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South Pennsylvania Railroad 1881-1885

Posted by southpennrailroad

on Thu, Nov 16 2006 5:50 PM

How many might be interested in this abandoned railroad? If you have any intrest, then get in touch as I have been exploring it for ten years. southpennrailroad.com

Tracking the William Henry Vanderbilt South Pennsylvania Railroad right of way along the Historic Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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Posted by CSXrules4eva

on Mon, Nov 27 2006 4:13 PM

Humm, this is interesting. I do wonder if this railroad was a subsidy (sp) of the Philadelphia and Reading or the PRR in later years??

LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX

Posted by tsgtbob

on Tue, Nov 28 2006 11:12 AM

Having lived along (more or less) the ROW of the old South Penn, I have always had in interest in the line.
CSXrules4eva, It was an attempt by Carnegie and other steelmakers in Pittsburgh to break the PRR monopoly on shipments of finished steel out, and raw materials in.
Southpenn, I have followed your website for years, excellent work!
My model RR club is building a model of the PW&S, the only portion of the SPRR to have trackage on it.
see the website
http://www.lhmrc.org/