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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on April 13, 1846. The Company was formed during a period of rivalry among the northeastern seaport cities to secure the trade of the Great Lakes and the Ohio valley.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
10 Οκτ 2024 · Resources for the history of railroads in Pennsylvania. Includes the Pennsylvania Railroad Company records, 1813-1968 and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company records. more... less...
In 1853 the Pennsylvania legislature incorporated the C&P line to connect Pittsburgh with the Ohio company. In 1856 a C&P train departing Cleveland became the first to burn coal in its locomotive engine; a more efficient fuel, coal quickly supplanted wood as the railroads' energy source.
10 Οκτ 2024 · Resources for the history of railroads in Pennsylvania. Includes numerous local maps and blueprints accompanying legal agreements. Includes executive correspondence, financial and administrative records, annual reports, operations records, and photographs, providing remarkable detail of operations.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR), established in 1846, was one of the most dominant companies in the nation’s railroad industry and was known as the “Standard Railroad of the World” (Cupper, Hardy, & Brett, n.d.).
