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Allegheny Subdivision
The Allegheny Branch, also known as the Allegheny Subdivision, is a partially-abandoned railway line in the United States. It was built between 1852 and 1870 by the Allegheny Valley Railroad as that company's main line. It became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad network in 1900. At its fullest extent the line ran between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Oil City, Pennsylvania. Today, the Allegheny Valley Railroad, unrelated to the original company, owns the section between Pittsburgh and Arnold, Pennsylvania, while a small section in Oil City belongs to the Norfolk Southern Railway and is leased by the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad. The remainder has been abandoned. Much of the former right-of-way has been converted to rail trails. History The Allegheny Valley Railroad completed its initial line between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Kiskiminetas River in October 1855 for a distance of . The line followed the east bank of the Allegheny River. A further , compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegheny Valley Railroad (1852–1892)
The Allegheny Valley Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1852 and constructed its original line between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Kittanning, Pennsylvania, between 1853 and 1856. It eventually owned , including its main line between Pittsburgh and Oil City, Pennsylvania. The company entered receivership in 1884 and was reorganized as the Allegheny Valley Railway in 1892. That company was leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1900 and merged in 1910. History What became the Allegheny Valley Railroad was authorized as the Pittsburg, Kittanning and Warren Railroad on April 4, 1837. Nothing was done until April 14, 1852, when the Pennsylvania General Assembly reauthorized the railroad under the new name. This renewed interest was prompted by the exploitation of oil in the vicinity of Titusville, Pennsylvania, to the north. The line opened between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Kiskiminetas River in 1855. It was further extended to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil Creek And Allegheny River Railway
The Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway was an American railroad company that was located in western Pennsylvania. History and notable features Initially incorporated under a special act of Pennsylvania on April 17, 1861 as the Warren and Tidioute Railway, this railroad changed its name to the Warren and Franklin Railway on March 31, 1864, and then to the Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway on February 26, 1868, when it was consolidated with the Oil Creek Railroad, the Farmers Railroad, and the Oil City and Pithole Railroad. In 1869, John Pitcairn was appointed its General Manager. The company was sold at foreclosure on December 29, 1875, and was acquired on February 8, 1876 by the Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway, which eventually became part of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad. During the period just prior to foreclosure, from 1874 to 1875, the company's president was John Scott and its treasurer was H. A. Phillips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Register
The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the government gazette, official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every weekday, except on Federal holidays in the United States, federal holidays. The final rules promulgated by a federal agency and published in the ''Federal Register'' are ultimately reorganized by topic or subject matter and Codification (law), codified in the ''Code of Federal Regulations'' (CFR), which is updated quarterly. The ''Federal Register'' is compiled by the Office of the Federal Register (within the National Archives and Records Administration) and is printed by the United States Government Publishing Office, Government Publishing Office. There are no copyright restrictions on the ''Federal Register''; as a Copyright status of work by the U.S. government, work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain. Contents The ''Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emlenton, Pennsylvania
Emlenton is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion and Venango County, Pennsylvania, Venango counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 625 at the 2010 census. Of these, 617 were in Venango County, and eight were in Clarion County. The borough is home to the Emlenton Bridge on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, I-80, which spans the Allegheny River. History Emlenton is named for Hannah Emlen Fox, the wife of Joseph Mickle Fox, one of its founders and original land owner. The Emlenton Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which , or 0.77%, is water. Demographics As of the 2000 census, there were 784 people, 322 households, and 200 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 360 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templeton, Pennsylvania
Templeton is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Pine Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ..., United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 253. History Templeton Station appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It is also mentioned in the 1883 History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania. References Pittsburgh metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania {{Pittsburgh-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schenley, Pennsylvania
Schenley is an unincorporated community that is located in Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. History Schenley, situated at the confluence of the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas Rivers in Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, became a prominent center of American whiskey production and a major industrial site in the early 20th century. The land in Schenley was originally owned by Mary Elizabeth Croghan Schenley, a Pittsburgh heiress who inherited a vast real estate portfolio across Western Pennsylvania. Her estate’s holdings and strategic location made Schenley an ideal location for industrial ventures. In 1888, chemist Frank Sinclair, his brother Harry Sinclair, and investor Henry Bischoff established the Schenley Distilling Company. The area’s pure water sources, proximity to coal mines, and access to the Allegheny Valley Railroad and major shipping routes influenced their decision to set up operations in Schenley. These resources, coupled with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrail
Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its operations during its acquisition by CSX Corporation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The federal government created Conrail to take over the potentially profitable lines of multiple bankrupt carriers, including the Penn Central Transportation Company and Erie Lackawanna Railway. After railroad regulations were lifted by the 4R Act and the Staggers Act, Conrail began to turn a profit in the 1980s and was privatized in 1987. The two remaining Class I railroads in the East, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), agreed in 1997 to acquire the system and split it into two roughly-equal parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Railway Association
The United States Railway Association (USRA) was a government-owned corporation created by United States federal law that oversaw the creation of Conrail, a railroad corporation that would acquire and operate bankrupt and other failing freight railroads. USRA operated from 1974 to 1986. Legislation and establishment of USRA In the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, also known as the "3R Act," Congress provided interim funding to bankrupt railroads and authorized creation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), another government corporation. The 3R Act authorized the USRA to take over the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) with respect to allowing the bankrupt railroads to abandon unprofitable lines. The USRA was incorporated February 1, 1974, and Edward G. Jordan, an insurance executive from California, was named president on March 18 by President Richard Nixon. Arthur D. Lewis of Eastern Air Lines was appointed chairman April 30, and the rest of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Brady Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,216 at the 2020 census. Geography Brady Township is located northwest of the center of Butler County. It is bordered by Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock Township to the north, Cherry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Cherry Township at the northeast corner, Clay Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Clay Township to the east, Franklin Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Franklin Township to the south, Worth Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Worth Township to the west, and the borough of West Liberty, Pennsylvania, West Liberty to the north and west. The township includes the unincorporated community of Elora near its eastern border, and the neighborhood of Slippery Rock Park occupies the valley of Slippery Rock Creek at the township's northern border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Central Transportation Company
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American Railroad classes, class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals, the Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania, New York Central Railroad, New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, each of which were united by large-scale service into the New York metropolitan area and to a lesser extent New England and Chicago. The new company failed barely two years after formation, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time. Penn Central's railroad assets were nationalized into Conrail along with those of other bankrupt northeastern railroads; its real estate and insurance holdings successfully Reorganization, reorganized into American Premier Underwriters. History Pre-merger The Penn Central railroad system developed in response to challenges facing Northeast United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, New York, Albany, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester, New York, Rochester and Syracuse, New York, Syracuse. The New York Central was headquartered in the New York Central Building, adjacent to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal. The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. Penn Central went into bankruptcy in 1970 and, with extensive Federal government support, emerged as Conrail in 1976. In 1999, Conrail was broken up, and portions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corry, Pennsylvania
Corry is a city in northwestern Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 6,217 at the 2020 United States Census, it is the second largest city in Erie County. Corry is a part of the Erie, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city became famous in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for being the manufacturer of Climax locomotives. History Erie County was formed from parts of Allegheny County on March 12, 1800. On May 27, 1861, tracks owned by the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad intersected with those of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad and was called the "Atlantic and Erie Junction". Land at the junction was owned by Hiram Cory, who sold a portion to the Atlantic and Great Western in October 1861. The railroad built a ticket office at the junction and named it for Cory, but through a misspelling it became Corry. The combination of railroad growth and the first national oil wells developed by Edwin Drake for the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
