The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad was a twenty-eight-mile, three-foot gauge subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It started because of the boom...
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narrow gauge Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, conceived by John Day in 1874 and chartered in 1875. Its passenger service ended in 1929, and conversion...
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1810, and became a class three-sized city in 1924. In August 1875, construction began of the 3 ft (914 mm) Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, conceived...
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standard-gauge Arcade and Attica Railroad continues to run over a portion of the TV&C's route. The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, a subsidiary of the...
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Dunns Station, Pennsylvania (category Geography of Washington County, Pennsylvania)
came into being with the opening of the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad in 1877. Stations were located and often named for the major property owner...
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Johnsonburg Railroad was dissolved August 22, 1932. The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad was dissolved October 7, 1932. The Massillon and Cleveland Railroad was...
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following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Genesee & Wyoming Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown...
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Waynesburg and Washington Railroad in 1875. Black was married to Maria Allison Black, and the couple had two children, Mary Allison Black Inghram and...
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gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These narrow-gauge lines were easier to build than standard gauge and cost...
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Connecting, and Waynesburg & Washington, which added up to 21 million ton-miles in 1925. Totals for Pennsylvania Lines; Long Island Railroad and West Jersey...
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and Erie Railroad (Erie) Ann Arbor Railroad (AA), controlled by Penn Central Central Railroad of New Jersey...
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List of unused railways (section Washington State)
Koehler, L: Three Feet on the Panhandle: A History of the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, Railhead Publications 1983 p. 87 "Mather Station". 21 November...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, and the southern portion (West Brownsville to Waynesburg) was once part of the Monongahela Railway's Waynesburg Southern Branch...
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Chartiers Branch (redirect from Chartiers Branch (Pennsylvania Railroad))
of the Pennsylvania Railroad followed Chartiers Creek from Carnegie to Washington, passing Bridgeville, present day Southpointe, and Canonsburg. It is 23...
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Railroad WAS - Waynesburg Southern WATC - Washington Terminal Company WATR - Waterville Railroad WAW - Conrail WBC - Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad...
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) CSX Transportation...
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along the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad. Other short-lived exploratory efforts were subsequently undertaken at Prosperity, Lone Pine, and South Strabane...
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Condit Crossing, Pennsylvania (category Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Crossing was a stop on the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad. This rail line connected the county seats of Washington and Greene counties. The rail line...
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The Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, located in Paterson, New Jersey, manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 until it was merged with seven...
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and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE) and Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW) Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) (GWI) Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad...
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West Brownsville Junction Bridge (category Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania)
originally designed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a low-level connector between its mainline and Waynesburg Branch. Today, the bridge continues to serve...
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Valley Railway (redirect from Cleveland, Terminal and Valley Railroad)
Sandyville and Waynesburg Railroad was chartered to build a line between the C&TV line at Sandyville northeast about 3 miles (4.8 km) to Waynesburg, Ohio....
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Bethel Park, Pennsylvania (section Arts and culture)
mostly composed of sandstone, limestone, shale, and a few coal layers (Redstone, Waynesburg, Washington, etc.). The ages of the exposed rocks bracket the...
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List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines (section Defunct Wabash lines (later Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern))
Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the...
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in Georgia, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and Waynesburg, Ohio – Revolutionary War...
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with the right to construct a railroad connecting Pittsburgh to Waynesburg; it was renamed Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway in February 1870...
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John Hoge Ewing (category Washington & Jefferson College alumni)
Valley Railroad and as the first president of the Washington-Waynesburg Railroad, Ewing was also a longtime director of the Franklin Bank of Washington. Ewing...
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Isabella Furnace (category Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania)
Butler in 1860 and thereafter operated the forge himself. During the early years of the Civil War, the East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad was built along...
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of Pittsburgh (several campuses) Vincentian Academy Washington and Jefferson College Waynesburg University Westminster College Westmoreland County Community...
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Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania (category Transportation in Washington County, Pennsylvania)
the Allegheny Valley Railroad's W&P Subdivision line and enters mixed areas of development on the outskirts of the city of Washington, which is also the...
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