Pennsylvania Main Line Railroad Stations: Philadelphia to Harrisburg
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In 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) took over Pennsylvania's Main Line of Public Works, a stateowned railroad and canal system built in the 1830s. Most are gone, but fortunately some still stand and are in use today.
Costly to build and maintain, and never attracting the traffic needed to sustain it, the state was eager to let it go. Keeping the rail portion and combining it with its own lines, the PRR ultimately developed a wellbuilt and wellrun rail line from Philadelphia to Pittsb...






















