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Pennsylvania and Sodus Bay Railroad - most of this was graded, and only needed rails when abandoned 1873. It ran south from Seneca Falls , crossed the competing Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad (later the Lehigh Valley Railroad ) at Romulus , then west of Ithaca to Van Etten .
Pages in category "Defunct Ohio railroads" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. ... Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (1848–56
Pennsylvania Railroad successor Conrail abandoned this line to Hollidaysburg and most of the branch trackage along the Juniata River in 1981 and removed the rails. The Allegheny Portage Railroad was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1987. [12] [13]
It ran in Ohio from Sandusky to Newark. It was taken under control by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O Railroad) in 1869. The B&O Railroad built a new mainline in the 1890s west from Willard. It lowered the line from mainline status. The Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark Railroad was operated into the 1970s and 80s.
Never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [52] Rays Hill Tunnel: Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) Rays Hill: 3,532 feet (1,077 m) 1940 [50] Sideling Hill Tunnel: Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) Sideling Hill: 6,782 feet (2,067 m) 1940 [50] Squirrel Hill Tunnel: Pittsburgh: I-376: Squirrel Hill: 4,225 feet (1,288 m) 1953 Spring ...
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad: PRR: 1848 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio and Pennsylvania Belt Line Railroad: Ohio and Toledo Railroad: W&LE: 1872 1878 Youngstown and Connotton Valley Railroad: Ohio River Railway: N&W: 1877 1890 Scioto Valley Railway: Ohio River and Columbus Railway: Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad ...
Most of the New Portage Railroad, just completed the previous year at a cost of $2.14 million, was abandoned, while short sections became local branches. [16] The canals were abandoned, and short sections were filled and covered by rails. [citation needed] On January 1, 1861, the PRR leased the HPMJ&L, giving it full control of its main line. [17]
A group called Friends of the Atglen–Susquehanna Trail proposed using the line as a rail trail, which was opposed by local residents and ultimately failed. In July 2008, NS sold a portion of the abandoned line to eight municipalities, [3] charging each $1 and supplying a total of $1.4 million in grants for bridge removal or repair.