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s operate in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

Common freight carriers

* Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (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 ...

Allegheny Valley Railroad The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Inc. AVR acts as a feeder line connecting its many and varied customers to Class I railroads such as CSX Transportati ...

(AVR) * Allentown & Auburn Railroad (ALLN) *

BD Highspire Holdings BD, Bd or bd may refer to: In arts and entertainment * B. D. (Doonesbury), a major character in the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip * ''Bande dessinée'' (or "bédé"), a French term for comics * Bass drum, in sheet music notation * Brahe Djäknar, ...

(BDHH) * Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) *

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 ...

(BVRY) *

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) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...

(CN) through subsidiary

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The railroad's main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio, to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Penns ...

(BLE) *

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 Canad ...

(CP) through subsidiary Delaware & Hudson Railway (DH) * Central New York Railroad (CNYK) *

Chestnut Ridge Railroad The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelated ...

(CHR) *

Columbia and Reading Railway Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...

(CORY) *

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 (PBL) * CSX (CSX) * Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad (DL) *

East Erie Commercial Railroad East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

(EEC) * East Penn Railroad (ESPN) ( Regional Rail, LLC) *

Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad The Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad is a switching and terminal railroad operating since 2015 on about 1 mile of track in the vicinity of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States. The railroad owns two EMD SW1200 locomotives of which one is act ...

(EZR) * Everett Railroad (EV) *

Gettysburg & Northern Railroad The Gettysburg and Northern Railroad is a short-line railroad located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The railroad operates a long line running between Gettysburg in Adams County and Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County. The Gettysburg ...

(GET)
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Juniata Valley Railroad The Juniata Valley Railroad is a short line that operates 11 miles of track in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The communities served include Lewistown (and the MCIDC industrial ...

(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 (KJR) * Landisville Railroad (LVR) * Lehigh Railway (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 si ...

(MMID) (Genesee & Wyoming) * Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) * New Castle Industrial Railroad (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 i ...

(NHRR) * New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW) * Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) *

Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31, ...

(NS) *

NDC Railroad NDC or ndc may refer to: * IATA code for Nanded Airport, India Education * National Defence College (disambiguation) * NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy * Notre Dame College, Ohio * Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Notre Dame College, My ...

(NDC) * North Shore Railroad (NSHR) * Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad (OCTL) * Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC) * Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (PN) *

Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appa ...

(PSWR) *

Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad The Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad is a switching railroad that serves industrial complexes in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. It formerly served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (former Pittsburgh and Western Railway) yard across ...

(PAM) * Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad (POHC) (Genesee & Wyoming) *

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad , sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The RBMN provides freight service on of track. Its mainl ...

(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 be ...

(SVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) * SMS Rail Lines (SRL) **Operates

Penn Jersey Rail Lines Penn may refer to: Places England * Penn, Buckinghamshire * Penn, West Midlands United States * Penn, North Dakota * Penn, Oregon * Pennsylvania ** Penn, Pennsylvania * Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania * Penn Township (disambiguation), several munici ...

* Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP) *

Strasburg Railroad The Strasburg Rail Road is a heritage railroad and the oldest continuously operating standard-gauge railroad in the western hemisphere, as well as the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1832, the Strasburg Rai ...

(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 & Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee & Wyoming) * Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) * Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WE) * York Railway (YRC) (Genesee and Wyoming) **Operates Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad (Genesee & Wyoming) and

Yorkrail 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 ...

* Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad (YSRR)

Private freight carriers

Cumberland Mine Railroad The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a private carrier mine railroad serving the Cumberland Coal Resources mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Operations on the mine and associated railroad began in November 1976. The line was originally developed by Un ...

* Alpha Natural Resources *

Conshohocken Recycling and Rail Transfer, Inc Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry in ...

(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 Co ...

(JTFS) * Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway (LIT)

Passenger carriers

* Allentown & Auburn Railroad (heritage railroad) *

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) (national passenger rail) *

CamTran CamTran, originally called the Cambria County Transit Authority operates mass transit bus service within Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, and Windber, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. CamTran also operates the Johnstown Incline ...

(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 Fayette is the name of a number of places in the United States of America. Many are named for General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French officer who fought under General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. *Fayette, ...

(tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage) * Kiski Junction Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains) *

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad , sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The RBMN provides freight service on of track. Its mainl ...

(heritage railroad) *

Lehigh Lackawanna RailRoad Lehigh may refer to: Places United States *Lehigh, Iowa *Lehigh, Kansas *Lehigh, Oklahoma *Lehigh, Barbour County, West Virginia *Lehigh, Wisconsin *Lehigh Acres, Florida *Lehigh Township (disambiguation) *Lehigh Valley, a region in eastern Penns ...

* Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains) *

(working railroad that also operates tourist trains) *

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit. It operates commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark. NJ Transit also operates rail service ...

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Atlantic City Line The Atlantic City Line (ACL) is a commuter rail line operated by NJ Transit (NJT) in the United States between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey, operating along the corridor of the White Horse Pike. It runs over trackag ...

commuter train travels from Philadelphia) *

Oil Creek and Titusville Lines 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 ...

(working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains) *

Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and dev ...

(heritage railroad) *

Port Authority of Allegheny County Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT, formerly Port Authority of Allegheny County) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 20th-largest in the United States. The state-funded agency is based in Pittsburgh and is overseen ...

(Pittsburgh mass transit agency that operates The T light rail, the Monongahela Incline, and the

Duquesne Incline The Duquesne Incline () is a funicular located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in ...

) * 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 The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and serving the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philade ...

commuter lines, the Philadelphia Subway, and a variety of suburban light rail lines) *

(heritage railroad) *

Tioga Central Railroad The Tioga Central Railroad was a heritage railroad operating on a portion of the Wellsboro and Corning Railroad between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York. During the tourist season, which lasted from June to October, it operated excursi ...

(heritage railroad) * Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad (heritage railroad) * West Chester Railroad (heritage railroad)

Museums and historic sites

* Allegheny Portage Railroad * Howard Tunnel * Electric City Trolley Museum * Gallitzin Tunnel * Horseshoe Curve *

Mars Station, Pennsylvania Mars station is a historic train station in Mars, Pennsylvania. It was constructed in 1897 by the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad. For nearly fifty years, the station served the community by helping to transport freight and passengers in the area. ...

* Pennsylvania Trolley Museum *

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 Muse ...

* Reading Company Technical & Historical Society * Rockhill Trolley Museum * Steamtown National Historic Site *

Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum The Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. It is dedicated to the exhibition of model trains and historical railroad paraphernalia. The museum's main exhibit is a 40' by 100' scale model of the ...

Defunct railroads

Electric

* Adamsville and Mohnsville Electric Railway * Allegheny, Bellevue and Perrysville Railway *

Allegheny Traction Company Allegheny, Alleghany or Allegany may refer to: Places Geologic and geographic features * Allegheny River, in Pennsylvania and New York * Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir ...

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 t ...

Allen Street Railway Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Univer ...

* Allentown and Reading Traction Company *

Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway Altoona, a variant of "Altona", may refer to: Places * Altoona, Alabama * Altoona, Florida *Altoona, Iowa * Altoona, Kansas * Altoona, Ohio *Altoona, Pennsylvania *Altoona, Washington *Altoona, Wisconsin Altoona is a city in Eau Claire County, W ...

* Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway * Bangor and Portland Traction Company *

Beaver Valley Traction Company Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the Holarctic realm, temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant taxon, extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beave ...

* Bethlehem and Nazareth Passenger Railway *

Birdsboro Street Railway Birdsboro is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Schuylkill River southeast of Reading. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 5,163. Birdsboro's economy had historically been rooted in large f ...

Blue Ridge Traction Company Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical sp ...

Bradford Street Railroad Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a p ...

Butler Passenger Railway A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantry ...

Cambria Incline Plane Company Cambria is a name for Wales, being the Latinised form of the Welsh language, Welsh name for the country, . The term was not in use during the Roman Britain, Roman period (when Wales had not come into existence as a distinct entity). It emerged l ...

Carbon Street Railway Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon makes up o ...

Carbondale Railway Carbondale may refer to: Places ;In the United States *Carbondale, California *Carbondale, Orange County, California *Carbondale, Colorado *Carbondale, Georgia *Carbondale, Illinois *Carbondale, Indiana *Carbondale, Kansas *Carbondale, Michigan *Ca ...

* Carlisle and Mechanicsburg Street Railway *

Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the administrative centre of the City ...

* Catherine and Bainbridge Streets Railway of Philadelphia *

Centennial Passenger Railway {{other uses, Centennial (disambiguation), Centenary (disambiguation) A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century, a period of 100 years. Notable events Notable centennial events at a ...

* Central Pennsylvania Traction Company *

Central Traction Company Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

Central Valley Railroad Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

Centre and Clearfield Street Railway Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

* 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 is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Local ...

Chester Traction Company Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Local ...

* Citizens' Clearfield and Cambria Streets Railway * Citizens' East End Street Railway * Citizens' Passenger Railway *

Citizens Passenger Railway Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

Citizens Traction Company Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

* Citizens' Traction Company of Oil City, Pennsylvania *

Clairton Street Railway Clairton is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is located along the Monongahela River and is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,181 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 censu ...

Coal Castle Electric Railway Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as stratum, rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen ...

Coatesville Traction Company Coatesville or Coatsville may refer to: * Coatesville, Indiana * Coatsville, Missouri * Coatesville, Pennsylvania * Coatesville, New Zealand * a locality in the suburb of Bentleigh East, Victoria, Bentleigh East, Melbourne, Australia {{place name ...

Collegeville Electric Street Railway Collegeville may refer to some places in the United States: *Collegeville, Alabama *Collegeville, Indiana *Collegeville Township, Minnesota *Collegeville, Pennsylvania Collegeville may refer to some places in Canada: *Collegeville, Nova Scotia ...

Colonial Street Railway Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French Colonial * Spanish Colonial architecture Automobiles * Colonial (1920 au ...

* Columbia and Montour Electric Railway * Conestoga Traction Company * Conneaut and Erie Traction Company *

Conshohocken Railway Conshohocken ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline ...

Consolidated Traction Company Consolidated may refer to: *Consolidated (band) **''¡Consolidated!'', a 1989 extended play *Consolidated Aircraft (later Convair), an aircraft manufacturer *Consolidated city-county *Consolidated Communications * Consolidated school district *Con ...

Continental Passenger Railway Continental may refer to: Places * Continent, the major landmasses of Earth * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' (al ...

Corry and Columbus Street Railway Corry may refer to: Places * Corry, County Westmeath, a townland in Rathaspick civil parish, barony of Moygoish, County Westmeath, Ireland *Lough Corry, a lake in Ireland * Corry, Highland, the location of a pier in Broadford, Scotland *Corry, Mi ...

* Cumberland Railway * Danville and Bloomsburg Street Railway *

Danville and Sunbury Transit Company 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 ...

* Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway *

Doylestown and Easton Street Railway Doylestown is the name of at least five places in the United States of America: *Doylestown, Ohio *Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a borough in Bucks County **Doylestown station, a SEPTA train station in Doylestown *Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Penn ...

* Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway * DuBois Traction Company *

Duquesne Traction Company The Duquesne Gardens (officially Duquesne Garden until 1940 and The Gardens afterward) was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the first half of the 20th century. Built in 1890, the building originally served as a tr ...

East End Passenger Railway East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

East McKeesport Street Railway East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

East Reading Electric Railway East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

Easton and 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, Palmer and Bethlehem Street Railway * Easton and South Bethlehem Transit Company *

Easton 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 * ...

Electric Traction Company Electricity is the set of physics, physical Phenomenon, phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagne ...

Empire Passenger Railway An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...

Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Ephrata may refer to: Places *Ephrata, Suriname *Ephrata, Pennsylvania, U.S. *Ephrata, Washington, U.S. *Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. Other uses *Ephrata Cloister, a religious community in Ephrata, Pennsylvania See also * *Efrata or Efrat ...

Erie Electric Motor Company Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at ...

Erie Rapid Transit Street Railway Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at ...

Erie Traction Company Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at ...

* Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company *

Fairmount Park and Haddington Passenger Railway 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, Ind ...

* Fairmount Park Transportation Company *

Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Frankford may refer to: * Frankford, Tasmania, Australia * Frankford, Ontario, Canada United States * Frankford, Delaware *Frankford, Baltimore, Maryland * Frankford Township, Mower County, Minnesota ** Frankford Village, Minnesota, a ghost town ...

French Point Street Railway French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

Front and Fifth Streets Railway Front may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film * ''The Front'', 1976 film Music *The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and ea ...

* Germantown Passenger Railway * Gettysburg Electric Railway *

Girard Avenue Passenger Railway Route 15, the Girard Avenue Line, is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. , it is the only surface trolley li ...

Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...

* Hagerstown Railway * Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway *

Harrisburg City Passenger Railway Harrisburg is the capital city of the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the List of c ...

* Harrisburg and Hummelstown Street Railway *

Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg Electric Railway Harrisburg is the capital city of the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the List of c ...

Harrisburg Traction Company Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

* Heston, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway *

Highland Grove Traction Company Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

* Hillcrest Avenue Passenger Railway * Holmesburg, Tacony and Frankford Electric Railway *

Homestead and Mifflin Street Railway Homestead may refer to: *Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses *Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres *Homestead principle, a legal concept th ...

Hummelstown and Campbellstown Street Railway Hummelstown is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,535 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg–Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Carlisle Harrisburg ...

* Huntingdon, Lewistown and Juniata Valley Traction Company *

Huntingdon Street Connecting Passenger Railway Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

* Irwin–Herminie Traction Company *

Jefferson Traction Company Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian footb ...

Jersey Shore Electric Street Railway Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the la ...

Johnstown Passenger Railway Johnstown may refer to: Places Australia * Johnstown, Queensland, a locality split between the Southern Burnett Region and the Gympie Region, Queensland Canada * Johnstown, Nova Scotia * Johnstown, Ontario, United Counties of Leeds and Grenvil ...

* 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 The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad, more commonly known as the Laurel Line, was a Pennsylvania third rail electric interurban streetcar line which operated commuter train service from 1903 to 1952, and freight service until 1976. Its main li ...

(L&WV) *

Lake Erie Traction Company A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a Depression (geology), basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the World Ocean, oce ...

Lancaster and Columbia Railway Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...

* Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway * Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway *

Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...

* Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway * Lancaster and Southern Street Railway * Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway *

Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster * House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...

* Latrobe Street Railway *

Lebanon Valley Street Railway Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

* Lehigh Avenue Railway *

Lehigh Traction Company Lehigh may refer to: Places United States *Lehigh, Iowa *Lehigh, Kansas *Lehigh, Oklahoma *Lehigh, Barbour County, West Virginia *Lehigh, Wisconsin *Lehigh Acres, Florida *Lehigh Township (disambiguation) *Lehigh Valley, a region in eastern Penns ...

Lehigh Valley Transit Company The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that began operations in 1901 as an urban trolley and interurban rail transport company. It operated successfully into the 1930s, ...

* Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway * Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway *

Linglestown and Blue Mountain Street Railway Linglestown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded and laid out in 1765 by Thomas Lingle. The pop ...

* Lykens and Williams Valley Street Railway *

Mahoning Valley Street Railway Mahoning may refer to: Communities * Mahoning, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Portage County * Mahoning County, Ohio * Mahoning Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania * Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania * Mahoning Township, Law ...

Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway Meadville may refer to: * Meadville, Mississippi * Meadville, Missouri * Meadville, Nebraska * Meadville, Pennsylvania, the largest U.S. city named Meadville ** Meadville Area Senior High School ** Meadville Medical Center * Meadville (album), ''Me ...

Meadville Traction Company Meadville may refer to: * Meadville, Mississippi * Meadville, Missouri * Meadville, Nebraska * Meadville, Pennsylvania, the largest U.S. city named Meadville ** Meadville Area Senior High School ** Meadville Medical Center Meadville Medical C ...

* Media, Glen Riddle and Rockdale Electric Street Railway * Media, Middletown, Aston and Chester Electric Railway * Middletown, Highspire and Steelton Street Railway *

Monongahela Street Railway Monongahela or Mon Valley may refer to: Places * Monongahela, Pennsylvania, a city in Washington County ** Monongahela Cemetery, a historic cemetery in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania **Monongahela City Bridge, spans the Monongahela River * Monongah ...

* Montgomery and Chester Electric Railway * Montgomery County Passenger Railway * Montgomery County Rapid Transit Company * Montgomery Traction Company *

Montoursville Passenger Railway Montoursville is a List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census reported its population as 4,745. It forms part of the ...

* Morningside Electric Street Railway *

Mount Vernon Electric Street Railway Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...

Mount Washington Street Railway Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...

Neversink Mountain Railway The Neversink Mountain Electric Railway ran out of Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of ...

New Castle and Lowell Railway New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

New Homestead Street Railway New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...

* New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company *

Newtown Electric Railway Newtown may refer to: Places Australia * Newtown, New South Wales * Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich) * Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) * Newtown, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong * Newtown, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire), a locality near Ballarat Can ...

* Newtown, Langhorne and Bristol Trolley Street Railway * Newtown and Yardley Street Railway * Northampton Central Street Railway *

Northampton Traction Company Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

Northern Cambria Street Railway Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

Northern Electric Street Railway Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

Northern Passenger Railway Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

Norristown Passenger Railway Norristown may mean: * Norristown, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Norristown, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Norristown, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Norristown, Pennsylvania Norristown is a municipality with home ...

* Northumberland County Traction Company *

Oakdale and McDonald Street Railway Oakdale or Oak Dale may refer to: Australia *Oakdale, New South Wales * Oakdale, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region Canada *Rural Municipality of Oakdale No. 320, Saskatchewan United Kingdom *Oakdale, Caerphilly *Oakdale, Dorset ...

* 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 Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

* People's Railway *

People's Passenger Railway People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Alt ...

People's Street Railway of Nanticoke and Newport People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights ma ...

* Philadelphia, Bristol and Trenton Street Railway * Philadelphia, Cheltenham and Jenkintown Passenger Railway *

Philadelphia and Chester Railway Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

* Philadelphia City Passenger Railway *

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

* Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway *

Philadelphia and Easton Railway Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

* Philadelphia and Garrettford Street Railway *

Philadelphia and Grays Ferry Passenger Railway Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

* Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore Street Railway *

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968. A private company, PTC was the successor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in operation since 19 ...

* Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company *

Philadelphia Traction Company Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1 ...

* Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company * Philadelphia and Western Railroad *

Philadelphia and Western Railway The Philadelphia and Western Railroad was a high-speed, third rail-equipped, commuter-hauling interurban electric railroad operating in the western suburbs of the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is now SEPTA's Norristown High Speed ...

Philadelphia and Willow Grove Street Railway Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1 ...

* 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 Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

Pittston and Scranton Street Railway Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The city gained prominence in the late 19th an ...

Plymouth and Larksville Railway Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plym ...

Port Carbon and Middleport Electric Railway A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

* Pottstown and Northern Street Railway *

Pottstown Passenger Railway Pottstown may refer to: *Pottstown, an unincorporated area in Peoria County, Illinois, United States *Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States See also *Pottsville (disambiguation) Pottsville usually refers to the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvani ...

Pottstown and Reading Street Railway Pottstown may refer to: *Pottstown, an unincorporated area in Peoria County, Illinois, United States *Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States See also

*Pottsville (disambiguation) {{Geodis ...

Pottsville and Reading Railway Pottsville usually refers to the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Pottsville may also refer to: Other communities *Pottsville, New South Wales, Australia *Pottsville, Arkansas, United States *Pottsville, Kentucky, United ...

Pottsville Union Traction Company Pottsville usually refers to the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Pottsville may also refer to: Other communities *Pottsville, New South Wales, Australia *Pottsville, Arkansas, United States *Pottsville, Kentucky, United ...

Quakertown Traction Railway Quakertown may refer to: * Quakertown, Delaware *Quakertown, Indiana * Quakertown, New Jersey * Quakertown, Pennsylvania *Quakertown, Denton, Texas Quakertown was a freedmen's town located in Denton, Texas. History In 1875, a group of 27 form ...

Reading City Passenger Railway Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spel ...

* Reading and Southwestern Street Railway *

Reading and Temple Electric Railway Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling) ...

Reading Traction Company The Reading Traction Company was an interurban railroad in and around Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population o ...

Reading Transit and Light Company Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spel ...

* Red Lion and Windsor Street Railway *

Ridge Avenue Connecting Railway A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

* Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway * Roxborough, Chestnut Hill and Norristown Railway * Schuylkill Railway *

Schuylkill Electric Railway Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsyl ...

Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg Street Railway Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsylva ...

* Schuylkill Valley Traction Company *

Scranton Railway The Scranton Railway Company built and operated electric trolleys in and around Scranton, Pennsylvania, from 1896 until 1954. The company was formed to consolidate various trolley companies in Scranton and Lackawanna County. At its peak, the c ...

* Scranton and Carbondale Traction Company * Scranton, Dunmore, and Moosic Lake Railroad * Scranton and Northeastern Railroad *

Scranton and Pittston Traction Company Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Vall ...

Scranton Traction Company Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyomin ...

Second and Third Streets Passenger Railway The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds eac ...

Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets Passenger Railway An organ stop can mean one of three things: *the control on an organ console that selects a particular sound *the row of organ pipes used to create a particular sound, more appropriately known as a ''rank'' *the sound itself Organ stops are sorte ...

Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway Shamokin may refer to the following: Geographical locations * Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a city in Northumberland County * Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, a borough in Snyder County * Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania * Shamokin (vill ...

* Shamokin Extension Electric Railway * Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company *

Sharon and New Castle Street Railway Sharon ( he, שָׁרוֹן ''Šārôn'' "plain") is a given name as well as an Israeli surname. In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name. However, historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In I ...

* Sharon and Wheatland Street Railway * Shingle House Railroad * Slate Belt Electric Street Railway * South Bethlehem and Saucon Street Railway *

South Side Passenger Railway South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*su ...

South Waverly Street Railway South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

Southwestern Street Railway The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions— north, east, south, and west—eac ...

Stroudsburg Passenger Railway Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It lies within the Poconos region, approximately five miles (8 km) from the Delaware Water Gap at the confluence of the Brodhead, McMichaels and Pocono Creeks in Northeastern Pen ...

* Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway * Suburban Rapid Transit Street Railway * Sunbury and Northumberland Electric Railway *

Susquehanna Traction Company Susquehanna may refer to: Places in the United States * Susquehanna River, the source of the Chesapeake Bay In Maryland * Susquehanna State Park (Maryland) In Pennsylvania * Susquehannock tribe, Native American tribe of Pennsylvania * Susquehanna ...

* Tamaqua and Lansford Street Railway * Tamaqua and Pottsville Electric Railroad *

Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger Railway In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octave ...

Titusville Electric Traction Company Titusville is the name of several places: United States *Titusville, Birmingham, Alabama *Titusville, Florida *Titusville, New Jersey *Titusville, a former community in Malone (town), New York *Titusville, Pennsylvania Canada

*Titusville, New ...

* 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 commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** Union ...

Union Traction Company of Philadelphia Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

United Traction Company United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * United (2003 film), ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * United (2011 film) ...

* United Traction Company of Pittsburgh *

United Traction Street Railway United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * United (2003 film), ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * United (2011 film) ...

* Vallamont Traction Company * Valley Street Railway *

Valley Traction Company A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

* Walnut Street Connecting Passenger Railway *

Warren County Traction Company A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of European Rabbit, rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from t ...

* Warren and Jamestown Street Railway * Warren Street Railway *

Washington and Canonsburg Railway Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

* Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company * Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City Street Railway *

West Chester Street Railway West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

* West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway *

West Fairview and Marysville Electric Street Railway West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

West Penn Railways 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 ...

* West Philadelphia Passenger Railway *

West Side Electric Street Railway West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

* Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company *

Westmoreland County Railway Westmoreland or Westmorland may refer to: Places * Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia * Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada * Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick, Canada * Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica * Westmorland, New Zealand, a ...

White Hill and Mechanicsburg Passenger Railway White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

Whitehall Street Railway Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It is the main ...

* 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 Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the secon ...

Williamsport Passenger Railway Williamsport is a place name that may refer to the following places in the United States: *Williamsport, Arizona a ghost town and former steamboat landing on the Colorado River. *Williamsport, Indiana *Williamsport, Maryland *Williamsport, Michigan ...

* Wissahickon Electric Passenger Railway *

Wrightsville and York Street Railway Wrightsville is the name of some places in the United States: *Wrightsville, Arkansas *Wrightsville, Georgia *Wrightsville, Missouri *Wrightsville, Adams County, Ohio * Wrightsville, Madison County, Ohio *Wrightsville, New Jersey *Wrightsville, Pen ...

* Yardley, Morrisville and Trenton Street Railway * York and Dallastown Electric Railway *

York and Dover Electric Railway York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

York Haven Street Railway York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

* York Street Railway *

Youngsville and Sugar Grove Street Railway Youngsville is the name of some places in the United States of America: *Youngsville, Louisiana *Youngsville, New Mexico, on State Rt. 96, northwest of Española *Youngsville, North Carolina * Youngsville, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Youngs ...

Private carriers

* Birmingham Coal Company * Clinton Coal Company *

H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad The H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad opened in 1878 to carry coal from the Hays family mines along Becks Run and Streets Run in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Both branches included an incline, and both are visib ...

* Lawrence Ore Company * Leiper Railroad * Mehard Coal Company *

Perry Lumber Company The Perry Lumber Company was an early 20th-century company which owned timberland in Perry County, Pennsylvania. The company was organized by Harrisburg businessmen about 1900. By December 1901, they had acquired eleven tracts of forested land n ...

* Shawnee Railroad

Passenger carriers

Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad The Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad was a coal-hauling railroad in the mountains of Pennsylvania that operated between 1828 and 1932. It was the first operational railway, in the United States, of any substantial length to carry paying passenger ...

Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway The Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad was a coal-hauling railroad in the mountains of Pennsylvania that operated between 1828 and 1932. It was the first operational railway, in the United States, of any substantial length to carry paying passenger ...

* Quakertown & Eastern Railroad *

Valley Forge Scenic Railroad A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

* Wawa and Concordville Railroad

Not completed

* Blue Mountain Railroad *

Duncannon, Landisburg and Broad Top Railroad The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed, but never completed, Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth century. Parts of the right-of-way (railroad), right of way for the second South Pennsylvania Railroad were reused for ...

Harrisburg and Hamburg Railroad The South Mountain Railroad was an American railroad which operated in Pennsylvania. History The railroad was incorporated May 5, 1854 by a group of largely local investors. It was to run from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg to Jonestown, L ...

* Harrisburg and South Mountain Railroad *

Pennsylvania Pacific Railway The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed, but never completed, Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth century. Parts of the right-of-way (railroad), right of way for the second South Pennsylvania Railroad were reused for ...

Philipsburg and Johnstown Railroad Philipsburg may refer to: *Philipsburg, Montana, United States *Philipsburg, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), several places in Pennsylvania, United States * Philipsburg, Quebec, a lakeside village in Quebec on the Canada-United States border *Philip ...

* Pittsburgh, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad * Shermans Valley and Broad Top Railroad *

South Mountain Railroad The South Mountain Railroad was an American railroad which operated in Pennsylvania. History The railroad was incorporated May 5, 1854 by a group of largely local investors. It was to run from Harrisburg to Jonestown, from thence along the south ...

South Pennsylvania Railroad The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed, but never completed, Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth century. Parts of the right of way for the second South Pennsylvania Railroad were reused for the Pennsylvania Turnpik ...

* South Side Railroad

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