Columbia And Port Deposit Railroad

	Columbia And Port Deposit Railroad The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad (C&PD) was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It operated a main line between Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Port Deposit, Maryland, generally along the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River. It later acquired a branch line to Perryville, Maryland. The C&PD was subsequently purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and, since the 1999 breakup of Conrail, is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway. History The C&PD, originally called the Washington and Maryland Line Railroad and then the Columbia and Maryland Line Railroad, was chartered in 1858. The C&PD began construction in 1866, as another rail line, a branch built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B), approached Port Deposit from the southeast. The PRR, which controlled the PW&B, also purchased a controlling interest in the C&PD in 1866. The first completed section of the C&PD opened in 1868 and connected the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York (state), New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of William Penn (Royal Navy officer), the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire, Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Railway Electrification Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers or Rail freight transport, freight in separate cars), electric multiple units (Passenger car (rail), passenger cars with their own motors) or both. Electricity is typically generated in large and relatively efficient electric power station, generating stations, transmitted to the railway network and distributed to the trains. Some electric railways have their own dedicated generating stations and electric transmission line, transmission lines, but most purchase power from an electric utility. The railway usually provides its own distribution lines, switches, and transformers. Power is supplied to moving trains with a (nearly) continuous electrical conductor, conductor running along the track that usually takes one of two forms: an overhead line, suspended from poles or towers along the track or from structure or tunnel cei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Defunct Pennsylvania Railroads Defunct may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being in such a state. When used in a biological sense, it means imperfect or rudimentary when comp ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Pennsylvania Railroad Predecessor Railroads The following railroads merged to form the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). On February 1, 1968, the PRR merged into Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation. The following PRR-owned and leased companies were still separate at the time of the Penn Central merger: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Baltimore and Eastern Railroad *The Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway was conveyed to the Baltimore and Eastern Railroad May 1, 1928. Caton and Loudon Railway Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Connecting Railway The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad merged into the Connecting Railway December 9, 1956. The Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway, Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati Railway, Manufacturers Railway, Pennsylvania-Detroit Railroad and Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad merged into the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad December 10, 1925. ** Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad consolidated with the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Defunct Pennsylvania Railroads The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Common freight carriers Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Genesee & Wyoming Allegheny Valley Railroad (1995), Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) BD Highspire Holdings (BDHH) Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) Brandywine Valley Railroad (BVRY) Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) (Genesee & Wyoming) Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE) Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) Central New York Railroad (CNYK) Chestnut Ridge Railroad (CHR) Columbia and Reading Railway (CORY) Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRR) operates Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (PBL) CSX (CSX) Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (DL) East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC) East Penn Railroad (ESPN) (Regional Rail, LLC) Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad (EZR) Everett Railroad (EV) Gettys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Defunct Maryland Railroads The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maryland. Common freight carriers Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (trackage rights, not used) Canton Railroad (CTN) CSX Transportation (CSXT) Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) Georges Creek Railway (GCK) Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE) Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Baltimore Industrial Railroad, Tradepoint Rail (TPR) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990), Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) Winchester and Western Railroad (WW) Passenger carriers Amtrak (AMTK) Baltimore Streetcar Museum Maryland Transit Administration#Rail services, Maryland Transit Administration for its MARC Train, MARC operations, the Baltimore Metro Subway, the Baltimore Light RailLink, and the Purple Line (Maryland), Purple Line (under construction) National Capital Trolley Museum Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Walkersville Southern Railroad Washington Metro D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Crossings Of The Conestoga River This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Conestoga River, from the Susquehanna River upstream to the source. All locations are in Pennsylvania. Crossings See also * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crossings of the Conestoga River * Conestoga River Conestoga River The Conestoga River (), also referred to as Conestoga Creek (), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Atglen And Susquehanna Branch The Atglen and Susquehanna Branch is an abandoned branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad that ran between Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, Lemoyne and Atglen, Pennsylvania. A portion of the line is now the Enola Low Grade Trail. History The Atglen and Susquehanna (A&S) Branch was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between 1902 and 1906. The branch was built to relieve congestion on the Main Line (Pennsylvania Railroad), Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line and the railroad's Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, Columbia & Port Deposit (C&PD) line. With freight service on the Main Line hampered by relatively steep Grade (slope), grades, the A&S Branch—which was specifically designed with minimal grades and curves—was often known simply as the "Low Grade". During construction of the A&S Branch, the existing C&PD stone bridge at the Conestoga River washed out. Rather than rebuild, the C&PD bridge was combined with the A&S bridge to form a unique two-line, two-level steel viaduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	National Limited (Amtrak Train) The ''National Limited'' was a passenger train that ran between Kansas City, Missouri, and both New York City and Washington, D.C., Dividing train, splitting in Pennsylvania. Amtrak operated the train from 1971 to 1979. History In 1970, the United States Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation, in its designation of endpoints for the Amtrak system, ordered a train to run between New York, Washington, and St. Louis. The route had been served by the ''Spirit of St. Louis (train), Spirit of St. Louis'', originally run by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later inherited by Penn Central. The route was later amended to run all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, with a connection to the ''Super Chief'' running between Chicago and Los Angeles. Amtrak initially retained the ''Spirit of St. Louis'', extending it to Kansas City along the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In July 1971, the train was renamed the ''National Limited'' to better reflect the scope of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United States, contiguous U.S. states and three Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces. ''Amtrak'' is a portmanteau of the words ''America'' and ''track.'' Founded in 1971 as a Quasi-corporation, quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit corporation, for-profit organization. The company's headquarters is located one block west of Washington Union Station, Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak is headed by a Board of Directors, two of whom are the United States Secretary of Transportation, secretary of transportation and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amtrak, while the other eight members are nominated to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor. Bankrupt is not the only legal status that an insolvent person may have, meaning the term ''bankruptcy'' is not a synonym for insolvency. Etymology The word ''bankruptcy'' is derived from Italian language, Italian , literally meaning . The term is often described as having originated in Renaissance Italy, where there allegedly existed the tradition of smashing a banker's bench if he defaulted on payment. However, the existence of such a ritual is doubted. History In Ancient Greece, bankruptcy did not exist. If a man owed and he could not pay, he and his wife, children or servants were forced into "debt slavery" until the creditor recouped losses through their Manual labour, physical labour. Many city-states in ancient Greece lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]