Pennsylvania Railroad Company

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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.

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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.

Suburban Station → originalOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → ownedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → ownedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Panhandle Route → owner → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PCC&StL → parentCompany → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → parentOrganization → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Northern Central Railway → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Panhandle Route → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh–Chicago route → partOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Penn Central Transportation Company → precededBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
GG1 electric locomotive → primaryOperator → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special → railNetwork → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → railroadNetworkPartOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Dennison, Ohio → railroadServedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
K4s Pacific → railway → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR K4s → railway → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited Express → railwayCompany → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR T1 → railwayCompany → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Limited → railwayCompany → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special → railwayCompany → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → railwayNetwork → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
The Standard Railroad of the World → refersTo → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Petoskey, Michigan, United States → servedByRailwayHistorically → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Petoskey, Michigan
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR → standsFor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR → standsFor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
PCC&StL → successor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → successor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → successor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → successor → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
The Standard Railroad of the World → usedBy → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East → usedInfrastructureOf → Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad