Pennsylvania Railroad Company

E435
railroad company transportation company

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was one of the largest and most influential American railroads of the 19th and early 20th centuries, playing a central role in the industrial development of the United States.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Pennsylvania Railroad 66
Pennsylvania Railroad system 12
Pennsylvania Railroad mechanical department 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
transportation company ⓘ
built 30th Street Station ⓘ
surface form: 30th Street Station (Philadelphia)

Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ⓘ
Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) ⓘ
Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Station (New York City, original)

Union Station ⓘ
surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1968 ⓘ
electrificationProject Northeast Corridor ⓘ
surface form: New York–Washington main line electrification

Philadelphia–Harrisburg line electrification ⓘ
headquartersLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
inception 1846 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
introduced block signaling systems on main lines ⓘ
standardized operating rules widely adopted by other railroads ⓘ
mergedInto Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
nickname The Standard Railroad of the World ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass GG1 electric locomotive ⓘ
K4s Pacific ⓘ
notableTrain Broadway Limited ⓘ
Congressional Limited Express ⓘ
Pennsylvania Limited ⓘ
The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
surface form: Spirit of St. Louis (train)
operatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedLine Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) ⓘ
Northeast Corridor ⓘ
surface form: New York–Washington corridor

Pittsburgh–Chicago route ⓘ
owned Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) ⓘ
Northern Central Railway ⓘ
Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (partial interest) ⓘ
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
parentCompanyOf Bonbright and Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Company (holding company)
peakFreightTrafficRank largest railroad in the United States by traffic and revenue for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
peakPassengerTrafficRank one of the largest passenger rail carriers in the United States ⓘ
peakRouteMileage over 10,000 miles ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of the steel industry in Pennsylvania ⓘ
growth of Philadelphia as a transportation hub ⓘ
growth of Pittsburgh as an industrial center ⓘ
industrialization of the United States ⓘ
shortName PRR ⓘ

Referenced by (86)

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

Cumberland Valley Railroad → acquiredBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Central Railway → acquiredBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → becamePartOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
East River tunnels → builtBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
subject surface form: East River Tunnels
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
30th Street Station → builtFor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PCC&StL → componentOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Northern Central Railway → connectedTo → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad → connectsWith → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson River tunnels → constructedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Central Railway → controlledBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
subject surface form: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
GG1 electric locomotive → designer → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad mechanical department
K4s Pacific → designer → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad mechanical department
Andrew Carnegie → employer → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
Raymond Loewy → employer → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad (as design consultant)
Penn Central Transportation Company → formedByMergerOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Bala station → formerOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Wayne Junction station → formerOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Cynwyd station → formerOwner → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Station (New York City) → formerOwner → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) → formerOwner → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → headquartersOrganization → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
subject surface form: Long Island Rail Road
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh–Chicago route → historicalOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Princeton Branch → historicalOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
South Jersey rail network → historicalOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pan Handle Railway → laterIntegratedInto → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
New York Central Railroad → majorCompetitor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
GG1 electric locomotive → manufacturer → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works
New York Central Railroad → mergedWith → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Station (New York City) → namedAfter → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → namedAfter → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR → nickname → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
this entity surface form: Pennsy
Pennsylvania Limited → onRailwayNetwork → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad network
Cynwyd Line → openedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → operatedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited Express → operatedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → operatedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special → operatedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → operatedOnBehalfOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → operatedUnderBrand → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Broadway Limited → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited Express → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
K4s Pacific → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR K4s → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR T1 → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Limited → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh–Chicago route → operator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson River tunnels → originalOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad