Connecting Railway, the Glossary
The Connecting Railway was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated to build a connection between the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the PRR in the city of Philadelphia.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: Amtrak, Broad Street Station (Philadelphia), Bustleton, Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill East Branch, Chestnut Hill West Line, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Conrail, Conrail Shared Assets Operations, Frankford Arsenal, Frankford Branch, Frankford Creek, Frankford Junction station, Frankford, Philadelphia, Henry H. Houston, Holmesburg Junction station, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Kensington, Philadelphia, Midvale Steel, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, New York City, North Philadelphia, North Philadelphia station, Northeast Corridor, Penn Central Transportation Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Route 309, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad, Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, Rail trail, Reading Company, Richard Allen Lane station, Sears, SEPTA, Tacony, Philadelphia, Trenton Cutoff, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, Zoo Junction, 30th Street Station.
- 1863 establishments in Pennsylvania
- 1976 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Railway companies disestablished in 1976
- Railway companies established in 1863
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.
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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881 to the 1950s.
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Bustleton, Philadelphia
The Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia, United States is located in the Far Northeast, north of Rhawnhurst and Fox Chase and south of Somerton; sitting between Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, the city boundary to the west, Red Lion Road to the north, and Pennypack Park to the south, it is centered at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Bustleton Avenue (PA-532) and is completely included in the 19115 postal ZIP code.
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Chestnut Hill East Branch
The Chestnut Hill East Branch is a railway line in Pennsylvania.
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Chestnut Hill West Line
The Chestnut Hill West Line is a commuter rail line in the SEPTA Regional Rail network.
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Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Conrail
Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. Connecting Railway and Conrail are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads.
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Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX), an American railroad company.
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Frankford Arsenal
The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek.
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Frankford Branch
The Frankford Branch was a railway line located in the city of Philadelphia in the United States.
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Frankford Creek
Frankford Creek is a minor tributary of the Delaware River in southeast Pennsylvania.
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Frankford Junction station
Frankford Junction is a railroad junction, and former junction station, located on the border between the Harrowgate neighborhood of Philadelphia and Frankford, Philadelphia.
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Frankford, Philadelphia
Frankford is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles (10 km) northeast of Center City.
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Henry H. Houston
Henry H. Houston (October 3, 1820 – June 21, 1895) was a leading Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist.
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Holmesburg Junction station
Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Holmesburg, Philadelphia
Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania.
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Kensington, Philadelphia
Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia that belongs to Lower Northeast.
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Midvale Steel
Midvale Steel was a succession of steel-making corporations whose flagship plant was the Midvale Steel Works in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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North Philadelphia
North Philadelphia, nicknamed North Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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North Philadelphia station
North Philadelphia station is an intercity rail and regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located on North Broad Street in the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.
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Penn Central Transportation Company
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Connecting Railway and Penn Central Transportation Company are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads and railway companies disestablished in 1976.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Connecting Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads.
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Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309 (PA 309) is a state highway that runs for 134 miles (216 km) through eastern Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad was a railroad company in the U.S. states of Ohio and Michigan that existed from 1926 to 1956.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (P&CR) (1834) was one of the earliest commercial railroads in the United States, running from Philadelphia to Columbia, Pennsylvania, it was built by the Pennsylvania Canal Commission in lieu of a canal from Columbia to Philadelphia; in 1857 it became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Connecting Railway and Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads.
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Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
The Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad was a railroad from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Trenton, New Jersey. Connecting Railway and Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads and railway companies disestablished in 1976.
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Rail trail
A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way.
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Reading Company
The Reading Company was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Connecting Railway and Reading Company are Defunct Pennsylvania railroads and railway companies disestablished in 1976.
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Richard Allen Lane station
Richard Allen Lane station (formerly Allen Lane station) is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia.
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Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago.
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SEPTA
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people throughout five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tacony, Philadelphia
Tacony (tèkhane) is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States, approximately from downtown ("Center City") Philadelphia.
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Trenton Cutoff
The Trenton Cutoff (sometimes spelled Trenton Cut Off) is a rail corridor in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that runs from Morrisville to Glenloch.
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Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania
Wyndmoor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Zoo Junction
Zoo Junction is a junction on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Northeast Corridor meets the Keystone Corridor, previously known as the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line.
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30th Street Station
30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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See also
1863 establishments in Pennsylvania
- 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment
- 43rd Pennsylvania Militia Infantry Regiment
- 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
- 8th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
- Bolivar, Pennsylvania
- Camp William Penn
- Chester Rural Cemetery
- Connecting Railway
- Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
- Denver, Pennsylvania
- First National Bank (Philadelphia)
- Fort Black
- Fort Jones (Mount Oliver)
- Fort Laughlin
- Fort Robert Smalls
- Gettysburg National Cemetery
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Hummelstown Brownstone Company
- La Salle University
- Lake City, Pennsylvania
- Le Raysville, Pennsylvania
- Lloyd and Henry Warehouse
- Mütter Museum
- Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
- Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
- Monongahela Cemetery
- Mower General Hospital
- New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Commercial
- Susquehanna station
1976 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Air Pennsylvania
- Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
- Betsy Ross Bridge
- Birmingham Bridge
- Brashear High School
- Bruce Mansfield Power Plant
- Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary
- Centre County Christian Academy
- Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
- Connecting Railway
- Cressona Mall
- Dance Alloy
- Franklin Court
- Gray's Ferry Bridge
- Jim's South Street
- Lewistown Area High School
- Liberty Bell Pavilion
- Lock Ridge Park
- Neville Island Bridge
- Omega Rho
- PRISM (TV channel)
- Perkiomen Valley Academy
- Philadelphia Gay News
- Please Touch Museum
- Radio Information Service
- Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band (folk)
- Respironics
- Sight & Sound Theatres
- Social and Decision Sciences (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
- Station Square
- Sunoco
- Trinity Anglican Seminary
- WAKZ
- WFMZ-TV
- WFYL
- WILK-FM
- Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
- West Chester United SC
- Williamsport Tomahawks
- Wings Airways
- Wooden Shoe Books and Records
- Woodlynde School
Railway companies disestablished in 1976
- Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)
- Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad
- Central Railroad of New Jersey
- Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
- Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
- Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
- Connecticut Company
- Connecting Railway
- Dover and Rockaway Railroad
- East Pennsylvania Railroad
- Edgemoor and Manetta Railway
- Erie Lackawanna Railway
- Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad
- Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad
- Ironton Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- List of companies transferred to Conrail
- Little Miami Railroad
- Michigan Central Railroad
- New York Connecting Railroad
- New York and Harlem Railroad
- New York and Long Branch Railroad
- North Pennsylvania Railroad
- Northern Central Railway
- Norwich and Worcester Railroad
- Owasco River Railway
- Penn Central Transportation
- Penn Central Transportation Company
- Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
- Peoria and Eastern Railway
- Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
- Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad
- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
- Port Reading Railroad
- Reading Company
- Texas and Pacific Railway
- United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
- Waynesburg and Washington Railroad
- West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Railway companies established in 1863
- Barnsley Coal Railway
- Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
- Connecting Railway
- Dighton and Somerset Railroad
- Flint and Holly Railroad
- Garstang and Knot-End Railway
- Hibernia Mine Railroad
- Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen
- North Western and Charing Cross Railway
- Pacific Lumber Company
- Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements
- Syracuse and Geddes Railway
- Syracuse and Onondaga Railway
- Teign Valley line
- Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecting_Railway
Also known as Bustleton & Eastern Railroad, Bustleton RR, Bustleton Railroad, Bustleton and Eastern RR, Bustleton and Eastern Railroad, Connecting Ry, Engelside Railroad, Engleside RR, Engleside Railroad, Fair Hill RR, Fair Hill Railroad, Frankford & Holmesburg Railroad, Frankford Creek RR, Frankford Creek Railroad, Frankford and Holmesburg RR, Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad, Frankford and Holmesburgh Railroad, Kensington & Tacony Railroad, Kensington and Tacony RR, Kensington and Tacony Railroad, Philadelphia & Bustleton Railway, Philadelphia and Bustleton Railway, Philadelphia and Bustleton Ry, Philadelphia, Bustleton & Trenton Railroad, Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton RR, Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad, Philadelphia, Germantown & Chestnut Hill Railroad, Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill RR, Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad, The Connecting Railway.