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Connecting Railway, the Glossary

Index Connecting Railway

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

  1. 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.

  2. 1863 establishments in Pennsylvania
  3. 1976 establishments in Pennsylvania
  4. Railway companies disestablished in 1976
  5. 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

1976 establishments in Pennsylvania

Railway companies disestablished in 1976

Railway companies established in 1863

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.