 1989 Blue Mountain and Reading 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
D&H 1868 1871
WM 1878 1917 Western Maryland Railway
WM 1880 Still exists as 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
WM 1888 1917 Western Maryland Railway
WM 1888 1917 Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad 1891 1894
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1876 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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
DL&W 1880 1880 Bangor and Portland Railway
Bangor and Portland Railway DL&W 1879 1909 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
LV 1891 1902 Susquehanna and New York Railroad
LV 1862 1891
LV 1854 1862
1892
B&LE 1865 1867
PLE 1890 1916 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company LV 1830 1864 Lehigh Valley Railroad
CNJ 1894 N/A
PLE/ PRR 1899 1941 , Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Bedford Railroad 1859 1864 Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company
PRR 1893 1894
PRR 1868 1891
PRR 1891 1911
PRR 1902 1911
Beech Creek Railroad NYC 1886 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad NYC 1883 1886 Beech Creek 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
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
1903
Belvidere Delaware Railroad PRR 1896 1958 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
RDG 1864 1866
RDG 1871 1874 Reading and Lehigh Railroad
B&O 1879 1912
Berlin Branch Railroad 1876 1903 East Berlin Railway
LNE 1861 1864
B&O 1881 1883
B&O 1881 1911 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
LV 1902 1902 Susquehanna and New York Railroad
Blacklick and Yellow Creek Railroad 1904 1911 Cambria and Indiana Railroad
MGA 1917 1917
1902
Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad BBS RDG 1883 1928 Reading Company
Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad BMRG 1983 1995 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad
PRR 1911 1932 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
PRR 1881 1911
1880 1892
1892 1903
1880 1892
Bradford and Foster Brook Railway 1877 1879 N/A
BR 1993 2004 Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
B&O 1881 1881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
1891
B&O 1896 1913
BITY 1992 1997 Penn Eastern Rail Lines
Brock Railroad 1903
ERIE 1886 1940
B&O 1882 1891 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
PRR 1894 1894
1896
Brookville and Mahoning Railroad PS&N 1903 1909 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
1892 N/A
PRR 1875 1880 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
B&O 1876 1882
PRR 1893 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
Bruce and Clairton Railroad P&WV 1901 1902 West Side Belt Railroad
ERIE 1856 1859 Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad
1904 1931 N/A Operated by
Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad ERIE 1859 1941 Erie Railroad
PRR 1879 1880
PRR 1867 1872
Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway NKP 1881 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
DL&W 1856 1860
Buffalo and Erie Railroad NYC 1867 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
PRR 1883 1887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania
PRR 1871 1883
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad PRR 1881 1883
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway BR&P B&O 1887 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad 1882 1891 Bellefonte Central Railroad
PS&N 1895 1897
PS&N 1897 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad B&S B&O 1891 1954 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1907 1910 N/A Leased the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
B&O 1868 1879
PRR 1866 1871
Bustleton Railroad PRR 1891 1902 Connecting Railway
Bustleton and Eastern Railroad PRR 1893 1893 Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad
B&LE 1896 1897 Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
PRR 1867 1869
PRR 1887 1903
PRR 1903 1913 Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambria County Railroad NYC 1896 1898 Beech Creek Railroad
Cambria and Indiana Railroad CI 1911 1994 N/A
1894
NYC 1900 1901
PLE 1894 1894
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
PRR 1893 1902 Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad
NYC 1868 1909
1890
PRR 1853 1859
DL&W 1881 1882 Bangor and Portland Railway
PRR 1867 1907 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
PRR 1881 1899
PLE/ PRR 1880 1881
MGA 1906 1929 Monongahela Railway
PRR 1853 1866
B&O 1902 1907
B&O 1911 1965 N/A
B&O 1896 1907
1884 1894
B&O 1893 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna 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
RDG 1871 1923 Reading Company
RDG 1850 1888
CHTS 1996 1997 Penn Eastern Rail Lines
Chestnut Hill Railroad RDG 1848 1948 Reading Company
1898 1902
CHR 1902 2003 Owned by New Jersey Zinc and successors from 1907
CHH 1901 1972 N/A Formerly owned by Duquesne Light
1904 1904
1889 1948 N/A
1900 1901
1901 1903
PRR 1885 1889 Bell's Gap Railroad
B&O 1892 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines
NYC 1898 1905
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad NYC 1854 1868 Lake Shore Railway
PRR 1850 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
1889
PRR 1881 1886 Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad
RDG 1865 1945 Reading Company
PRR 1852 1864
PRR 1837 1852
PRR 1864 1871 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1835 1837
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
ERIE 1905 1941 Erie Railroad
CBL 1923
NYC 1870 1870
B&O 1890 1941 N/A
B&O 1889 1890
Connecting Railway PRR 1863 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
NYC 1870 1871
MGA 1902 1905
MGA 1905 N/A
WM 1910 1917 Western Maryland Railway
B&LE 1881 1882
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
DL&W 1860 1865
NYC 1873 1892
CWL RDG 1870 1968 Reading Company
Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad C&L PRR 1882 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad
RDG 1883 1886
PRR 1879 1879
1889 1895 Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad
Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad CPA 1882 1970 N/A Owned by Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad
B&O 1892 1894 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
NYC 1869 1874
LNE 1905 1914 Lehigh and New England Railroad
PRR 1891 1891
PRR 1882 1894
PRR 1894 1903
PRR 1864 1867
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
NYC 1903 1905
1898 1902 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad PRR 1867 1878
Danville and Pottsville Railroad PRR 1826 1851
PLE/ PRR 1852 1855 ,
RDG 1838 1859
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
PRR 1896 1954
Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad 1868 1893 N/A
DR&U 1902 1941 N/A Owned by Sunoco
Delaware and Slatington Railroad LNE 1881 1882 Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England 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
1898 1899 Delaware Valley Railroad
Delaware Western Railroad B&O 1877 1883 Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
1903 N/A
PRR 1871 1906 Cumberland Valley Railroad
Doe Run and White Clay Creek Railroad PRR 1868 1870 Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad
DSO 1902 N/A
PRR 1888 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad NYC 1873 1914 New York Central Railroad
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
PRR 1854 1860
PRR 1860 1888
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company 1856 1956 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad
RDG 1854 1951 Reading Company
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
1899
1901 1925 Monongahela Connecting Railroad
LV 1889 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
CNJ 1914 1944 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
PRR 1893 1903
PRR 1859 1891
PRR 1899 1918 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
1898 1913
1913 1913
B&O 1868 1871
PLE 1892 1911
B&O 1890 1912 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
PLE 1899 1899
Elmira and Williamsport Railroad PRR 1860 1969
B&O 1875 1877
B&O 1877 1881
PS&N 1895 1897
1891
Engelside Railroad PRR 1892 1902 Connecting Railway
Enterprise Railroad RDG 1865 1870
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
NYC 1849 1854 Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Built by the Franklin Canal Company
Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1858 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
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
B&LE 1891 1893 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad
ERIE 1882 1941 Erie Railroad
ERIE 1906 1933 N/A
1896 1961 N/A
Fair Hill Railroad PRR 1892 1902 Connecting Railway
B&O 1893 1989 CSX Transportation
NYC 1892 1909
1889 1897
PRR 1862 1868 Warren and Franklin Railway
B&O 1857 1912
O&W 1889 1889
B&O 1879 1881
B&O 1877 1881
Frankford Creek Railroad PRR 1890 1891 Kensington and Tacony Railroad
Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad PRR 1863 1890 Bustleton Railroad
PRR 1859 1865 Cumberland Valley Railroad
PRR 1832 1850
Franklin Canal Company NYC 1849 1854 Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
NYC 1902 1909
B&O 1913 1940 N/A
Gaines and State Line Railroad PRR 1875 1876
B&O 1898 1901 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
1882 1884
NYC 1909 1914 New York Central Railroad
PRR 1876 1879
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
PRR 1892 1893 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
1893
B&O 1896 1912
Good Spring Railroad RDG 1863 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad
ERIE 1887 1936
LV 1903 1903 Susquehanna and New York Railroad
1892 N/A
1874 1892
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
RDG 1876 1881
DL&W 1894 1909 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
PRR 1873 1897 York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad PRR 1835 1917 Pennsylvania Railroad
RDG 1871 1890
RDG 1890 1890
RDG 1889 1890
Hazleton Railroad LV 1865 1868 Lehigh Valley Railroad
LV 1836 1865 Hazleton Railroad
Hempfield Railroad B&O 1850 1871 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
1887 1938 N/A
1905
PRR 1911 1914 Pennsylvania Railroad
NYC 1902 1913
D&H 1864 1867
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
B&O 1902 1972 N/A
Ironton Railroad IRN LV/ RDG 1859 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
ISSR 1993
NYC 1883 1909
Jamestown and Franklin Railroad NYC 1862 1909
NYC 1909 1915 New York Central Railroad
LV 1854 1856
ERIE 1851 1941 Erie Railroad
B&O 1894 1898
1904
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway NYC 1870 1884 Pine Creek Railway
PRR 1887 1928 Pennsylvania Railroad
B&O 1887 1888
B&O 1888 1907 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad JKWI 1982 1985 Allegheny Railroad
J&SC, JSC 1888 1983 N/A
ERIE 1887 1894
Junction Railroad PRR 1860 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad
NYC 1870 1871 Jamestown and Franklin Railroad
Juniata and Southern Railroad 1913 1917 N/A
1899 1931 N/A Operated by
1895 1946 N/A
B&O 1873 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
1899 1931 N/A Operated by
1877 1893 N/A Operated by Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Kensington and Tacony Railroad PRR 1884 1902 Connecting Railway
PS&N 1900 1947 N/A
1892 1893
1901
1893
DL&W 1865 1865 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
PRR 1911 1911 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
PRR 1881 1911
1890 1936 N/A Operated by
1897
PRR 1889 1911
1892 1940 N/A
1905
Knox and Kane Railroad KKRR 1982 2006 N/A
B&O 1898 1931
Lackawanna Railway LRWY 1991 1993 Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad
Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad DL&W 1852 1873 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 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
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
1906 Never operated revenue service.
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
PRR 1904 1915 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1871 1904
1853 1871 Ligonier Valley Railroad
PRR 1865 1887
PRR 1864 1865
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
1899
LNE 1904 1904 Lehigh and New England Railroad
CNJ 1857 1867 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway L&HR, LHR 1889 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
LNE 1864 1904
LV 1857 1868 Lehigh Valley Railroad
LV 1856 1857
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
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
PRR 1854 1892
RDG 1854 1864 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Lorberry Creek Railroad RDG 1843 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad
NYC 1894 1895
LV 1884 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
PRR 1830 1956
RDG 1860 1870
RDG 1850 1856
RDG 1870 1871 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
RDG 1868 1870
NYC 1963 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
PLE 1894 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
B&O 1890 1967 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Main Line of Public Works PRR 1828 1857 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1894 1894
RDG 1870 1873 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
1891
1880 1890 Pennsylvania Company
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 a nonoperating subsidiary of the York Railway
MGA 1899 1905
Mauch Chunk Railroad 1826 1872 Continued as a tourist railroad
PRR 1874 1911 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
1899 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
PLE 1886 1890 Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad
PRR 1888 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
1896
MCLR 1985 N/A
PLE/ PRR 1881 1881
1897 1931 N/A Operated by
PRR 1903 1907
Meadville Railroad ERIE 1857 1858 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
B&LE 1880 1884
B&LE 1891 1948 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
B&LE 1884 1891
B&O 1886 1905
1900
MERW 1978 1980 Consolidated Rail Corporation
PRR 1865 1870 Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad
Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad RDG 1888 1923 Reading Company
1910
MDLR 1983 2003
PRR 1900 1909 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
PRR 1860 1896 Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad
PRR 1865 1865
Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company RDG 1828 1950 Reading Company
PS&N 1899 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
PRR 1899 1903
PRR 1886 1887
PRR 1885 1887
Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad RDG 1829 1951 Reading Company
RDG 1870 1871
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
MGA 1912 1933 Monongahela Railway
PRR 1892 1894 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
1897 1937 Union Railroad
Monongahela Valley Railroad PRR 1867 1870 Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
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
ERIE 1887 1941 Erie Railroad
M&W MGA 1917 1923
Moshannon Railroad PRR 1863 1881 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad
PRR 1880 1884
RDG 1907 1952 N/A
RDG 1891 1906
Mount Carbon Railroad RDG 1829 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
RDG 1842 1949 Reading Company
RDG 1853 1862 Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad
PS&N 1897 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
B&O 1889 1942 N/A
PS&N 1892 1897
1889
B&O 1870 1912
1881
MNL 1991 1996 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
Muncy Creek Railway 1864 1882 Williamsport and North Branch Railroad
CNJ 1860 1867 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
DL&W 1899 1899 Bangor and Portland Railway
PRR 1886 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad
Nesquehoning Valley Railroad CNJ 1861 1963 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
1904 1916 N/A
PRR 1881 1887
PRR 1862 1906
1881
PRR 1856 1857
PRR 1864 1881
PRR 1881 1882
1882 1882
ERIE 1883 1887
ERIE 1887 1900 Sharon Railway
1892 1955 N/A
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
DL&W 1880 1945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad ERIE 1878 1895 Erie Railroad
ERIE 1881 1941 Erie Railroad
B&O 1883 1898
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 the Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad
PLE/ PRR 1881 1885
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
PRR 1853 1856
Nittany Valley Railroad 1887 1914 N/A
1882 1882 Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
RDG 1854 1865
RDG 1852 1854
RDG 1879 1923 Reading Company
RDG 1901 1923 Reading Company
RDG 1835 1850
1893
MTR 1879 1879 Montour Railroad
RDG 1850 1870
North Pennsylvania Railroad RDG 1853 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
North Shore Railroad 1908
1898 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
MTR 1912 1913 Montour Railroad
PRR 1871 1881
PRR 1881 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad
LNE 1901 1903 Lehigh and New England Railroad
NB 1902 1979 N/A
RDG 1870 1945 Reading Company
Northern Central Railway PRR 1854 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
D&H 1864
1896
RDG 1829 1871 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
1867 1873 Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad
B&O 1900 1901 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
North Western Railroad PRR 1853 1859 Western Pennsylvania Railroad
DL&W 1856 1856
Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway PRR 1895 1895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Nypano Railroad ERIE 1896 1941 Erie Railroad
Octoraro Railroad OCTR 2003 2004 East Penn Railways
Octoraro Railway OCTR 1977 1994 Delaware Valley Railway
B&O 1873 1912
PRR 1886 1954
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
1908 1908 North Shore Railroad
B&LE 1881 1886
PRR 1882 1882
Oil Creek Railroad PRR 1860 1868 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway
Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway PRR 1868 1875
NYC 1870 1871
PRR 1865 1866
PRR 1877 1911
1892 1896 New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
1901
1902
O&W 1889 1957 N/A
PRR 1892 1893
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
PVAL 1983 1990
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
1899 1929 N/A Owned by the American Bridge Company
Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Penn Eastern Rail Lines PRL 1997 2007 East Penn Railroad
PJRL 1997 2002 SMS Rail Service, Inc.
LV 1857 1864 Lehigh Valley Railroad
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
PRR 1894 1902
ERIE 1881 1881 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
PRR 1902 1915 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1894 1896
LV 1865 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
1911 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad
PRR 1889 1903
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
1910 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad
PRR 1889 1893
1901
RDG 1849 1851
RDG 1865 1945 Reading Company
1887 1903
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
PBNE 1910 2003 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
PRR 1872 1885
RDG 1888 1945 Reading Company
PRR 1871 1872
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
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
RDG 1890 1923 Reading Company
PRR 1885 1890 Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad
RDG 1860 1872
RDG 1872 1873 Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad
RDG 1892 1892 Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad
Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad RDG 1873 1945 Reading Company
B&O 1886 1886
PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
NYC 1893 1895
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
PRR 1851 1858
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
PRR 1865 1867
Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad 1909 1910 Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad
PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
PRR 1882 1883 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
Pickering Valley Railroad RDG 1869 1948 Reading Company
Pine Creek Railway NYC 1884 1909
Pine Grove and Lebanon Railroad RDG 1868 1871 Lebanon and Tremont Railroad
PRR 1906 1912
B&O 1879 1879 Pittsburgh Southern Railway
1899 1899 Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks 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
B&O 1881 1883 Pittsburgh and Western 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
PCY PLE/ PRR 1881 1996 Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
B&O, PLE/ PRR 1878 1881 , 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
1912 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad
B&O 1882 1915 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
B&O 1837 1912
B&O 1881 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
NYC 1894 1905
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
B&O 1881 1943 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
PRR 1837 1852 Allegheny Valley Railroad
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad PLE PLE 1875 1992 Three Rivers Railway
PL&W, PLW PLE/ PRR 1902 1945 Youngstown and Southern Railway
PLE/ PRR 1896 1902
B&O 1880 1881
Pittsburgh and Mansfield Railroad P&WV 1893 1901 Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad
PLE/ PRR 1886 1896
Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad PLE 1881 1965 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
MTR 1891 1913 Montour Railroad
PRR 1857 1861
B&O 1877 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
1916
1881
1916
B&O 1875 1877
P&OV, POV 1899 1993 Three Rivers Railway
Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad PS, PSR PS&N 1909 Still exists as 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
1903 1912
Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad 1910 1931 N/A
PRR 1876 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway PRR 1870 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad
[2]
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad 1967 Still exists as 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
PRR 1887 1906
PRR 1906 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1880 1882
B&O 1905 1907 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
PL&W Railroad PLW 1993 1995 Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
RDG 1836 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
D&H 1859 1873
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
RDG 1860 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
1901
PRR 1832 1835 Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad
Potato Creek Railroad 1907 1927 N/A
PRR 1883 1886 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
LV 1882 1887
Quakake Railroad LV 1857 1862 Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad
1916 1937 N/A
1911 1916
1896 1911
1901
Railroad Ventures, Inc. 1996 2001
Reading Company RDG RDG 1924 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
RDG 1900 1923 Reading Company
RDG 1859 1945 Reading Company
Reading and Lehigh Railroad RDG 1875 1879
Reading and Lehigh Railroad RDG 1856 1857 East Pennsylvania Railroad
RDG 1882 1930 N/A
PRR 1884 1885 Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
RBKX 1990 1996 Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
B&O 1881 1882 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
MGA 1902 N/A
PRR 1865 1867 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway
1883 1934 N/A
PRR 1882 1911 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1876 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad
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
B&O 1907 1911
1907 1913 East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
1902
RDG 1888 1923 Reading Company
B&O 1900 1925
1901 1937 Union Railroad
1904
PS&N 1893 1897
PRR 1880 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
B&O 1875 1912
B&O 1871 1875
PRR 1897 1902
Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Company RDG 1828 1829 Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company
RDG 1862 1863 Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad
Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad PRR 1900 1902 Pennsylvania Railroad
RDG 1880 1923 Reading Company
LV 1886 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
B&O 1883
RDG 1859 1872 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
RDG 1828 1829
RDG 1829 1950 Reading Company
1901
Scotland and Mont Alto Railroad PRR 1864 1871 Mont Alto Railroad
1897
MGA 1923 1933 Monongahela Railway
O&W 1886 1889
1897
1884 1913 East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
RDG 1882 1923 Reading Company
RDG 1868 1870
PRR 1858 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Sharon Railway ERIE 1873 1953 Erie Railroad
1901 1904 New York and Pennsylvania Railway
PRR 1876 1931 Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
PRR 1866 1876
ERIE 1870 1875 Sharon Railway
PS&N 1900 1905 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
1884 1894
S&T 1900 1943 N/A
B&LE 1867 1888 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad
PLE/ PRR 1902 1902
NYC 1886 1963
PRR 1865 1866
B&O 1885 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
1892
Slate Ridge and Delta Railway 1879 1888 Maryland Central Railway
1884
LNE 1886 1891 Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
1899 1931 N/A Operated by
PS&N 1895 1899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
B&O 1899 1915
PRR 1894 1894
Somerset and Cambria Railroad B&O 1879 1912
WM 1915 1950 Western Maryland Railway
B&O 1868 1879 Somerset and Cambria Railroad
PRR 1891 1906 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
South Easton and Phillipsburg Railroad 1899 1912 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
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
PRR 1869 1872
PRR 1873 1954
Southwark Railroad PRR 1831 1877 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
PRR 1897 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1871 1906 Pennsylvania Railroad
B&O 1905 1907 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
1871 1890
1869 1871
1902 1904
B&O 1890 1895 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
B&O 1884 1893
LV 1874 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
NYC 1887 1963
Stewartstown Railroad STRT 1884 1992 Continued as a tourist railroad
Stony Creek Railroad RDG 1868 1945 Reading Company
LV 1865 1874
1846 1897
Sunbury and Erie Railroad PRR 1837 1861 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
PRR 1878 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad
Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad PRR 1870 1900 Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad
B&O 1891 1893 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
PRR 1851 1854 Northern Central Railway
Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad PRR 1902 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad
1891
PRR/NYC 1879 1901 Sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1901
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
1903 1939 N/A
B&O 1902 1906 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
Susquehanna and Southwestern Railroad NYC 1882 1883 Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad
RDG 1850 1854
RDG 1841 1863 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
RDG 1840 1841
RDG 1891 1923 Reading Company
Thomas Railroad LV/ RDG 1906 1917 Ironton Railroad
Three Rivers Railway 1992 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
1892
Tioga Railroad ERIE 1850 1941 Erie Railroad
ERIE 1828 1852 Tioga Railroad
1879 1894
1894 1941 N/A
1892 1911
1893 1901
PRR 1885 1927 N/A
PRR 1878 1881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
PRR 1870 1878
LV 1853 1854
PRR 1889 1902 Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton Delaware Bridge Company PRR 1835 1903 N/A
CNJ 1870 1963 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
RDG 1861 1867
RDG 1856 1860
RDG 1850 1854
RDG 1854 1856
PRR 1892 1893
PRR 1886 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad
Tuscarora Valley Railroad 1891 1934 N/A
TYC B&O/ PRR 1899 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
PRR 1854 1866 Pennsylvania Railroad,
PRR 1867 1903
Tyrone and Lock Haven Railroad PRR 1857 1861 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad
Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania RDG 1826 1866 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
D&H 1864 1868
PRR 1866 1871 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway
PRR 1879 1879
PRR 1868 1877
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company PRR 1958 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
UNI 1915 1990 N/A
1871 1882
1882 1936 N/A
1893 1936 N/A
1898
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway P&WV 1904 1916 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
PLE/ PRR 1886 1886
1885 1894
1882 1885
Warren and Franklin Railway PRR 1864 1868 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway
Warren and Tidioute Railroad PRR 1861 1864 Warren and Franklin Railway
NYC 1871 1873 Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
B&O 1879 1879 Pittsburgh Southern Railway
P&WV 1900 1901 Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad
WM 1898 1899
WM 1899 Owned by the Reading Company and leased to the Western Maryland Railway; still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation, owned by
Washington and Maryland Line Railroad PRR 1857 1860 Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad
Washington Run Railroad WRN 1895 1931 N/A
ERIE 1880 1881 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
WAS MGA 1966 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Waynesburg and Washington Railroad WAW PRR 1875 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
NYC 1867 1873
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad WAG 1954 1979 N/A
NYC 1898 1901
West Chester Railroad PRR 1831 1903 Pennsylvania Railroad
West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad PRR 1848 1881 Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad
ERIE 1897 1941 Erie Railroad
B&LE 1882 1889
LV 1925
RDG 1860 1873 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
West Side Belt Railroad WSB P&WV 1895 1928 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
ERIE 1941 Nypano 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
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
PRR 1900 1907
Westinghouse Inter-Works Railway 1902 1962
1906
Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad B&O 1872
ERIE 1870 1881
WBC D&H/ PRR 1912
Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad ERIE 1892 1941
LV 1885 1904
PRR 1859 1867 Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad
CNJ 1851 1860
CNJ 1886 1963 Central Railroad of New Jersey
PRR 1886 1893
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
RDG 1866 1876 Wilmington and Northern Railroad
Wilmington and Western Railroad B&O 1869 1877 Delaware Western Railroad
LNE 1880 1904 Lehigh and New England Railroad
1900 1979 N/A
PRR 1836 1837
PRR 1835 1837
PRR 1837 1870 Pennsylvania 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
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
1894 1901 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
1913
B&O 1906 1906
PLE 1881 1945 N/A
1893
PRR 1887 1887
Youngstown and Southern Railway YS PLE/ PRR 1945 1996 Railroad Ventures, Inc.
RDG 1867 1870

Electric[]

Private carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

  • Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad
  • Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
  • Wawa and Concordville Railroad

Not completed[]

  • 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
  • Shermans Valley and Broad Top Railroad
  • South Mountain Railroad
  • South Pennsylvania Railroad

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition - Google Boeken. 1874. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

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