Railroad System

Railroad System

RAI LROAD SYSTE M A D E S C R I P T I O N O F I T S M A I N L I N E S A N D BRANCHES W ITH NOTES T H E H I S T O R I C A L E V E N T S WH I c HHAV E TA KE N PL A C E IN T H E TE R R I TO R Y CO N T I GUQ US T able of Contents Pennsylvania Railroad P A GE All h v s 44 45 48 49 n eg eny Di i ion , , , Mono gahela Divi sion Altoona to Pittsburgh 23 to 29 N ew Hollan d Branch i . Atlant c City Divi si on 13 N ew York Division 5to 1 l V l a . 22 42 N ew Y n R . Ba d Eagle al ey Railro d , ork Lo g Branch ailroad l s 34 38 N ew Y . 1 . 3 Ba timore Divi ion to ork, Phila Norfolk R R s 22 23 N ew Y l 5 12 Bedford Divi ion , ork to Philade phia to ll n 40 O 4 . 1 3 1 Be efo te Branch cean City Branch , ’ l w s n 22 s G Be l ood Divi io Penn rove Branch . - l w 9 10 A y Belvidere De a are Railroad , Perth mbo Branch n 1 4 v s 14 1 7 38 Bridgeton Bra ch Philadelphia Di i ion to , l s 45 47 H r s 14 1 Buffa o Divi ion to Philadelphia to ar i burg . to 7 s l o 10 1 1 4 s . 3 Bu t et n Branch Philadelphia to the Sea hore , 48 hi t o s 30 3 6 Butler Branch P ladelphia Wa hington . to s 1 3 1 4 P B altim ox Cape May Divi ion , hiladelphia e Wash n 48 49 in t on R H R 30 3 Chautauq ua Bra ch , g to l n C ermo t Branch 45 Pittsburgh Divi sion 23 t o 2 l Co umbia Frederick Branch 38 Pittsburgh to Brownsville Columbia Port Deposit Branch 32 Pittsburgh to Buffalo e s 26 48 m N wa l d Con maugh Divi ion , Po eroy e rk Rai roa w l 1 Corn a l Lebanon Railroad . 7 Popes Creek Branch Cresson Divi sion 25 Princeton Bran ch Cumberland V alley Rai lroad 19 Redstone Branch Delaware 3 1 Renovo Divi sion 42 to s ' 2 R . Ea t Broad T op R . 0 Ridgway Branch Ellswort h Branch 50 Rochester Branch Elmira Divi sion 4 1 Salamanca Branch r J E i 45 Empo ium unction to r e to Salem Branch . J 45 7 l Emporium unction to Buffalo . to 4 Schuy kill Divi sion Freehold and J am esburg Branch 9 Shamokin Branch Germantown Chestnut Hill Sodus Bay Branch n 10 1 1 F Bra ch , South ork Branch Green Spring Branch 37 Southwest Branch H r A 1 9 23 t H n arrisbu g to ltoona . to S one arbor Bra ch H s ll s 39 4 1 u s arri burg to Wi iam port to Sunb ry Divi ion . 40 Hollida sbur 22 23 s l s y g Branch , Su q uehanna, B oom burg Ber In 26 w . dianayBranch . ick R R J ohnsonburg Railroad 43 Trenton Divi sion Isl 6 7 T i one v s Long and Railroad , y Di i ion L ow 43 4 s t on G . 8 H s rade Branch , Wa hing to arri burg Lykens V alley Railroad 39 West Chester Branch Manor Branch 27 West J ersey Seashore Railroad Maryland Divi sion 30 to 34 Wildwood Branch v n 13 l s s n 39 2 Maurice Ri er Bra ch Wi liam port Divi io . to 4 1 5 3 l s Canan i . 0 d a ua 4 1 Media Branch , Wi liam port to g Middle Divi sion 19 to 23 Williamsport t o Emporium J unc Millstone Branch 9 tion Milroy Branch 20 Pennsylvania Lines W est of Pittsburgh - PAGE n 3 s Ak ron Divisio 5 Indianapoli s to St . Loui l I w 71 78 s v s n Centra ndiana Rail ay , Logan port Di i io Chartiers Branch 63 Louisville Division v s 70 76 77 sfi l T l Cincinnati Di i ion , , Man e d to o edo Cincinnati to Chicago 78 Marietta Divi sion ’ n n rt enR 70 v s Ci cin ati , Lebanon No h r y Michigan Di i ion Cleveland Pittsburgh Di vision Mun cie Branch 52 6 1 63 64 N ew l h , , , Cumber and Branc Columbus to Chicago 66 to 68 Peoria Divi sion 71 s n 76 77 s vis n 63 65 Columbu to Cinci nati , Pitt burgh Di io to ' Columbus to Indianapoli s via Pittsburgh to Cleveland via 0 Y n s wn ] . 68 69 7 6 Bradford , , ou g to l I t v n via 6 1 Co umbus to ndianapolis via Pittsburgh o Cle ela d Salem . ' “ X n a and t n 70 7 1 s r l l s u e i Day o , Pitt bu gh to C eveland via We l l b s Vi Co um u Newark Division 65 lle resline F 54 56 s us C to ort Wayne . to Pitt burgh to Columb t s 70 7 1 s s l Day on We tern Branch . , Pitt burgh to Cre t ine Dres den Branch 65 Richmond Division n s v s 1 to 7 v s 53 t . 7 5 Easter Di i ion . to S . Loui Di i ion Effner Branch 67 Springfield Branch As v s 60 T l v s n 53 54 6 Erie htabula Di i ion o edo Di i io , , T rn l F . 56 59 s w . 7 ort Wayne to Chicago to oledo , Peoria We te Rai ay r n l v n 69 7 G s I V n s s . and Rapid ndia a Rai i cenne Di i io , way 69 Waynesburg WashingtonRailroad 63 4 n 66 6 st v s . 5 59 I a s vis on . 8 69 ndia poli Di i , , We ern Di i ion to In l ll Z ll 5 6 s s 78 80 sv s . 6 7 dianapo i to Loui vi e to ane i e Divi ion , t/ houses and the magnificent hotels represent the highest type of modern opulence ; while the East Side contains varied phases of cosmopolitan life . As a commercial center New York is supreme . Every big industrial institution in the country has an office in the city ; vessels leave its hundreds for of docks practically every port in the world , and it is extensively c . engaged in manufa turing The principal industries are sugar refineries , for of tobacco factories , and plants the making clothing , chemicals , medi a cines , clocks , w tches , musical instruments , rope , cordage , iron and steel a s products , boats , ammunition , glassware , silverw re , paper , oils , paint , v r soap , starch and matches . In engra ing , printing and lithog aphing the city is very prominent . All Pennsylvania System trains from and to New York use Pennsyl two k on vania Station , occupying entire bloc s Seventh and Eighth avenues , -first - from Thirty to Thirty third streets . This is one of the largest railroad terminals in the world , having a of 430 on 784 on . frontage .feet each avenue and feet each street The station p roper c overs an area of eight acres and the tracks and yards — beneath it, twenty eight acres . on the of The main entrance is Seventh Avenue , at intersection Thirty e and on of the second Street, and th re are entrances exits each streets and — e . to Thirty fourth Street . There are thre levels in the building An arcade ' on l l a the street leve , by shops , le ds by a wide flight of steps to the f waiting room and concourse , both the largest rooms o their kind in the - one world . The train level , containing twenty tracks and eleven plat a . forms , is reached by gradual descent and by elevators Pennsylvania Station is also used by the Long Island Railroad , a sub of t h sidiary of the Pennsylvania System . Within a few blocks the Fla bus of Avenue Station , Brooklyn , this railroad , was fought the Battle of Brook 27 1776 n lyn Heights on August , , when Washington and the Contine tal Army narrowly escaped being wiped out of existence . The Long Island Railroad has three stems . The central line runs r of th ough the heart of Long Island , through a number fine towns to R E R S E R E NE W R IV ID D IV , YO K CITY 6 t M b h Greenpor . The line to ontauk Point, noted for the camp esta lis ed - there after the Spanish American War, extends along the Atlantic Ocean , while the line to Wading River passes along the shore of Long Island Sound . i ' Leav ng Pennsylvania Station , the passenger to the West or South , new — ff out passes under the post o ice , through an Open between Ninth and of Tenth avenues , and enters the land section the Hudson River tubes . These twin tubes of steel and concrete , laid seventy feet below the surface of the river , after passing the river section , run under the city of Hoboken , pierce the solid rock of Bergen Hill and emerge in New Jersey .

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