The Elmira and Williamsport Railroad (earlier Williamsport and Elmira Railroad) is a historic railroad that operated in Pennsylvania. The W&E was organized in 1832 and ran between

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,754. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populati ...

and

Elmira, New York Elmira () is a Administrative divisions of New York#City, city in and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. ...

. It was reorganized as the E&W in 1860, and operated its own property until 1863. The railroad originally ran north from Williamsport along

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as far as the village of Ralston, and was only extended beyond it to Elmira in 1854. In 1863 the line was leased by the

Northern Central Railway The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania R ...

, and in 1910 the line was leased by the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...

. The line continued to operate until 1972, when it was destroyed by flooding from

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ELMIRA & WILLIAMSPORT RR CO
(PA) Merged into [Penndel Company. 07/01/1969. Each share Preferred $50 par exchanged for $55 cash Each share Common $50 par exchanged for $38.50 cashDirectory of Obsolete Securities, Financial Information Inc, Published 2015, ISBN 978-1-882363-73-5

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elmira Williamsport Railroad Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Defunct New York (state) railroads Predecessors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Railway companies established in 1860 Railway companies disestablished in 1969