From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
Newsgroups: rec.railroad
Subject: Re: What are the Regions of the Pennsy?
Date: 12 Dec 92 01:26:39 GMT
Organization: BT North America (Tymnet)

In article <1992Dec10.113610.19375@pbs.org> jernandez@pbs.org writes:
>
>	Can someone list the nine(?) regions of the Pennsylvania Railroad and
>	define the difference between the terms "Region" and "Division" as used
>	by the Pennsy? I know a one point the railroad went from using the term
>	"Region" to "Division", but I do not know when this occured. I have \


This is not a complete answer to your question, which would require
what amounts to a scholarly research paper. However, this should
get you started.

The Pennsylvania was organized in a hierarchical fashion. At the
top level were the "regions". A region comprised, typically,
several "grand divisions"; each grand division in turn comprised
several "divisions". 

Your allusion to the change from "region" to "division" is confused
with the simplified re-organization which took place circa 1956
in which the divisions ( and grand divisions) became "districts"

The New York Zone was uniquely named and existed at the region
level of the hierarchy. 

Over time divisions were merged and re-named, which is why no
simple answer is possible. I will enter an org-chart showing
the structure as of March 1, 1939. Obviously this will not map
one-to-one onto references from a different era. These data
are from _The Keystone_, the publication of the Pennsy historical
society.

Pennsylvania Railroad
	New York Zone
		New Jersey Division
			New York Division
			Trenton Division
		Long Island Railroad
	Eastern Region
		Philadelphia Terminal Division
			Philadelphia Terminal Division
			Camden Terminal Division
			Atlantic Division
		Southern Division
			Maryland Division
			Baltimore Division
			Delaware Division
			Norfolk Division
				(last two became the Delmarva Div)
		Eastern Pennsylvania Division
			Philadelphia Division
			Middle Division
			Cumberland Valley Division
		Central Pennsylvania Division
			Schuylkill Division
			Sunbury Division
			Williamsport Division
			Elmira Division
	Central Region
		Western Pennsylvania Division
			Pittsburgh Division
			Cresson Division
			Conemaugh Division
			Monongahela Division
		Eastern Ohio Division
			Eastern Division
			Panhandle Division
			Wheeling Division 
		Northern Division
			Buffalo Division
			Renovo Division
			Allegheny Division
		Lake Division
			Cleveland Division
			Erie & Ashtabula Division
			Akron Division
	Western Region
		Northwestern Division
			Toledo Division
			Grand Rapids Division
			Fort Wayne Division
			Logansport Division
			Chicago Terminal Division
		Southwestern Division
			Columbus Division
			Cincinnati Division
			Indianapolis Division
			St. Louis Division
	Altoona Works

The Grand Divisions were simple called "Divisions".

It would require pages to track all the changes before and
after this chart.

Anyone interested in this level of detail about the former
Pennsylvania Railroad ought to consider joining the
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
( the pert & hiss as it's irreverently know in what
passes for humor among Pennsy fans). The regular membership
is $25/year and includes a very high-quality glossy 
quarterly magazine with many drawings, photos, and
well-researched articles as well as reminiscences of
former PRR employes.

contact:
PRRT&HS
P.O.Box 389 
Upper Darby, PA
19082
-- 
Michael Stimac
(415) 355-8889
romeo@tymnet.com
These opinions are not necessarily anyone's but my own.