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The Harrisburg Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Philadelphia (HP 5.2) west to Harrisburg (HP 112.9). The Harrisburg Line was formed the day Conrail began operations, April 1, 1976, from two former Reading Company lines, the original namesake main ...
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates A vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the 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 split of the Conrail system in 1999. [1]
Harrisburg Intermodal Yard is a large rail yard located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The yard originally was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad and was known as the Lucknow Yard, later to be operated by Conrail, and since 1999, has been operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway.
Thirteen months ago, on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train derailment caused a massive fire fueled by toxic chemicals and the evacuation of much of a small Ohio town.
Norfolk Southern Railway: History; Opened: 1851 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad), 1869 and 1871 (Danville, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad), 1880s (North and West Branch Railway), 1915 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad- Nicholson Cutoff) Technical; Number of tracks: 1-2: Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...
A Norfolk Southern freight train, left, waits on a siding, as another train passes in Homestead, Pa, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Lurgan Branch is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Maryland.The line is part of the NS Harrisburg Division and runs from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania southwest to Hagerstown, Maryland along former Reading Company (reporting mark RDG) and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR) lines. [1]