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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PRR K2 railwayCompany Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR K2 railwaySystem Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR railway Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroaders Memorial Museum, Inc. hasExhibitsOn Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark originallyBuiltFor Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark formerlyUsedBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 railwayCompany Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 builder Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 builtBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR E8 railwayNetwork Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States hasRailHistory Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: Phillipsburg, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Panhandle Route of the Pennsylvania Railroad operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Panhandle Route of the Pennsylvania Railroad partOf Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Panhandle Route of the Pennsylvania Railroad owner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars usedOn Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad network
Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars owner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars usedOn Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad network
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C. railwayCompany Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C. associatedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad system
Marion, Ohio hasRailHistory Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
former Pennsylvania Railroad West Chester Branch (eastern portion) historicalOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
former Pennsylvania Railroad West Chester Branch (eastern portion) originalCompany Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
U Thant Island in New York City createdBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
subject surface form: U Thant Island
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Haverford station formerOwner Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
John Edgar Thomson employer Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
John Edgar Thomson memberOf Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad management
Altoona, Pennsylvania historicallyServedByRailroad Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Linden station formerOperator Pennsylvania Railroad Company
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad