PRR

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abbreviation railroad company

PRR is the abbreviation commonly used for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, once one of the largest and most influential railroads in the United States.

Aliases (1)

Pennsylvania Railroad ×49

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abbreviation → railroad company → railroad company →
country	United States →
dissolved	1968 →
headquartersLocation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
inception	1846 →
industry	rail transport →
majorCompetitor	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad → New York Central Railroad →
mergedInto	Penn Central Transportation Company →
nickname	Pennsy →
notableAsset	30th Street Station (Philadelphia) → Penn Station (New York City) → Union Station (Washington, D.C.) →
notableRoute	New York–Chicago route → New York–St. Louis route → New York–Washington corridor →
notableTrainService	Broadway Limited → Congressional Limited Express → Pennsylvania Limited → Spirit of St. Louis →
operatedIn	Mid-Atlantic United States → Midwestern United States → Northeastern United States →
ownedInfrastructureType	railroad stations → railroad track →
ownedSubsidiary	Long Island Rail Road → Northern Central Railway → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad →
peakFreightTrafficRank	largest in the world at its peak →
peakPassengerTrafficRank	largest in the United States at its peak →
peakStatus	one of the largest railroads in the United States → one of the most influential railroads in the United States →
predecessor	Cumberland Valley Railroad → Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad →
primaryModeOfTransport	rail →
reportingMark	PRR →
servedCity	Chicago → New York City → Philadelphia → Pittsburgh → St. Louis → Washington, D.C. →
standsFor	Pennsylvania Railroad → Pennsylvania Railroad Company →
successor	Amtrak → CSX Transportation → Conrail → Norfolk Southern Railway → Penn Central →
trackGauge	standard gauge →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Standard Railroad of the World →	associatedWithAbbreviation
Pennsylvania Railroad →	reportingMark
Pennsylvania Railroad Company →	shortName