Pennsylvania Railroad Company

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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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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

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Clocker (portion of service heritage) operatedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City and St. Louis servedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: New York City
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Royal Blue passenger train competedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Royal Blue
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Downingtown Station formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad competedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Upsal station openedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Upsal station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Marion, Ohio, United States hasRailHistory Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Carpenter station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Odenton station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Main Line, Philadelphia historicallyAssociatedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Wynnefield Avenue station formerService Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Main Line region railLineBuiltBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Martins station formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Orange Blossom Special connectedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Chester Transportation Center formerRailLine Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Budd Company suppliedTo Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Branch station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Parkesburg, Pennsylvania servedByRailLine Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad (historically)
Chestnut Hill West station formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster Station builtFor Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster Station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line historicalOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
SEPTA Cynwyd Line historicalOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Queen Lane station formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
The Dinky formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
West Trenton, New Jersey railLineHistoricallyServedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Beam Piper employer Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh–St. Louis usedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
New York and Long Branch Railroad connectedTo Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad network
Union Stock Yards transportConnections Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum originalOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Absecon station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Bowie Railroad Museum heritageFocus Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Connecting Railroad builtBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Connecting Railroad builtFor Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Benjamin Dudley employer Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Richmond, Indiana) ownedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Richmond, Indiana) railwayLineServed Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Richmond, Indiana) namedAfter Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Havana Special operatedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
ACL connectedTo Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Station builtFor Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Station namedAfter Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Transcontinental Air Transport railPartner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Cresson, Pennsylvania hasTransportationHistory Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
William Forbes employer Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Metuchen station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Metuchen station openedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR K2 operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad