List of Pennsylvania railroads
Defunct railroads
Table:
Name

Mark

System[nb 1]

From

To

Successor

Notes

Addison and Pennsylvania Railway

B&O

1887

1898

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

Addison and Northern Pennsylvania Railway

B&O

1882

1887

Addison and Pennsylvania Railway

Aliquippa and Southern Railroad

ALQS

1906

2002

Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad

Allegheny Railroad

ALY

1985

1992

Allegheny and Eastern Railroad

Allegheny and Bald Eagle Railroad, Coal and Iron Company

PRR

1839

1859

Bellefonte and Snowshoe Railroad

Allegheny and Eastern Railroad

ALY

1992

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

Allegheny Junction Railroad

1898

1907

N/A

Allegheny and South Side Railway

AYSS

1892

Allegheny Southern Railway

ASRW

1982

1985

Everett Railroad

Allegheny Terminal Company

1899

Allegheny Valley Railroad

PRR

1852

1891

Allegheny Valley Railway

Allegheny Valley Railway

PRR

1892

1910

Pennsylvania Railroad

Allegheny and Western Railway

B&O

1896

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Allentown Railroad

RDG

1853

1945

Reading Company

Allentown Terminal Railroad

CNJ/ RDG

1888

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad

1897

1910

Altoona, Juniata and Northern Railway

Altoona, Clearfield and Northern Railroad

1891

1897

Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad

Altoona, Juniata and Northern Railway

1910

1913

Altoona Northern Railroad

Altoona Northern Railroad

1912

1919

N/A

Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad

1892

1906

New York and Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad

Anthracite Railway

ATRW

1983

1989

Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad

Arnot and Pine Creek Railroad

ERIE

1881

1937

Tioga Railroad

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

ERIE

1871

1880

New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

ERIE

1858

1865

Atlantic and Great Western Railway

Atlantic and Great Western Railway

ERIE

1865

1871

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

Auburn and Port Clinton Railroad

RDG

1854

1857

Allentown Railroad

Altoona and Wopsononock Railroad

1890

1891

Altoona, Clearfield and Northern Railroad

Bachman Valley Railroad

WM

1871

1886

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway

Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

PRR

1861

1908

Pennsylvania Railroad

Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad Company

D&H

1868

1871

Northern Coal and Iron Company

Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad

WM

1878

1917

Western Maryland Railway

Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad Extension Company

WM

1880

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Baltimore and Hanover Railroad

WM

1877

1886

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway

WM

1886

1917

Western Maryland Railway

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway (Eastern Extension)

WM

1888

1917

Western Maryland Railway

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway (Western Extension)

WM

1888

1917

Western Maryland Railway

Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad

1891

1894

York Southern Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

B&O, BO

B&O

1876

1987

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

B&O

1912

1980

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

B&O

1885

1887

Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad

Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad

B&O

1883

1989

CSX Transportation

Baltimore and Philadelphia Railway

B&O

1883

1883

Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad

Bangor and Bath Railroad

DL&W

1880

1880

Bangor and Portland Railway

Bangor and Portland Railway

DL&W

1879

1909

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Barclay Railroad

LV

1891

1902

Lehigh Eastern RailRoad

2000

2016

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

Barclay Coal Company

LV

1862

1891

Barclay Railroad

Barclay Railroad and Coal Company

LV

1854

1862

Barclay Coal Company

Bare Rock Railroad

1892

Bear Creek Railroad

B&LE

1865

1867

Shenango and Allegheny Railroad

Beaver Connecting Railroad

Beaver and Ellwood Railroad

PLE

1890

1916

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company

LV

1830

1864

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Beaver Meadow, Tresckow and New Boston Railroad

CNJ

1894

N/A

Beaver Valley Railroad

PLE/ PRR

1899

1941

Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

Bedford Railroad

1859

1864

Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company

Bedford and Blair County Railroad

PRR

1893

1894

Pennsylvania Midland Railroad

Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad

PRR

1868

1891

Bedford and Bridgeport Railway

Bedford and Bridgeport Railway

PRR

1891

1911

Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad

Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad

PRR

1902

1911

Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad

Beech Creek Railroad

NYC

1886

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad

NYC

1883

1886

Beech Creek Railroad

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

NYC

1901

1961

New York Central Railroad

Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad

1882

1882

Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad

Bellefonte Central Railroad

BFC

1892

1985

Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad

Bellefonte, Nittany and Lemont Railroad

PRR

1883

1889

Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

Bellefonte and Snowshoe Railroad

PRR

1859

1881

Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

Bell's Gap Railroad

PRR

1871

1889

Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad

Bells Run Railroad

1903

Belvidere Delaware Railroad

PRR

1896

1958

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

Berks and Chester Railroad

RDG

1864

1866

Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Berks County Railroad

RDG

1871

1874

Reading and Lehigh Railroad

Berlin Railroad

B&O

1879

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Berlin Branch Railroad

1876

1903

East Berlin Railway

Bethlehem Railroad

LNE

1861

1864

Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad

Big Level and Bradford Railroad

B&O

1881

1883

Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway

Big Level and Kinzua Railroad

B&O

1881

1911

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Binghamton, Towanda and Western Railway

LV

1902

1902

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

Blacklick and Yellow Creek Railroad

1904

1911

Cambria and Indiana Railroad

Blacksville and Western Railway

MGA

1917

1917

Morgantown and Wheeling Railway

Bloom Run Railroad

1902

Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad

BBS

RDG

1883

1928

Reading Company

Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad

BMRG

1983

1995

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad

Bradford Railroad

PRR

1911

1932

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Bradford Railway

PRR

1881

1911

Bradford Railroad

Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad

1880

1892

Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway

Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway

1892

1903

Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad

Bradford, Bordell and Smethport Railroad

1880

1892

Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway

Bradford and Foster Brook Railway

1877

1879

N/A

Bradford Industrial Rail

BR

1993

2004

Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

Bradford and State Line Railroad

B&O

1881

1881

Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad

Bradford and Western Pennsylvania Railroad

1891

Bridgeport and Widemire Railway

B&O

1896

1913

Clearfield and Mahoning Railway

Bristol Industrial Terminal Railway

BITY

1992

1997

Penn Eastern Rail Lines

Brock Railroad

1903

Brockport and Shawmut Railroad

ERIE

1886

1940

New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company

Brockwayville and Punxsutawney Railroad

B&O

1882

1891

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway

Brooks Mills and Altoona Railroad

PRR

1894

1894

Pennsylvania Midland Railroad

Brookville Railway

1896

Brookville and Mahoning Railroad

PS&N

1903

1909

Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad

Brownstone and Middletown Railroad

1892

N/A

Brownsville Railway

PRR

1875

1880

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

Brownsville and New Haven Railway

B&O

1876

1882

Ohio and Baltimore Short Line Railway

Brownsville and State Line Railroad

PRR

1893

1894

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

Bruce and Clairton Railroad

P&WV

1901

1902

West Side Belt Railroad

Buffalo and Bradford Railroad

ERIE

1856

1859

Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad

Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad

1904

1931

N/A

Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad

ERIE

1859

1941

Erie Railroad

Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway

PRR

1879

1880

Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway

Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad

PRR

1867

1872

Corry and State Line Railroad

Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway

NKP

1881

1881

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

Buffalo Coal and Iron Company

DL&W

1856

1860

Continental Coal Company

Buffalo and Erie Railroad

NYC

1867

1869

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

PRR

1883

1887

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway

PRR

1871

1883

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

PRR

1881

1883

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway

BR&P

B&O

1887

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad

1882

1891

Bellefonte Central Railroad

Buffalo and St. Marys Railroad

PS&N

1895

1897

Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad

Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad

PS&N

1897

1899

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

B&S

B&O

1891

1954

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway

B&O

1907

1910

N/A

Leased the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Buffalo Valley Railroad

B&O

1868

1879

Berlin Railroad

Buffalo and Washington Railway

PRR

1866

1871

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway

Bustleton Railroad

PRR

1891

1902

Connecting Railway

Bustleton and Eastern Railroad

PRR

1893

1893

Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad

Butler and Pittsburgh Railroad

B&LE

1896

1897

Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Caledonia Iron, Land and Railroad Company

PRR

1867

1869

Southern Pennsylvania Iron and Railroad Company

Cambria and Clearfield Railroad

PRR

1887

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

PRR

1903

1913

Pennsylvania Railroad

Cambria County Railroad

NYC

1896

1898

Beech Creek Railroad

Cambria and Indiana Railroad

CI

1911

1994

N/A

Cammal and Black Forest Railway

1894

Canoe Creek Railroad

NYC

1900

1901

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Carbon Limestone Railroad

PLE

1894

1894

Mahoning State Line Railroad

Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad

RDG

1854

1944

Reading Company

Catawissa Railroad

RDG

1860

1953

Reading Company

Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad

RDG

1849

1860

Catawissa Railroad

Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway

CQPA

2001

2004

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

Central Railroad of New Jersey

CNJ

CNJ

1952

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Central Railroad of New Jersey

CNJ

CNJ

1871

1946

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

CRP

CNJ

1944

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

1891

1918

N/A

Central Pennsylvania Railroad

1889

1891

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania Railroad (Eastern Extension)

1890

1891

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad

PRR

1893

1902

Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad

Central Trunk Railway

NYC

1868

1909

Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

Chambersburg and Gettysburg Railroad

1890

Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad

PRR

1853

1859

Franklin Railroad

Chapman and Lehigh Railway

DL&W

1881

1882

Bangor and Portland Railway

Chartiers Railway

PRR

1867

1907

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

Chartiers Connecting Railroad

PRR

1881

1899

Chartiers Railway

Chartiers and Mansfield Valley Railway

PLE/ PRR

1880

1881

Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway

Chartiers Southern Railway

MGA

1906

1929

Monongahela Railway

Chartiers Valley Railroad

PRR

1853

1866

Chartiers Railway

Cheat Haven Railroad

B&O

1902

1907

Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad

Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad

B&O

1911

1965

N/A

Cheat River Railroad

B&O

1896

1907

Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad

Cherry Grove Railroad

1884

1894

Tionesta Valley Railway

Cherry Springs Railroad

B&O

1893

1893

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad

NYC/ PRR

1903

1970

Penn Central Transportation Company

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

CO

1987

1987

CSX Transportation

Chester Creek Railroad

PRR

1866

1917

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Chester and Delaware River Railroad

RDG

1871

1923

Reading Company

Chester Valley Railroad

RDG

1850

1888

Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad

Chester Valley Railway

CHTS

1996

1997

Penn Eastern Rail Lines

Chestnut Hill Railroad

RDG

1848

1948

Reading Company

Chestnut Ridge Railroad of Pennsylvania

1898

1902

Chestnut Ridge Railway

Chestnut Ridge Railway

CHR

1902

2003

Chestnut Ridge Railroad

Owned by New Jersey Zinc and successors from 1907

Cheswick and Harmar Railroad

CHH

1901

1972

N/A

Formerly owned by Duquesne Light

Clarion and Jefferson Railroad

1904

1904

Pittsburgh, Summerville and Clarion Railroad

Clarion River Railway

1889

1948

N/A

Clarion and Summerville Railroad

1900

1901

Clarion, Summerville and Pittsburgh Railroad

Clarion, Summerville and Pittsburgh Railroad

1901

1903

Clearfield and Jefferson Railway

PRR

1885

1889

Bell's Gap Railroad

Clearfield and Mahoning Railway

B&O

1892

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines

Clearfield Southern Railroad

NYC

1898

1905

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad

NYC

1854

1868

Lake Shore Railway

Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad

PRR

1850

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Coal Glen Railroad

1889

Colebrook Valley Railroad

PRR

1881

1886

Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad

Colebrookdale Railroad

RDG

1865

1945

Reading Company

Columbia Bank

PRR

1852

1864

Columbia Bridge Company

Columbia Bank and Bridge Company

PRR

1837

1852

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bridge Company

PRR

1864

1871

Pennsylvania Railroad

Columbia Bridge Company

PRR

1835

1837

Columbia Bank and Bridge Company

Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad

PRR

1860

1864

Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad

Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad

PRR

1864

1890

Columbia and Port Deposit Railway

Columbia and Port Deposit Railway

PRR

1890

1916

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Columbus and Erie Railroad

ERIE

1905

1941

Erie Railroad

Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad

CBL

1923

Lehigh Valley Rail Management

Conewango Valley Railroad

NYC

1870

1870

Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway

Confluence and Oakland Railroad

B&O

1890

1941

N/A

Confluence and State Line Railroad

B&O

1889

1890

Confluence and Oakland Railroad

Connecting Railway

PRR

1863

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Connection Railroad

NYC

1870

1871

Junction Railroad

Connellsville Central Railroad

MGA

1902

1905

Connellsville and Monongahela Railway

Connellsville and Monongahela Railway

MGA

1905

N/A

Connellsville and State Line Railway

WM

1910

1917

Western Maryland Railway

Connequenessing Valley Railroad

B&LE

1881

1882

West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railroad

Consolidated Rail Corporation

CR

1976

1999

CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway

Continental Coal Company

DL&W

1860

1865

Keyser Valley Railroad

Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway

NYC

1873

1892

Fall Brook Railway

Cornwall Railroad

CWL

RDG

1870

1968

Reading Company

Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad

C&L

PRR

1882

1918

Pennsylvania Railroad

Cornwall and Mount Hope Railroad

RDG

1883

1886

Cornwall Railroad

Corry and State Line Railroad

PRR

1879

1879

Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway

Coudersport and Pine Creek Railroad

1889

1895

Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad

Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad

CPA

1882

1970

N/A

Owned by Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad

Coudersport and Wellsboro Railroad

B&O

1892

1894

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Cowanesque Valley Railroad

NYC

1869

1874

Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway

Crane Railroad

LNE

1905

1914

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Cresson Railroad

PRR

1891

1891

Cambria and Clearfield Railroad

Cresson and Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad

PRR

1882

1894

Cresson and Irvona Railroad

Cresson and Irvona Railroad

PRR

1894

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Cross Cut Railroad

PRR

1864

1867

Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad

Cross Fork Railroad

B&O

1893

1893

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Cumberland Valley Railroad

PRR

1831

1919

Pennsylvania Railroad

Cumberland Valley and Waynesboro Railroad

PRR

1901

1906

Cumberland Valley Railroad

Curwensville and Bower Railroad

NYC

1903

1905

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Dahoga and Highland Railroad

Dallastown Railroad

1898

1902

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad

PRR

1867

1878

Sunbury, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Railway

Danville and Pottsville Railroad

PRR

1826

1851

Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad

Darlington Cannel Coal Railroad

PLE/ PRR

1852

1855

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad, Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway

Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company

RDG

1838

1859

Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad

Dawson, Broadford and Mount Pleasant Railroad

PLE

1881

1882

Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad

Delaware and Chester County Railroad

B&O

1867

1869

Wilmington and Western Railroad

Delaware and Cobb's Gap Railroad

DL&W

1849

1853

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Delaware and Hudson Company

D&H

1899

1930

Delaware and Hudson Railroad

Delaware and Hudson Railroad

D&H

D&H

1930

1968

Delaware and Hudson Railway

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company

D&H

1826

1899

Delaware and Hudson Company

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

DL&W, DLW

DL&W

1853

1960

Erie–Lackawanna Railroad

Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad

LV

1846

1853

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company

PRR

1896

1954

Penndel Company

Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad

1868

1893

N/A

Delaware River and Union Railroad

DR&U

1902

1941

N/A

Owned by Sunoco

Delaware and Slatington Railroad

LNE

1881

1882

Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad

Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad

LV

1890

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Delaware Valley Railroad

1899

1903

Delaware Valley Railway

Delaware Valley Railway

DV

1994

1999

Brandywine Valley Railroad

Delaware Valley Railway

1904

1937

N/A

Delaware Valley Railway

1899

Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad

Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad

1898

1899

Delaware Valley Railroad

Delaware Western Railroad

B&O

1877

1883

Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad

Dent's Run Railroad

1903

N/A

Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg Railroad

PRR

1871

1906

Cumberland Valley Railroad

Doe Run and White Clay Creek Railroad

PRR

1868

1870

Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad

Donora Southern Railroad

DSO

1902

N/A

Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad

PRR

1888

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad

NYC

1873

1914

New York Central Railroad

Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway

NYC

1870

1873

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad

Eagles Mere Railroad

1891

1922

Eagles Mere Railway

Eagles Mere Railway

1922

1927

N/A

East Berlin Railroad

EB

1914

1939

N/A

East Berlin Railway

1903

1914

East Berlin Railroad

East Brandywine Railroad

PRR

1854

1860

East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad

East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad

PRR

1860

1888

Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad

East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company

1856

1956

N/A

Continued as a tourist railroad

East Mahanoy Railroad

RDG

1854

1951

Reading Company

East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad

EMHR

1992

1996

Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad

East Penn Railways

EPRY

1995

2007

East Penn Railroad

East Pennsylvania Railroad

RDG

1857

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

East Stroudsburg and Matamoras Railroad

1899

Delaware Valley, Hudson and Lehigh Railroad

Eastern Railroad

1901

1925

Monongahela Connecting Railroad

Easton and Northern Railroad

LV

1889

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Easton and Western Railroad

CNJ

1914

1944

Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad

PRR

1893

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad

PRR

1859

1891

Cresson Railroad

Eddystone and Delaware River Railroad

PRR

1899

1918

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Elk and Highland Railroad

1898

1913

Elk and Highland Railway

Elk and Highland Railway

1913

1913

Tionesta Valley Railway

Elk Lick Coal, Lumber and Iron Company

B&O

1868

1871

Salisbury and Baltimore Railroad and Coal Company

Ellwood Connecting Railroad

PLE

1892

1911

Beaver and Ellwood Railroad

Ellwood Short Line Railroad

B&O

1890

1912

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Ellwood Southern Railroad

PLE

1899

1899

Beaver and Ellwood Railroad

Elmira and Williamsport Railroad

PRR

1860

1969

Penndel Company

Emlenton and Shippenville Railroad

B&O

1875

1877

Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railway

Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railway

B&O

1877

1881

Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway

Emporium and Mount Jewett Railroad

PS&N

1895

1897

Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad

Emporium and Rich Valley Railroad

1891

Engelside Railroad

PRR

1892

1902

Connecting Railway

Enterprise Railroad

RDG

1865

1870

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

Erie Railroad

ERIE

ERIE

1895

1960

Erie–Lackawanna Railroad

Erie Railway

ERIE

1861

1878

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad

Erie–Lackawanna Railroad

EL

1960

1968

Erie Lackawanna Railway

Erie Lackawanna Railway

EL

1968

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Erie and North East Railroad

NYC, PRR

1842

1867

Buffalo and Erie Railroad, Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad

Erie and Ohio Rail Road

NYC

1849

1854

Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad

Built by the Franklin Canal Company

Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad

PRR

1858

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Erie, Shenango and Pittsburgh Railway

B&LE

1886

1888

Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad

Erie and State Line Railroad

NKP

1887

1887

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

Erie Terminal Railroad

B&LE

1891

1893

Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad

Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad

ERIE

1882

1941

Erie Railroad

Eriton Railroad

ERIE

1906

1933

N/A

Etna and Montrose Railroad

1896

1961

N/A

Fair Hill Railroad

PRR

1892

1902

Connecting Railway

Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad

B&O

1893

1989

CSX Transportation

Fall Brook Railway

NYC

1892

1909

Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad

Falls Creek Railroad

1889

1897

Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad

Farmers' Railroad

PRR

1862

1868

Warren and Franklin Railway

Fayette County Railroad

B&O

1857

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Forest City and State Line Railroad

O&W

1889

1889

Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway

Foxburg, Kane and Bradford Railroad

B&O

1879

1881

Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway

Foxburg, St. Petersburg and Clarion Railroad

B&O

1877

1881

Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway

Frankford Creek Railroad

PRR

1890

1891

Kensington and Tacony Railroad

Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad

PRR

1863

1890

Bustleton Railroad

Franklin Railroad

PRR

1859

1865

Cumberland Valley Railroad

Franklin Railroad

PRR

1832

1850

Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad

Franklin Canal Company

NYC

1849

1854

Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad

Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

NYC

1902

1909

Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

Gaffney and James City Railroad

B&O

1913

1940

N/A

Gaines and State Line Railroad

PRR

1875

1876

Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway

Galeton and Eastern Railroad

B&O

1898

1901

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Galeton, South Branch and Germania Railroad

Garfield and Cherry Grove Railroad

1882

1884

Cherry Grove Railroad

Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad

NYC

1909

1914

New York Central Railroad

Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway

PRR

1876

1879

Lake Ontario Southern Railway

Gettysburg Railroad (1976-1996)

GETY

1976

1996

Gettysburg Railway

Gettysburg Railroad

WM

1853

1870

Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway

Gettysburg Railway

GBRY

1996

2001

Gettysburg and Northern Railroad

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad

RDG

1882

1891

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway

RDG

1891

1945

Reading Company

Girardville Railroad

PRR

1892

1893

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Glen Hazel and Shawmut Railroad

1893

Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad

Glenwood Railroad

B&O

1896

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Good Spring Railroad

RDG

1863

1871

Lebanon and Tremont Railroad

Grassy Island Railroad

ERIE

1887

1936

Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad

Grays Run Railway

LV

1903

1903

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

Greenlick Railway

1892

N/A

Greenlick Narrow Gauge Railway

1874

1892

Greenlick Railway

Hanover Branch Railroad

WM

1849

1874

Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad

Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad

WM

1874

1886

Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway

Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroad

RDG

1876

1881

Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad

Hanover and Newport Railroad

DL&W

1894

1909

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Hanover and York Railroad

PRR

1873

1897

York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad

Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad

PRR

1835

1917

Pennsylvania Railroad

Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad

RDG

1871

1890

Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad

Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad

RDG

1890

1890

Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad

Harrisburg Terminal Railroad

RDG

1889

1890

Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad

Hazleton Railroad

LV

1865

1868

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Hazleton Coal Company

LV

1836

1865

Hazleton Railroad

Hempfield Railroad

B&O

1850

1871

Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad

Hickory Valley Railroad

1887

1938

N/A

Hicks Run Railroad

1905

Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad

PRR

1911

1914

Pennsylvania Railroad

Hooverhurst and South Western Railroad

NYC

1902

1913

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Howard Coal and Iron Company

D&H

1864

1867

Union Coal Company

Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad

RDG

1891

1910

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway

Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company

H&BT

1852

1954

Everett Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad

Indian Creek Valley Railway

B&O

1902

1972

N/A

Ironton Railroad

IRN

LV/ RDG

1859

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

ISS Rail, Inc.

ISSR

1993

New Castle Industrial Railroad

Jackson Coal Railroad

NYC

1883

1909

Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

Jamestown and Franklin Railroad

NYC

1862

1909

Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad

NYC

1909

1915

New York Central Railroad

Jeddo and Carbon County Railroad

LV

1854

1856

Lehigh and Luzerne Railroad

Jefferson Railroad

ERIE

1851

1941

Erie Railroad

Jefferson and Allegheny Railway

B&O

1894

1898

Allegheny and Western Railway

Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railroad

1904

Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway

NYC

1870

1884

Pine Creek Railway

Johnsonburg Railroad

PRR

1887

1928

Pennsylvania Railroad

Johnsonburgh Railroad

B&O

1887

1888

Johnsonburgh and Bradford Railroad

Johnsonburgh and Bradford Railroad

B&O

1888

1907

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway

Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad

JKWI

1982

1985

Allegheny Railroad

Johnstown and Stony Creek Railroad

J&SC, JSC

1888

1983

N/A

Jones Lake Railroad

ERIE

1887

1894

Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad

Junction Railroad

PRR

1860

1908

Pennsylvania Railroad

Junction Railroad

NYC

1870

1871

Jamestown and Franklin Railroad

Juniata and Southern Railroad

1913

1917

N/A

Kane Railroad

1899

1931

N/A

Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Kane and Elk Railroad

1895

1946

N/A

Karns City and Butler Railroad

B&O

1873

1881

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Keating and Smethport Railroad

1899

1931

N/A

Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Kendall and Eldred Railroad

1877

1893

N/A

Operated by Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad

Kensington and Tacony Railroad

PRR

1884

1902

Connecting Railway

Kersey Railroad

PS&N

1900

1947

N/A

Ketner, Elbon and Shawmut Railroad

1892

1893

Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad

Ketner and Kay Fork Railway

1901

Ketner, St. Mary's and Shawmut Railroad

1893

Keyser Valley Railroad

DL&W

1865

1865

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Kinzua Railroad

PRR

1911

1911

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Kinzua Railway

PRR

1881

1911

Kinzua Railroad

Kinzua Hemlock Railroad

1890

1936

N/A

Operated by Valley Railroad

Kinzua and Tiona Railroad

1897

Kinzua Valley Railroad

PRR

1889

1911

Kinzua Railroad

Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad

1892

1940

N/A

Kittanning Run Railroad

1905

Knox and Kane Railroad

KKRR

1982

2006

N/A

Kushequa Railroad

B&O

1898

1931

Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Lackawanna Railway

LRWY

1991

1993

Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad

DL&W

1852

1873

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Lackawanna and Montrose Railroad

DL&W

1889

1928

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Lackawanna Valley Railroad

LVAL

1985

1993

Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad

Lackawanna and Western Railroad

DL&W

1851

1853

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad

L&WV

DL&W

1901

1960

Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway

Electric until 1953

Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway

L&WV, LWV

DL&W

1959

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad

LASB

1976

1989

Stourbridge Railroad

Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad

LEF

1913

1992

N/A

Lake Ontario Southern Railway

PRR

1879

1882

Sodus Bay and Southern Railway (NY)

Sold at foreclosure; no property in Pennsylvania

Lake Shore Railway

NYC

1868

1869

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

NYC

1869

1914

New York Central Railroad

Lancaster and Northern Railroad

1906

Never operated revenue service.

Lancaster Northern Railway

LANO

1995

1997

Penn Eastern Rail Lines

Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad

1890

1912

Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway

Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway

1912

1918

N/A

Lancaster and Quarryville Railroad

PRR

1904

1915

Pennsylvania Railroad

Lancaster and Reading Narrow Gauge Railroad

PRR

1871

1904

Lancaster and Quarryville Railroad

Latrobe and Ligonier Railroad

1853

1871

Ligonier Valley Railroad

Lawrence Railroad

PRR

1865

1887

Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad

Lawrence Railroad and Transportation Company

PRR

1864

1865

Lawrence Railroad

Lebanon Belt Railway

PRR

1889

1891

Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad

Lebanon and Tremont Railroad

RDG

1871

1871

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Lebanon Valley Railroad

RDG

1850

1858

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Leetonia Railway

1899

Lehigh and Delaware Railroad

LNE

1904

1904

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Lehigh and Delaware Gap Railroad

CNJ

1857

1867

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

L&HR, LHR

1889

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad

LNE

1864

1904

Lehigh and Delaware Railroad

Lehigh Luzerne Railroad

LV

1857

1868

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Lehigh and Luzerne Railroad

LV

1856

1857

Lehigh Luzerne Railroad

Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad

LV

1862

1866

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Lehigh and New England Railroad

LNE

LNE

1895

1961

Lehigh and New England Railway

Lehigh and New England Railway

LNE

CNJ

1961

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

CNJ

1837

1978

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Lehigh Valley Railroad

LV

LV

1853

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad

1897

1906

N/A

Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad

PRR

1853

1879

Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad

Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad

PRR

1880

1913

Lewisburg and Tyrone Railway

Lewisburg and Tyrone Railway

PRR

1913

1915

Pennsylvania Railroad

Liggett's Gap Railroad

DL&W

1832

1851

Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Ligonier Valley Railroad

LGV

1871

1952

N/A

Little Saw Mill Run Railroad

P&WV

1850

1897

West Side Belt Railroad

Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company

RDG

1829

1952

Reading Company

Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad

RDG

1835

1849

Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad

Littlestown Railroad

PRR

1854

1892

Hanover and York Railroad

Locust Gap Improvement Company

RDG

1854

1864

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Lorberry Creek Railroad

RDG

1843

1871

Lebanon and Tremont Railroad

Loyalhanna and Youghiogheny Railroad

NYC

1894

1895

Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad

Loyalsock Railroad

LV

1884

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company

PRR

1830

1956

Penndel Company

Mahanoy and Broad Mountain Railroad

RDG

1860

1870

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

Mahanoy and Shamokin Improvement Company

RDG

1850

1856

Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

RDG

1870

1871

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Mahanoy Valley Railroad

RDG

1868

1870

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway

NYC

1963

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Mahoning State Line Railroad

PLE

1894

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Mahoning Valley Railroad

B&O

1890

1967

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway

Main Line of Public Works

PRR

1828

1857

Pennsylvania Railroad

Manns Choice and Hyndman Railroad

PRR

1894

1894

Pennsylvania Midland Railroad

Manufacturers Railroad

RDG

1870

1873

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Manufacturers Terminal Railway

Mapleton and Rocky Ridge Railway

1891

Marginal Railroad

1880

1890

Pennsylvania Company

Martins Creek Railroad

PRR

1885

1896

Belvidere Delaware Railroad

Maryland Central Railway

1888

1891

Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

M&PA, MPA

1901

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the York Railway

Masontown and New Salem Railroad

MGA

1899

1905

Connellsville and Monongahela Railway

Mauch Chunk Railroad

1826

1872

Continued as a tourist railroad

McKean and Buffalo Railroad

PRR

1874

1911

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

McKees Rocks Railroad

1899

1899

Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad

McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad

PLE

1886

1890

Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad

McKeesport and Bessemer Railroad

PRR

1888

1894

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

McKeesport Terminal Railroad

1896

McLaughlin Line Railroad

MCLR

1985

N/A

McLaughlin's and Saw Mill Run Railway

PLE/ PRR

1881

1881

Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway

Mead Run Railroad

1897

1931

N/A

Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Meadow Lands and Zediker Railroad

PRR

1903

1907

Chartiers Railway

Meadville Railroad

ERIE

1857

1858

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

Meadville Railway

B&LE

1880

1884

Meadville and Linesville Railway

Meadville, Conneaut Lake and Linesville Railroad

B&LE

1891

1948

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Meadville and Linesville Railway

B&LE

1884

1891

Meadville, Conneaut Lake and Linesville Railroad

Medix Run Railroad

B&O

1886

1905

Susquehanna and Southern Railroad

Mercer Valley Railroad

1900

Mercersburg Railway

MERW

1978

1980

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Middle Creek Railroad

PRR

1865

1870

Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad

Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad

RDG

1888

1923

Reading Company

Midland Pennsylvania Railroad

1910

Midland Terminal Company

MDLR

1983

2003

Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad

Midway and Oakdale Railway

PRR

1900

1909

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

Mifflin and Centre County Railroad

PRR

1860

1896

Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad

Mill Creek Railroad

PRR

1865

1865

Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole Railway

Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company

RDG

1828

1950

Reading Company

Mill Creek Valley Railroad

PS&N

1899

1899

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

Millersburg Railroad

PRR

1899

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Millville and North Mountain Railroad

PRR

1886

1887

Wilkesbarre and Western Railway

Milton and North Mountain Railroad

PRR

1885

1887

Wilkesbarre and Western Railway

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad

RDG

1829

1951

Reading Company

Miramar Iron Company

RDG

1870

1871

Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad

Mocanaqua and Eastern Railroad

Monessen Southwestern Railway

1912

Monongahela Railroad

MGA

1900

1915

Monongahela Railway

Monongahela Railway

MGA

MGA

1915

1993

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Monongahela Connecting Railroad

MGAC, MCRR

1885

2002

Allegheny Valley Railroad

Monongahela and Ohio Railroad

MGA

1912

1933

Monongahela Railway

Monongahela River and Streets Run Railroad

PRR

1892

1894

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

Monongahela Southern Railroad

1897

1937

Union Railroad

Monongahela Valley Railroad

PRR

1867

1870

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

Monongahela and Washington Railroad

PRR

1899

1904

Pennsylvania Railroad

Mont Alto Railroad

PRR

1871

1901

Cumberland Valley and Waynesboro Railroad

Montour Railroad

M, MTR

MTR

1877

1983

N/A

Montrose Railroad

LV

1905

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Montrose Railway

LV

1869

1905

Montrose Railroad

Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad

ERIE

1887

1941

Erie Railroad

Morgantown and Wheeling Railway

M&W

MGA

1917

1923

Scotts Run Railway

Moshannon Railroad

PRR

1863

1881

Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

Moshannon and Clearfield Railroad

PRR

1880

1884

Tyrone and Clearfield Railway

Mount Carmel Railroad

RDG

1907

1952

N/A

Mount Carmel and Natalie Railroad

RDG

1891

1906

Mount Carmel Railroad

Mount Carbon Railroad

RDG

1829

1872

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad

RDG

1842

1949

Reading Company

Mount Eagle and Tremont Railroad

RDG

1853

1862

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad

Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad

PS&N

1897

1899

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

B&O

1889

1942

N/A

Mount Jewett and Smethport Railroad

PS&N

1892

1897

Mount Jewett, Clermont and Northern Railroad

Mount Penn Gravity Railroad

1889

Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad

B&O

1870

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant and Latrobe Railroad

1881

Mountain Laurel Railroad

MNL

1991

1996

Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad

Muncy Creek Railway

1864

1882

Williamsport and North Branch Railroad

Nanticoke Railroad

CNJ

1860

1867

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

Nazareth and Lehigh Railway

DL&W

1899

1899

Bangor and Portland Railway

Nescopec Railroad

PRR

1886

1900

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

Nesquehoning Valley Railroad

CNJ

1861

1963

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

New Berlin and Winfield Railroad

1904

1916

N/A

New Brighton and New Castle Railroad

PRR

1881

1887

Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad

New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad

PRR

1862

1906

Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway

New Castle and Butler Railroad

1881

New Castle and Darlington Railroad

PRR

1856

1857

Pittsburgh, New Castle and Cleveland Railroad

New Castle and Franklin Railroad

PRR

1864

1881

New Castle and Oil City Railroad

New Castle and Oil City Railroad

PRR

1881

1882

Oil City and Chicago Railroad

New Castle, Plain Grove and Butler Railroad

1882

1882

Oil City and Chicago Railroad

New Castle Northern Railway

ERIE

1883

1887

New Castle and Shenango Valley Railroad

New Castle and Shenango Valley Railroad

ERIE

1887

1900

Sharon Railway

New Haven and Dunbar Railroad

1892

1955

N/A

New Park and Fawn Grove Railroad

1905

1935

N/A

Operated by Stewartstown Railroad

New York Central Railroad

NYC

NYC

1914

1968

Penn Central Transportation Company

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad

NYC

1890

1914

New York Central Railroad

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

NKP

NKP

1887

1964

Norfolk and Western Railway

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

NKP

1881

1887

Erie and State Line Railroad

New York and Erie Railroad

ERIE

1841

1861

Erie Railway

New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway

DL&W

1880

1945

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad

ERIE

1878

1895

Erie Railroad

New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company

ERIE

1881

1941

Erie Railroad

New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad

B&O

1883

1898

Galeton and Eastern Railroad

New York, Ontario and Western Railway

O&W, OW

O&W

1890

1957

N/A

New York and Pennsylvania Railroad

1896

1902

New York and Pennsylvania Railway

New York and Pennsylvania Railway

1904

1935

N/A

New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad

ERIE

1880

1896

Nypano Railroad

New York and Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad

1906

1907

Philipsburg Railroad

New York and Pittsburg Central Railroad

1903

1906

N/A

Leased the Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad

New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway

PLE/ PRR

1881

1885

Wampum and State Line Railway

New York Short Line Railroad

RDG

1903

1923

Reading Company

New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad

S&W, NYSW

ERIE

1881

1958

N/A

Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad

1890

1920

Susquehanna River and Western Railroad

Nicholson Run and Pine Swamp Railroad and Coal Company

PRR

1853

1856

New Castle and Darlington Railroad

Nittany Valley Railroad

1887

1914

N/A

Nittany Valley and Southwestern Railroad

1882

1882

Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad

Norfolk and Western Railway

N&W, NW

1964

1998

Norfolk Southern Railway

Norristown and Allentown Railroad

RDG

1854

1865

Perkiomen Railroad

Norristown and Freemansburg Railroad

RDG

1852

1854

Norristown and Allentown Railroad

Norristown Junction Railroad

RDG

1879

1923

Reading Company

Norristown and Main Line Connecting Railroad

RDG

1901

1923

Reading Company

Norristown and Valley Railroad

RDG

1835

1850

Chester Valley Railroad

North Bend and Kettle Creek Railroad

1893

North Fayette Railroad

MTR

1879

1879

Montour Railroad

North Lebanon Railroad

RDG

1850

1870

Cornwall Railroad

North Pennsylvania Railroad

RDG

1853

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

North Shore Railroad

1908

North Shore Terminal Railroad

1898

1899

Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad

North Star and Mifflin Railroad

MTR

1912

1913

Montour Railroad

North and West Branch Railroad

PRR

1871

1881

North and West Branch Railway

North and West Branch Railway

PRR

1881

1900

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

Northampton Railroad

LNE

1901

1903

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Northampton and Bath Railroad

NB

1902

1979

N/A

North East Pennsylvania Railroad

RDG

1870

1945

Reading Company

Northern Central Railway

PRR

1854

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Northern Coal and Iron Company

D&H

1864

Northern Liberties Railway

1896

Northern Liberties and Penn Township Railroad

RDG

1829

1871

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Northern Railroad and Navigation Company

1867

1873

Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad

Northern Susquehanna Railroad

B&O

1900

1901

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

North Western Railroad

PRR

1853

1859

Western Pennsylvania Railroad

North Western Coal and Iron Company

DL&W

1856

1856

Buffalo Coal and Iron Company

Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway

PRR

1895

1895

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Nypano Railroad

ERIE

1896

1941

Erie Railroad

Octoraro Railroad

OCTR

2003

2004

East Penn Railways

Octoraro Railway

OCTR

1977

1994

Delaware Valley Railway

Ohio and Baltimore Short Line Railway

B&O

1873

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Ohio Connecting Railway

PRR

1886

1954

Penndel Company

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

OHPA

2004

2006

Eastern States Railroad

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

OHPA

1995

1996

Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

PRR

1848

1856

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad

Ohio River Junction Railroad

1908

1908

North Shore Railroad

Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad

B&LE

1881

1886

Erie, Shenango and Pittsburgh Railway

Oil City and Chicago Railroad

PRR

1882

1882

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

Oil Creek Railroad

PRR

1860

1868

Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway

Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway

PRR

1868

1875

Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway

Oil Creek Junction Railroad

NYC

1870

1871

Junction Railroad

Oil Creek and Titusville Mining and Transportation Company

PRR

1865

1866

Union and Titusville Railroad

Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway

PRR

1877

1911

Bradford Railroad

Olean, Oswayo and Eastern Railroad

1892

1896

New York and Pennsylvania Railroad

Oleona Railroad

1901

Oleona and Germania Railroad

1902

Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway

O&W

1889

1957

N/A

Orangeville and Lehigh Railroad

PRR

1892

1893

Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad

Oswayo Valley Railroad

1918

1920

New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Pan Handle Railway

PRR

1861

1868

Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway

Panther Creek Railroad

LNE

1913

1913

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Panther Valley Railroad

PVAL

1983

1990

C&S Railroad

Parker and Karns City Railroad

B&O

1873

1881

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Path Valley Railroad

1893

1900

Perry Lumber Company

Peach Bottom Railroad

1881

1890

Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad

Peach Bottom Railway

1868

1881

Peach Bottom Railroad, York and Peach Bottom Railway

Pencoyd and Philadelphia Railroad

1899

1929

N/A

Owned by the American Bridge Company

Penn Central Transportation Company

PC

1968

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Penn Eastern Rail Lines

PRL

1997

2007

East Penn Railroad

Penn Jersey Rail Lines

PJRL

1997

2002

SMS Rail Service, Inc.

Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad

LV

1857

1864

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Penndel Company

PRR

1954

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Pennsylvania Company

PRR

1871

1918

Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Railroad

PRR

PRR

1846

1968

Penn Central Transportation Company

Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad

PRR

1870

1873

Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway

Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway

PRR

1873

1879

Pomeroy and State Line Railroad

Pennsylvania Midland Railroad

PRR

1894

1902

Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad

Pennsylvania Midland Railway

ERIE

1881

1881

New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad

Pennsylvania, Monongahela and Southern Railroad

PRR

1902

1915

Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad

PRR

1894

1896

Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company

Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company

LV

1865

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Pennsylvania Northern Railroad

1911

1913

Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad

Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad

PRR

1889

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad

LNE

1887

1895

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

PRR

1883

1900

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad

LNE

1882

1887

Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad

Pennsylvania Southern Railroad

1910

1913

Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad

Pennsylvania and West Virginia Railroad

PRR

1889

1893

Bedford and Blair County Railroad

Pennsylvania Western and Ohio River Connecting Railway

1901

Pequea Railroad and Improvement Company

RDG

1849

1851

Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company

Perkiomen Railroad

RDG

1865

1945

Reading Company

Perry County Railroad

1887

1903

Susquehanna River and Western Railroad

Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad

PRR

1853

1916

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad

PRR

1834

1857

Pennsylvania Railroad

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

PRR

1902

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad

PBNE

1910

2003

Lehigh Valley Rail Management

Owned by Bethlehem Steel

Philadelphia and Bustleton Railway

PRR

1892

1893

Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad

Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad

PRR

1893

1902

Connecting Railway

Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad

PRR

1872

1885

Philadelphia Midland Railroad

Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad

RDG

1888

1945

Reading Company

Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester Central Railroad

PRR

1871

1872

Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad

Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad

PRR

1890

1913

Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad

Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad

PRR

1831

1836

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad

RDG

1852

1853

North Pennsylvania Railroad

Philadelphia and Erie Railroad

PRR

1861

1907

Pennsylvania Railroad

Philadelphia and Frankford Railroad

RDG

1892

1923

Reading Company

Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad

PRR

1883

1902

Connecting Railway

Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad

RDG

1831

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad

RDG

1890

1923

Reading Company

Philadelphia Midland Railroad

PRR

1885

1890

Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad

Philadelphia and Montgomery County Railroad

RDG

1860

1872

Philadelphia and Newtown Railroad

Philadelphia and Newtown Railroad

RDG

1872

1873

Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad

Philadelphia and Newtown Connecting Railroad

RDG

1892

1892

Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad

Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad

RDG

1873

1945

Reading Company

Philadelphia, Newtown Square and Chester Railroad

B&O

1886

1886

Schuylkill River East Side Railroad

Philadelphia, Norristown and Phoenixville Railroad

PRR

1882

1883

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Railroad

NYC

1893

1895

Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

RDG

1833

1896

Philadelphia and Reading Railway

Philadelphia and Reading Railway

P&R

RDG

1896

1924

Reading Company

Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad

RDG

1888

1944

Reading Company

Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad

PRR

1851

1858

Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad

Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad

PRR

1832

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

PRR

1836

1902

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Philipsburg Railroad

1907

1909

Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad

Philipsburg Coal, Iron and Oil Company

PRR

1865

1867

Tyrone and Clearfield Railway

Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad

1909

1910

Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad

Phoenixville, Pottstown and Reading Railroad

PRR

1882

1883

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Phoenixville and West Chester Railroad

PRR

1882

1883

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Pickering Valley Railroad

RDG

1869

1948

Reading Company

Pine Creek Railway

NYC

1884

1909

Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad

Pine Grove and Lebanon Railroad

RDG

1868

1871

Lebanon and Tremont Railroad

Pine Run Railroad

PRR

1906

1912

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Pittsburgh Railroad

B&O

1879

1879

Pittsburgh Southern Railway

Pittsburgh and Allegheny Railroad

1899

1899

Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad

Pittsburgh and Allegheny River Railroad

1898

Pittsburgh and Beck's Run Railroad

PLE

1877

1880

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

B&LE

1897

1948

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway

B&O

1881

1883

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh, Butler and Shenango Railroad

B&LE

1889

1890

Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburgh and Carnegie Railroad

P&WV

1901

1901

Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad

P&WV

1901

1904

Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway

Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad

1871

1909

N/A

Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon and Washington Railroad

B&O

1877

1878

Pittsburgh Southern Railroad

Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway

PCY

PLE/ PRR

1881

1996

Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad

Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway

B&O, PLE/ PRR

1878

1881

New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway

PRR

1868

1890

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

PRR

1917

1956

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

PRR

1890

1917

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

Pittsburgh, Clarion and Franklin Railroad

1912

1913

Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad

Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad

B&O

1882

1915

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad

B&O

1837

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh East and West Railroad

B&O

1881

1881

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad

NYC

1894

1905

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad

ERIE, PRR

1846

1857

Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad, Meadville Railroad

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad

PRR

1856

1861

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway

PRR

1860

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad

PIR

1996

2001

Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad

Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg and Eastern Railroad

1897

1903

New York and Pittsburg Central Railroad

Pittsburgh Junction Railroad

B&O

1881

1943

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburg, Kittanning and Warren Railroad

PRR

1837

1852

Allegheny Valley Railroad

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

PLE

PLE

1875

1992

Three Rivers Railway

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad

PL&W, PLW

PLE/ PRR

1902

1945

Youngstown and Southern Railway

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railway

PLE/ PRR

1896

1902

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh Local Railroad

B&O

1880

1881

Pittsburgh Junction Railroad

Pittsburgh and Mansfield Railroad

P&WV

1893

1901

Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway

PLE/ PRR

1886

1896

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railway

Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad

PLE

1881

1965

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburgh and Moon Run Railroad

MTR

1891

1913

Montour Railroad

Pittsburgh, New Castle and Cleveland Railroad

PRR

1857

1861

New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad

Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad

B&O

1877

1881

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh and Northeastern Railroad

Pittsburgh and Northeastern Terminal Railroad

1916

Pittsburgh and Northern Terminal Railroad

Pittsburgh and Northern Railroad

1881

Pittsburgh and Northern Terminal Railroad

1916

Pittsburgh and Northwestern Railroad

B&O

1875

1877

Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley Railway

P&OV, POV

1899

1993

Three Rivers Railway

Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad

PS, PSR

PS&N

1909

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

PS&N

1899

1947

N/A

Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad

B&LE

1888

1897

Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Pittsburgh Southern Railroad

B&O

1878

1879

Pittsburgh Southern Railway

Pittsburgh Southern Railway

B&O

1879

1884

Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad

B&O

1885

1887

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway

Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad

PRR

1849

1867

Pan Handle Railway

Pittsburgh, Summerville and Clarion Railroad

1903

1912

Pittsburgh, Clarion and Franklin Railroad

Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad

1910

1931

N/A

Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway

PRR

1876

1881

Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

PRR

1870

1905

Pennsylvania Railroad

Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore Railroad[2]

Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad

1967

Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway

Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway

P&WV

P&WV

1916

1967

Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

B&O

1902

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

B&O

1879

1887

Pittsburgh and Western Railway

Pittsburgh and Western Railway

B&O

1887

1902

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad

1899

1916

N/A

Pittsburgh and Whitehall Railroad

PRR

1882

1888

Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway

Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad

PRR

1887

1906

Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway

Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway

PRR

1906

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Pittsburg, Youngstown and Chicago Railroad

B&O

1880

1882

Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad

Plumville Railroad

B&O

1905

1907

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

PL&W Railroad

PLW

1993

1995

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

Plymouth Railroad

RDG

1836

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre Road and Bridge Company

D&H

1859

1873

Northern Coal and Iron Company

Pocono Northeast Railway

PNER

1982

1993

Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway

Pomeroy and Newark Railroad

PRR

1881

1917

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Pomeroy and State Line Railroad

PRR

1880

1881

Pomeroy and Newark Railroad

Port Kennedy Railroad

RDG

1860

1872

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Portland and Northern Railway

1901

Portsmouth and Lancaster Railroad

PRR

1832

1835

Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad

Potato Creek Railroad

1907

1927

N/A

Pottsville and Mahanoy Railroad

PRR

1883

1886

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Pottsville and New York Railroad

LV

1882

1887

Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad

Quakake Railroad

LV

1857

1862

Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad

Quakertown and Bethlehem Railroad

1916

1937

N/A

Quakertown and Delaware River Railroad

1911

1916

Quakertown and Bethlehem Railroad

Quakertown and Eastern Railroad

1896

1911

Quakertown and Delaware River Railroad

Quemahoning Branch Railroad

1901

Railroad Ventures, Inc.

1996

2001

Columbiana County Port Authority

Reading Company

RDG

RDG

1924

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Reading Belt Railroad

RDG

1900

1923

Reading Company

Reading and Columbia Railroad

RDG

1859

1945

Reading Company

Reading and Lehigh Railroad

RDG

1875

1879

Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad

Reading and Lehigh Railroad

RDG

1856

1857

East Pennsylvania Railroad

Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad

RDG

1882

1930

N/A

Reading and Pottsville Railroad

PRR

1884

1885

Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Red Bank Railroad

RBKX

1990

1996

Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad

Red Bank and Youngstown Railroad

B&O

1881

1882

Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Redstone Central Railroad

MGA

1902

N/A

Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole Railway

PRR

1865

1867

Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway

Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad

1883

1934

N/A

Ridgway and Clearfield Railroad

PRR

1882

1911

Pennsylvania Railroad

River Front Railroad

PRR

1876

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

Rochester, Beaver Falls and Western Railway

PRR

1889

1890

Pennsylvania Company

Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad

1873

1877

Sold at foreclosure; no property in Pennsylvania

Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad

B&O

1881

1885

Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad

Rockwood and Bakersville Railway

B&O

1907

1911

Indian Creek Valley Railway

Rocky Ridge Railroad

1907

1913

East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company

Rogers Railroad

1902

Rupert and Bloomsburg Railroad

RDG

1888

1923

Reading Company

Rural Valley Railroad

B&O

1900

1925

Allegheny and Western Railway

St. Clair Terminal Railroad

1901

1937

Union Railroad

St. Marys and Western Railroad

1904

St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad

PS&N

1893

1897

Buffalo, St. Marys and Southwestern Railroad

Salamanca, Bradford and Allegheny River Railroad

PRR

1880

1881

Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Salisbury Railroad

B&O

1875

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Salisbury and Baltimore Railroad and Coal Company

B&O

1871

1875

Salisbury Railroad

Scalp Level Railroad

PRR

1897

1902

South Fork Railroad

Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Company

RDG

1828

1829

Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company

Schuylkill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad

RDG

1862

1863

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

PRR

1900

1902

Pennsylvania Railroad

Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad

RDG

1880

1923

Reading Company

Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad

LV

1886

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Schuylkill River East Side Railroad

B&O

1883

Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad

RDG

1859

1872

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Schuylkill Valley Navigation Company

RDG

1828

1829

Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company

Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company

RDG

1829

1950

Reading Company

Scootac Railway

1901

Scotland and Mont Alto Railroad

PRR

1864

1871

Mont Alto Railroad

Scottdale Connecting Railroad

1897

Scotts Run Railway

MGA

1923

1933

Monongahela Railway

Scranton and Forest City Railroad

O&W

1886

1889

Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway

Scranton and Spring Brook Railroad

1897

Shade Gap Railroad

1884

1913

East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company

Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg Railroad

RDG

1882

1923

Reading Company

Shamokin and Trevorton Railroad

RDG

1868

1870

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad

PRR

1858

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Sharon Railway

ERIE

1873

1953

Erie Railroad

Sharon and Ceres Railroad

1901

1904

New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Sharon Connecting Railroad

Sharpsville Railroad

PRR

1876

1931

Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

Sharpsville and Oakland Railroad

PRR

1866

1876

Sharpsville Railroad

Sharpsville, Wheatland, Sharon and Greenfield Railroad

ERIE

1870

1875

Sharon Railway

Shawmut Connecting Railroad

PS&N

1900

1905

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

Sheffield and Spring Creek Railroad

1884

1894

Tionesta Valley Railway

Sheffield and Tionesta Railway

S&T

1900

1943

N/A

Shenango and Allegheny Railroad

B&LE

1867

1888

Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad

Shenango and Beaver Valley Railway

PLE/ PRR

1902

1902

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad

Shenango Valley Railroad

NYC

1886

1963

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway

Sinnemahoning Portage Railroad

PRR

1865

1866

Buffalo and Washington Railway

Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad

B&O

1885

1893

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Slackwater Connecting Railroad

1892

Slate Ridge and Delta Railway

1879

1888

Maryland Central Railway

Slate Run Railroad

1884

Slate Valley Railroad

LNE

1886

1891

Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad

Smethport Railroad

1899

1931

N/A

Operated by Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad

Smethport and Olean Railroad

PS&N

1895

1899

Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

Smithfield and Masontown Railroad

B&O

1899

1915

Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad

Somerset and Bedford Railroad

PRR

1894

1894

Pennsylvania Midland Railroad

Somerset and Cambria Railroad

B&O

1879

1912

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania

Somerset Coal Railway

WM

1915

1950

Western Maryland Railway

Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad

B&O

1868

1879

Somerset and Cambria Railroad

South Branch Railroad

South Chester Railroad

PRR

1891

1906

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

South Easton and Phillipsburg Railroad

1899

1912

Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

South Fork Railroad

PRR

1890

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

South Mountain Iron Company

RDG

1869

1877

South Mountain Railway and Mining Company

South Mountain Railway and Mining Company

RDG

1877

1891

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway

South Shore Railroad

1892

Southern Pennsylvania Iron and Railroad Company

PRR

1869

1872

Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company

Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company

PRR

1873

1954

Penndel Company

Southwark Railroad

PRR

1831

1877

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

South West Connecting Railway

PRR

1897

1908

Pennsylvania Railroad

South-West Pennsylvania Railway

PRR

1871

1906

Pennsylvania Railroad

Southwestern Du Bois Railroad

B&O

1905

1907

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Spring Brook Railroad

1871

1890

Scranton and Spring Brook Railroad

Spring Brook Horse Railway

1869

1871

Spring Brook Railroad

Spring Creek Railway

1902

1904

Tionesta Valley Railway

State Line Railroad

B&O

1890

1895

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

State Line Railroad

B&O

1884

1893

Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad

State Line and Sullivan Railroad

LV

1874

1949

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Stewart Railroad

NYC

1887

1963

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway

Stewartstown Railroad

STRT

1884

1992

Continued as a tourist railroad

Stony Creek Railroad

RDG

1868

1945

Reading Company

Sullivan and Erie Coal and Railroad Company

LV

1865

1874

State Line and Sullivan Railroad

Summit Branch Railroad

1846

1897

Summit Branch Coal Company

Sunbury and Erie Railroad

PRR

1837

1861

Philadelphia and Erie Railroad

Sunbury, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Railway

PRR

1878

1900

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad

PRR

1870

1900

Schuylkill and Juniata Railroad

Susquehanna Railroad

B&O

1891

1893

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Susquehanna Railroad

PRR

1851

1854

Northern Central Railway

Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad

PRR

1902

1918

Pennsylvania Railroad

Susquehanna and Buffalo Railroad

1891

Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad

PRR/NYC

1879

1901

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

Sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1901

Susquehanna Connecting Railroad

ERIE

1896

Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad

Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway

WM

1871

1874

Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

S&NY

LV

1902

1942

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Susquehanna and New York Railroad

B&O

1898

1901

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Susquehanna River and Western Railroad

1903

1939

N/A

Susquehanna and Southern Railroad

B&O

1902

1906

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad

Susquehanna and Southwestern Railroad

NYC

1882

1883

Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad

Susquehanna and Union Bridge Company

RDG

1850

1854

Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad

Swatara Railroad

RDG

1841

1863

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Swatara and Good Spring Railroad

RDG

1840

1841

Swatara Railroad

Tamaqua, Hazleton and Northern Railroad

RDG

1891

1923

Reading Company

Thomas Railroad

LV/ RDG

1906

1917

Ironton Railroad

Three Rivers Railway

1992

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Tiadaghton and Fahnastalk Railway

1892

Tioga Railroad

ERIE

1850

1941

Erie Railroad

Tioga Navigation Company

ERIE

1828

1852

Tioga Railroad

Tionesta Valley Railroad

1879

1894

Tionesta Valley Railway

Tionesta Valley Railway

1894

1941

N/A

Tionesta Valley and Hickory Railway

1892

1911

Sheffield and Tionesta Railway

Tionesta Valley and Salmon Creek Railway

1893

1901

Sheffield and Tionesta Railway

Tipton Railroad

PRR

1885

1927

N/A

Titusville and Oil City Railway

PRR

1878

1881

Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad

Titusville and Petroleum Centre Railroad

PRR

1870

1878

Titusville and Oil City Railway

Towanda and Franklin Railroad

LV

1853

1854

Barclay Railroad and Coal Company

Trenton Cut-off Railroad

PRR

1889

1902

Pennsylvania Railroad

Trenton Delaware Bridge Company

PRR

1835

1903

N/A

Tresckow Railroad

CNJ

1870

1963

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

Trevorton Coal Company

RDG

1861

1867

Zerbe Valley Railroad

Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company

RDG

1856

1860

Trevorton Coal Company

Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna Railroad

RDG

1850

1854

Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad

Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad

RDG

1854

1856

Trevorton Coal and Railroad Company

Turbotville and Williamsport Railroad

PRR

1892

1893

Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad

Turtle Creek and Allegheny River Railroad

Turtle Creek Valley Railroad

PRR

1886

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

Tuscarora Valley Railroad

1891

1934

N/A

Tylerdale Connecting Railroad

TYC

B&O/ PRR

1899

Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation

Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad

PRR

1854

1866

Pennsylvania Railroad, Tyrone and Clearfield Railway

Tyrone and Clearfield Railway

PRR

1867

1903

Cambria and Clearfield Railway

Tyrone and Lock Haven Railroad

PRR

1857

1861

Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania

RDG

1826

1866

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Union Coal Company

D&H

1864

1868

Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad Company

Union and Titusville Railroad

PRR

1866

1871

Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway

Uniontown Railway

PRR

1879

1879

Brownsville Railway

Uniontown and West Virginia Railroad

PRR

1868

1877

South-West Pennsylvania Railway

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

PRR

1958

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Unity Railways

UNI

1915

1990

N/A

Ursina and North Fork Railroad

1871

1882

Ursina and North Fork Railway

Ursina and North Fork Railway

1882

1936

N/A

Valley Railroad

1893

1936

N/A

Valley Connecting Railroad

1898

Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway

P&WV

1904

1916

Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway

Wampum and State Line Railway

PLE/ PRR

1886

1886

Pittsburgh, Marion and Chicago Railway

Warren and Farnsworth Railroad

1885

1894

Tionesta Valley Railway

Warren and Farnsworth Valley Railroad

1882

1885

Warren and Farnsworth Railroad

Warren and Franklin Railway

PRR

1864

1868

Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway

Warren and Tidioute Railroad

PRR

1861

1864

Warren and Franklin Railway

Warren and Venango Railroad

NYC

1871

1873

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad

Washington Railroad

B&O

1879

1879

Pittsburgh Southern Railway

Washington County Railroad

P&WV

1900

1901

Pittsburgh, Carnegie and Western Railroad

Washington and Franklin Railroad

WM

1898

1899

Washington and Franklin Railway

Washington and Franklin Railway

WM

1899

Owned by the Reading Company and leased to the Western Maryland Railway; still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation, owned by Reading International, Inc.

Washington and Maryland Line Railroad

PRR

1857

1860

Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad

Washington Run Railroad

WRN

1895

1931

N/A

Water Gap Railroad

ERIE

1880

1881

New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad

Waynesburg Southern Railroad

WAS

MGA

1966

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Waynesburg and Washington Railroad

WAW

PRR

1875

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Wellsboro and Lawrenceville Railroad

NYC

1867

1873

Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway

Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad

WAG

1954

1979

N/A

West Branch Valley Railroad

NYC

1898

1901

Beech Creek Extension Railroad

West Chester Railroad

PRR

1831

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad

PRR

1848

1881

Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad

West Clarion Railroad

ERIE

1897

1941

Erie Railroad

West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railroad

B&LE

1882

1889

Pittsburgh, Butler and Shenango Railroad

West Pittston – Exeter Railroad

LV

1925

West Reading Railroad

RDG

1860

1873

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

West Side Belt Railroad

WSB

P&WV

1895

1928

Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway

Westerman Coal and Iron Railroad

ERIE

1941

Nypano Railroad

Western Allegheny Railroad

WAL

B&LE

1902

1967

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Western Maryland Railroad

WM

1879

1909

Western Maryland Railway

Western Maryland Railway

WM

WM

1909

1989

CSX Transportation

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad

PRR

1887

1895

Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway

PRR

1895

1955

Penndel Company

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of Pennsylvania

PRR

1887

1887

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad

Western Pennsylvania Railroad

PRR

1860

1903

Pennsylvania Railroad

Western Washington Railroad

PRR

1900

1907

Chartiers Railway

Westinghouse Inter-Works Railway

1902

1962

White Deer and Logantown Railway

1906

Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad

B&O

1872

Wilcox and Howard Hill Improvement Company

ERIE

1870

1881

New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company

Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad

WBC

D&H/ PRR

1912

Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad

ERIE

1892

1941

Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad

Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake Railroad

LV

1885

1904

Loyalsock Railroad

Wilkesbarre and Pittston Railroad

PRR

1859

1867

Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad

Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railroad

CNJ

1851

1860

Nanticoke Railroad

Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railway

CNJ

1886

1963

Central Railroad of New Jersey

Wilkesbarre and Western Railway

PRR

1886

1893

Central Pennsylvania and Western Railroad

Williams Valley Railroad

RDG

1891

1947

Reading Company

Williamsport and Elmira Railroad

PRR

1832

1860

Elmira and Williamsport Railroad

Williamsport and North Branch Railroad

W&NB

1882

1921

Williamsport and North Branch Railway

Williamsport and North Branch Railway

W&NB

1921

1937

N/A

Wilmington and Northern Railroad

RDG

1877

1976

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Wilmington and Reading Railroad

RDG

1866

1876

Wilmington and Northern Railroad

Wilmington and Western Railroad

B&O

1869

1877

Delaware Western Railroad

Wind Gap and Delaware Railroad

LNE

1880

1904

Lehigh and New England Railroad

Winfield Railroad

1900

1979

N/A

Wrightsville and Gettysburg Railroad

PRR

1836

1837

Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad

Wrightsville and York Railroad

PRR

1835

1837

Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad

Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad

PRR

1837

1870

Pennsylvania Railroad

Wyoming and Pond Creek Railroad

1897

York and Cumberland Railroad

PRR

1846

1854

Northern Central Railway

York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad

PRR

1897

1914

York, Hanover and Frederick Railway

York, Hanover and Frederick Railway

PRR

1914

1954

Penndel Company

York Haven and Rowenna Railroad

PRR

1902

1906

Pennsylvania Railroad

York and Maryland Line Railroad

PRR

1832

1854

Northern Central Railway

York and Peach Bottom Railway

1882

1891

Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad

York Southern Railroad

1894

1901

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

York Terminal Railway

1913

Youghiogheny and Ligonier Valley Railroad

B&O

1906

1906

Indian Creek Valley Railway

Youghiogheny Northern Railway

PLE

1881

1945

N/A

Youghiogheny and Wick Haven Railroad

1893

Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburgh Railroad

PRR

1887

1887

Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad

Youngstown and Southern Railway

YS

PLE/ PRR

1945

1996

Railroad Ventures, Inc.

Zerbe Valley Railroad

RDG

1867

1870

Mahanoy and Shamokin Railroad

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