Louis" streamliner) and Western Maryland's Connellsville Extension (Cumberland-Connellsville).įinally, be sure and check out the remnants of the fabled Ma & Pa short line, the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. Interestingly, most main lines across the state remain active two notable through routes since closed include the PRR's Baltimore-Harrisburg main line (the double-tracked Northern Central Railroad, which once handled its "Spirit Of St. To the west, components of the Baltimore & Ohio's subsidiaries Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and Buffalo & Susquehanna have been removed. In eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania, where the state's rich seams of anthracite coal were located you can find scars of old branches operated by Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & New England, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Reading. Many of these lines served coal mines (anthracite and bituminous) while others were agricultural in nature. There are thousands of miles of former PRR secondary and branches lines, alone, scattered throughout Pennsylvania. In total, today's railroads in Pennsylvania operate just over 5,000 route miles, which is well under half the state's all-time high of more than 11,500 miles. Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad.Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad.
Today, Pennsylvania's rail network, after the splitting of Conrail in 1999, is mostly operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern.Additionally, there are several regionals and short lines that also operate in the Keystone State. Philadelphia Transportation Company PCC #2085 exits from the subway entrance at 40th Street, bound for the 61st Street station and loop on Baltimore Avenue during the 1960s.
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