Northern Central Railway

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defunct railroad railroad company

Northern Central Railway was a historic American railroad that operated primarily in Pennsylvania and Maryland, serving as an important north–south link in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Northern Central Railway canonical 6
Northern Central Railway corridor 1
Northern Central Railway right-of-way 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
affectedBy Hurricane Agnes 1972 ⓘ
connectedCity Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Sunbury, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Williamsport, Pennsylvania ⓘ
York, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form: York, Pennsylvania
connectedTo Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
controlledBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declineReason competition from highways ⓘ
flood damage ⓘ
formedBy consolidation of several smaller railroads ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
heritage portions preserved as rail trails ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
importantFor connecting to the Pennsylvania Railroad system ⓘ
linking Baltimore with Harrisburg ⓘ
notableEvent carried Abraham Lincoln to Gettysburg in 1863 ⓘ
carried Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train in 1865 ⓘ
opened 1850s ⓘ
operatedIn Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
predecessor Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ
Sunbury and Erie Railroad ⓘ
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Susquehanna Railroad

Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ
surface form: York and Cumberland Railroad
primaryDirection north–south ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
roleDuring American Civil War ⓘ
routeFeature crossed the Mason–Dixon line ⓘ
servedRegion Baltimore–Harrisburg corridor ⓘ
Susquehanna River ⓘ
surface form: Susquehanna River valley
someRightOfWayUsedBy Maryland Transit Administration ⓘ
Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail ⓘ
York County Heritage Rail Trail ⓘ
status abandoned in many segments ⓘ
successor Conrail ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
trafficType freight ⓘ
passenger ⓘ
usedFor Union troop movements during the American Civil War ⓘ
transport of military supplies during the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → owned → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
PRR → ownedSubsidiary → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
York County Heritage Rail Trail → follows → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Central Railway corridor
Sunbury and Erie Railroad → becamePartOf → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad → partOf → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad → predecessorOf → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad → successor → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Central Railway system
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad → railwaySystem → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail → replaces → Northern Central Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Central Railway right-of-way