The following
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s operate in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
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.
Common freight carriers
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Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
The Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad is a six-mile short line railroad in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, controlled by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. through its ownership of the Ohio Central Railroad System. It lies between CSX Transportat ...
(AOR)
Genesee & Wyoming
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and formerly Australia. It operates ...
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Allegheny Valley Railroad
The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Carload Express, Inc.
AVR acts as a feeder line connecting its many and varied customers to Class I railroads such as ...
(AVR)
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Allentown & Auburn Railroad (ALLN)
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BD Highspire Holdings (BDHH)
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Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
The Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company also known as Delaware River Railroad is a class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary line was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, w ...
(BDRV)
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Brandywine Valley Railroad
The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania.
It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the neighboring town of Modena. It was acquired, with t ...
(BVRY)
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Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania.
The BPRR is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, conne ...
(BPRR) (Genesee & Wyoming)
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Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
(CN) through subsidiary
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (BLE)
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CP) through subsidiary
Delaware & Hudson Railway (DH)
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Central New York Railroad
The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along ex- Southern Tier Line trackage (ex-Erie Railroad/ Erie Lackawanna Railway mainline trackage) in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line ...
(CNYK)
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Chestnut Ridge Railroad (CHR)
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Columbia and Reading Railway (CORY)
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Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX), an American railroad company. It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Area ...
(CRR)
**operates
Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad
The Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad owns a long railroad line running along the Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created in 1889 to allow any Philadelphia railroad to access the waterfront. The railroad, which does ...
(PBL)
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CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
(CSX)
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Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad
The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area.
DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, La ...
(DL)
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East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC)
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East Penn Railroad
East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Read ...
(ESPN) (
Regional Rail, LLC
Regional Rail, LLC is a company operating short-line railroads in Delaware, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. It operates 6 railroads: East Penn Railroad, Florida Central Railroad, Florida Midland Railroad, Florida Northern Railroad, Middlet ...
)
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Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad (EZR)
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Everett Railroad
The Everett Railroad is a shortline and heritage railroad that operates on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and ...
(EV)
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Gettysburg & Northern Railroad (GET)
* Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR) North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)
The North Shore Railroad is a short line railroad that operates of track in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The line runs generally northeast between Northumberland (in Northumbe ...
)
* Kasgro Rail Lines (KRL)
*Kiski Junction Railroad
The Kiski Junction Railroad was a short-line railroad that operated in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad was based in the small community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows ...
(KJR)
* Landisville Railroad (LVR)
*Lehigh Railway
The Lehigh Railway is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens, just south of Sayre. It operates a ...
(LRWY)
* Lehigh Valley Rail Management (LVRB, LVRC, LVRJ)
* Luzerne & Susquehanna Railway (LS)
*Lycoming Valley Railroad
The Lycoming Valley Railroad is a short line that operates of track in Lycoming and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.
The line runs generally west between Muncy (in ...
(LVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
*Maryland Midland Railway
The Maryland Midland Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating approximately 63 miles of track in central Maryland. It was originally headquartered in the former Western Maryland Railway station in Union Bridge, Maryland: it has sinc ...
(MMID) (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH)
*New Castle Industrial Railroad
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(NCIR)
*New Hope Railroad
The New Hope Railroad , formerly and colloquially known as the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, is a shortline and heritage railroad located in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Today, the railroad operates both steam and diesel powered locomotives and is ...
(NHRR)
* New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW)
* Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
*Norfolk Southern
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway (U.S.), Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the ...
(NS)
* NDC Railroad (NDC)
* North Shore Railroad (NSHR)
*Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad
The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Oil Creek and Titusville Lines is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as ...
(OCTL)
* Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC)
*Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad
The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad is a short-line railroad operating on trackage mostly in Bucks and Montgomery counties to the north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created in 2011, taking over former operations from CSX Transporta ...
(PN)
*Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad
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(PSWR)
* Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM)
* Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad (POHC) (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN)
* R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Line (RJCN)
* R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (RJCP)
*Shamokin Valley Railroad
The Shamokin Valley Railroad is a short line railroad that operates 27 miles of track in southern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.
The line runs generally southeast bet ...
(SVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
*SMS Rail Lines
SMS Rail Lines is a shortline railroad based at Pureland Industrial Park in Bridgeport, New Jersey. The company handles all freight car delivery to businesses located within the industrial park. It also operates lines in Morrisville, Pennsylvan ...
(SRL)
**Operates Penn Jersey Rail Lines
*Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
The Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates in southwestern Pennsylvania. The SWP uses rail branches that were acquired from CSX Transportation (originally the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) and Conrail (originally ...
(SWP)
* Strasburg Railroad (SRC)
*Tyburn Railroad
The Tyburn Railroad is a short-line railroad in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania owned by Regional Rail, LLC. The railroad operates of track, serving a rail to truck transload facility. It interchanges with CSX Transportation and Norfolk S ...
(TYBR) (Regional Rail, LLC)
* Union Railroad (URR)
*Union County Industrial Railroad
The Union County Industrial Railroad is a short line railroad that operates on approximately 12 miles (20 km) of track in Union County in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.
The line is alon ...
(UCIR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
* Upper Merion & Plymouth Railroad (UMP)
* Wellsboro & Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)
* Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WE)
*York Railway
The York Railway is a shortline railroad operating of track in and near York, Pennsylvania. The company was created in 1999 through a consolidation of Yorkrail, Inc. and the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (M&P), both owned by the Emons Rail ...
(YRC) (Genesee and Wyoming)
**Operates Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad (Genesee & Wyoming) and Yorkrail
* Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad (YSRR)
Private freight carriers
* Cumberland Mine Railroad
*Alpha Natural Resources
Alpha Natural Resources is a large American producer of metallurgical coal ("met coal") for the industrial production of steel and iron and low-sulfur thermal coal ("steam coal") to fuel steam boilers for the production of electrical power. In Nove ...
* Conshohocken Recycling and Rail Transfer, Inc (CRRT)
*Juniata Terminal Company
Juniata Terminal Co. is a locomotive leasing and railcar storage company. The company takes its name from the facility in Philadelphia from which it operates.
The company owns a number of restored diesel locomotives, including a pair of former ...
(JTFS)
*Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway
Leetsdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census.
History
Leetsdale was incorporated on March 28, 1904. Leetsdale at one time had ...
(LIT)
Passenger carriers
* Allentown & Auburn Railroad (heritage railroad)
*Amtrak
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(AMTK) (national passenger rail)
* CamTran (Johnstown mass transit agency operates Johnstown Inclined Plane
The Johnstown Inclined Plane is a funicular in Johnstown, Cambria County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The incline and its two stations connect the city of Johnstown, situated in a valley at the confluence of the Stonycreek and the Li ...
)
*Colebrookdale Railroad
The Colebrookdale Railroad, also known as the Secret Valley Line, is a tourist railroad located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The railroad operates between Boyertown in Berks County and Pottstown in Montgomery County.
Operations
The Cole ...
(heritage railroad)
*Delaware Lackawanna RailRoad
The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area.
DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna, Wayne, Northampton, a ...
*East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania.
Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, ...
* Fayette Central Railroad (tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage)
*Kiski Junction Railroad
The Kiski Junction Railroad was a short-line railroad that operated in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad was based in the small community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows ...
(working railroad that also operates tourist trains)
* Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (heritage railroad)
* Lehigh Lackawanna RailRoad
*Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad is a shortline railroad which operates freight and tourist passenger trains between Middletown to Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
Passenger excursion trains
The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (M&H) uses ...
(working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains)
*New Hope Railroad
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(working railroad that also operates tourist trains)
*New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
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(Atlantic City Line
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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
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(Pittsburgh mass transit agency that operates The T light rail, the Monongahela Incline
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, and the Duquesne Incline
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)
*Port Authority Transit Corporation
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(Bi-state authority operates Philadelphia-Camden County subway line)
*Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
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(Philadelphia mass transit agency that operates SEPTA Regional Rail
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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
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(heritage railroad)
*West Chester Railroad
The West Chester Railroad is a privately owned and operated tourist railroad that runs between Market Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County, and the village of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County.
It operates on of ...
(heritage railroad)
Museums and historic sites
* Allegheny Portage Railroad
The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania, United States; it operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure through the gaps of the Alleghen ...
* Howard Tunnel
The Howard Tunnel is located near Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania. In operation since 1838, it is the second oldest active rail tunnel in the U.S. Originally constructed by the York and Maryland Line Rail Road, it formed a critical link in the north ...
* Electric City Trolley Museum
The Electric City Trolley Museum is a transport museum located in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, next to the Steamtown National Historic Site. The museum displays and operates restored trolleys and interurbans on former lines of the Lackawanna ...
* Gallitzin Tunnel
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* Horseshoe Curve
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Such curves are more commonly found ...
* Mars Station, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
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* Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railroad museum in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The museum is located on the east side of Strasburg along Pennsylvania Route 741. It is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museu ...
* Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
* Rockhill Trolley Museum
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* Steamtown National Historic Site
* Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
Defunct railroads
Electric
*Adamsville and Mohnsville Electric Railway Adamsville may refer to:
Canada
*Adamsville, New Brunswick
*Adamsville, Ontario, a community
*Adamsville, Quebec
United States
*Adamsville, Alabama
*Adamsville, Arizona, a former settlement
*Adamsville, California, a former settlement
*Adamsvi ...
* Allegheny, Bellevue and Perrysville Railway
* Allegheny Traction Company
*Allegheny Valley Street Railway
West Penn Railways, one part of the West Penn System, was an interurban electric railway headquartered in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. It was part of the region's power generation utility.
History
West Penn Railways consisted of of electric trol ...
* Allen Street Railway
*Allentown and Reading Traction Company Allentown may refer to several places in the United States and topics related to them:
*Allentown, California, now called Toadtown, California
*Allentown, Georgia, a town in Wilkinson County
*Allentown, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Taze ...
* Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
*Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway Ardmore comes from the ga, Ard Mór or the gd, Àird Mhòr meaning "great height" and may refer to:
Places Canada
*Ardmore, Alberta
*Ardmore, a neighbourhood in North Saanich, British Columbia
*Ardmore Beach, a community in Tiny, Ontario
Repub ...
* Bangor and Portland Traction Company
* Beaver Valley Traction Company
*Bethlehem and Nazareth Passenger Railway
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* Birdsboro Street Railway
*Blue Ridge Traction Company
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* Bradford Street Railroad
* Butler Passenger Railway
* Cambria Incline Plane Company
* Carbon Street Railway
* Carbondale Railway
*Carlisle and Mechanicsburg Street Railway
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* Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway
*Catherine and Bainbridge Streets Railway of Philadelphia
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* Centennial Passenger Railway
*Central Pennsylvania Traction Company
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* Central Traction Company
* Central Valley Railroad
* Centre and Clearfield Street Railway
*Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway
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*Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
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Origins
Tracks were first laid in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, Greencastle in 1903, ...
* Chester, Darby and Philadelphia Railway
*Chester and Delaware Street Railway
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*Chester and Media Electric Railway
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* Chester Street Railway
* Chester Traction Company
* Citizens' Clearfield and Cambria Streets Railway
* Citizens' East End Street Railway
* Citizens' Passenger Railway
*Citizens Passenger Railway
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* 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
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*Conestoga Traction Company
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*Conneaut and Erie Traction Company Conneaut may refer to:
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*Conneaut Lake, a natural lake in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, which drains south through the Conneaut Marsh
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* Conshohocken Railway
* Consolidated Traction Company
* Continental Passenger Railway
* Corry and Columbus Street Railway
* Cumberland Railway
*Danville and Bloomsburg Street Railway Danville or Dansville may refer to:
;Canada
*Danville, Quebec
;United States
*Danville, Alabama
*Danville, Arkansas
*Danville, California
*Danville, Georgia
*Danville, Illinois
*Danville, Indiana
*Danville, Iowa
* Danville, Kansas
*Danville, Kentu ...
* Danville and Sunbury Transit Company
*Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway
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* Doylestown and Easton Street Railway
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* Doylestown, Ohio
*Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a borough in Bucks County
**Doylestown station, a SEPTA train station in Doylestown
*Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pen ...
* DuBois Traction Company
* Duquesne Traction Company
*East End Passenger Railway
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* 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 may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Easton, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
*Easton, Bristol
* Easton, Cambridgeshire
* Easton, Dorset
*Great Easton, Essex and Little Easton, Essex
* Easton, Hampshire
**Crux Easton, Hampshire
* Easton, Isle of Wight ...
* 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
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* Fairmount Park and Haddington Passenger Railway
*Fairmount Park Transportation Company Fairmount may refer to:
Places Canada
* Fairmount, Frontenac County, Ontario
* Fairmount, Grey County, Ontario
* Fairmount, Nova Scotia
United States of America
* Fairmount, Delaware
* Fairmount, Georgia
* Fairmount, Illinois
* Fairmount, In ...
* 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 Germantown or German Town may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Germantown, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
United States
* Germantown, California, the former name of Artois, a census-designated place in Glenn County
* Ge ...
*Gettysburg Electric Railway
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* Girard Avenue Passenger Railway
* Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway
*Hagerstown Railway
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History
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*Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway
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* Harrisburg City Passenger Railway
*Harrisburg and Hummelstown Street Railway
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* Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg Electric Railway
* Harrisburg Traction Company
* Heston, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway
* Highland Grove Traction Company
*Hillcrest Avenue Passenger Railway Hillcrest may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Hillcrest, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City
* Hillcrest, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide
*Hillcrest, Tasmania, suburb of Burnie
Canada
* Hillcrest, Alberta, also known as Hillcrest Mines
*Hillcrest ...
* 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
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*Kessler Street Connecting Passenger Railway Kessler or Keßler (in German) may refer to:
* Kessler (automobile), an American automobile made 1921–1922
* Kessler (name), people named Kessler
* ''Kessler'' (TV series), a British television series from 1981
* Kessler, Ohio, an unincorporated ...
* Kittaning and Leechburg Railways
*Kutztown and Fleetwood Street Railway
Kutztown (Pennsylvania German: ''Kutzeschteddel'') is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 5,012. Kutztown ...
*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
*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
*Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad
*Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
*Quakertown & Eastern Railroad
*Valley Forge Scenic Railroad
*Wawa and Concordville Railroad
Not completed
*Blue Mountain Railroad (Pennsylvania), 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 (Pennsylvania), South Side Railroad
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