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See Pittsburgh Division Track Chart, 2008 and Pittsburgh ... (or GS&F Main Track and GS&F District Main Track), Norfolk Southern Georgia Division; Notes ...
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 ...
Three Norfolk Southern freight trains pass each other on the Horseshoe Curve in 2006. Until reaching Altoona, the Pittsburgh Line is a double-track mainline from Duncannon. Once at Altoona, a third track is added for the climb up the Allegheny Mountains.
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]
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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 continued to improve the Lehigh Line into the 21st century. In 2014, Norfolk Southern purchased the former Delaware and Hudson line from Schenectady, New York, to Sunbury, Pennsylvania from Canadian Pacific. Prior to the acquisition, it had acquired trackage rights over the D&H in New York and Pennsylvania from CP ...
This is a map of the Norfolk Southern Railway as of 2009, with trackage rights in purple (haulage rights are lighter). Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created (modified from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data) or if you see any errors.