Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh)

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Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) was a major east–west rail corridor across Pennsylvania that formed the core route linking Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and became central to the state’s transportation and economic development.


Statements (11)
Predicate Object
instanceOf rail corridor
railway line
country United States
direction east–west
endPoint Pittsburgh
importance central to Pennsylvania’s economic development
central to Pennsylvania’s transportation development
locatedIn Pennsylvania
role core route linking Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
significance major rail corridor across Pennsylvania
startPoint Philadelphia

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line at Pittsburgh")
connectedTo
Radnor, Pennsylvania ("Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line")
locatedAlong
Broadway Limited ("Broadway (Pennsylvania Railroad four-track main line)")
namedAfter
K4s Pacific ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line between New York and Chicago")
notableRoute
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
operatedLine
Pittsburgh–Chicago route ("PRR main line network")
partOf
GG1 electric locomotive ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
railwayLineServed
Broadway Limited ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
railwayLineUsed
Pennsylvania Limited ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
railwayLineUser
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
servedRailroad
PRR T1 ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
serviceRegion
Pennsylvania Special ("Pennsylvania Railroad main line")
usedInfrastructure
Paoli/Thorndale Line ("former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line")
usesRailwayLine

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