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Railroads of Pennsylvania

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by Treese, Lorett


  Sentiero di Shay (trail), 180

  SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), 11, 19, 37, 38, 41, 44, 46, 47, 57–61, 115

  Seven Valleys, 106

  Shale gas, 117, 119, 152, 154, 161–162, 170, 177, 189, 191, 192, 272, 304, 312

  Shamokin, 120, 121, 127, 128, 141–142, 146–147

  Shamokin Valley Railroad, 119, 120, 147–148

  Shartlesville, 144

  Sheepskin Route, 302

  Sheepskin Trail, 306

  Sheffield & Tionesta Railroad, 160

  Shenango & Allegheny Railroad, 307

  Shenango River Trail, 327

  Shippensburg, 81

  Silver Meteor (train), 264

  Simpson, 224

  Slatington, 135

  Sloan, Samuel, 203–204

  Smithfield, 272, 302

  Snow Shoe Trail, 180

  Somerset & Cambria Branch (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad), 238

  Somerville, 203

  Somerville & Easton Railroad, 186, 202

  Soo Line, 190

  Souderton, 57

  South Bethlehem, 52–53

  South Carolina Canal & Rail Road, 66

  Southern Crescent, 66

  Southern New York Railway, 324

  Southern Railway, 66

  Southern Tier Line (Norfolk Southern), 152, 191

  South Fork, 265

  South Pennsylvania Railroad (the South Penn), 97, 113, 236–238, 267, 282

  Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP), 272, 302, 304

  Springfield, 15

  Staten Island Railroad, 168

  State Works (Main Line of Public Works), 1–2, 13, 14, 16, 34–38, 46, 70–72, 91, 111, 121, 169, 226, 228, 231–234, 238–239, 246, 261–262, 265, 274, 275, 285

  Stavich Bicycle Trail, 306

  Steamtown, 132, 191, 202, 208–210, 213

  Steelton, 105

  St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway, 190

  St. Mary’s, 164–165

  Stony Brook, 12

  Stony Valley Railroad Grade, 108

  Stourbridge, 188

  Stourbridge Line, 217–219

  Strafford, 18, 38, 62

  Strasburg, 82–86, 89–90, 95, 103

  Strasburg Rail Road, 80, 82–87, 89, 90, 135–136, 262

  Stroudsburg, 198, 201

  Struble Trail, 61–62

  Summit Hill (town), 195, 222

  Summit Hill–Mauch Chunk Railroad, 195

  Sunbury, 5, 72, 119–121, 126, 131, 142, 155, 190–191, 312

  Sunbury & Erie Railroad, 155, 156, 165, 169, 313, 315, 317

  Sunbury Line (Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company), 191

  Sunbury Line (Pennsy), 190

  Sunbury Subdivision (Canadian Pacific Railway), 190–191, 217

  Susquehanna, 215–216

  Susquehanna & Delaware Canal & Rail Road, 184

  Susquehanna Warrior Trail, 224

  Susquehannock Trail System, 180

  Swarthmore, 15, 59

  Swatara Rail-Trail, 108

  Switchback Railroad, 196, 198, 206, 222

  Switch Back Trail, 222

  Tamaqua, 110, 140, 149

  Taylor Yard, 190, 191

  Temple, 115

  Thun Trail, 148

  Tioga Central Railroad, 154, 170–172, 177–179

  Tioga Railroad, 151, 152, 166

  Thomson, J. Edgar, 242–243

  Titusville, 314–316, 324–327

  Tobyhanna, 201, 202, 210

  Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad, 309

  Topton, 11

  Towanda, 117, 191

  Tunnel(s), 68, 79, 121, 134, 223, 229–230, 237, 238, 243, 268, 270, 274, 278, 286

  Allegheny, 2, 248–249

  Black Rock, 42–43, 106

  Flat Rock, 43

  Howard, 106

  National Gateway project, 271

  Newkirk, 149

  Philadelphia commuter rail, 44

  Pioneer, 136–137

  Staple Bend, 247, 265

  Tunnel Hill, 79

  Tuttle Creek (town), 228–229

  Truesdale, William H., 204

  Twentieth Century Limited (train), 182

  Tyburn Railroad Company, 12

  Tyrone, 162

  Union Pacific Railroad, 283

  Union Railroad, 311, 323

  Uniontown, 147, 148, 272, 302–304

  Unionville, 162

  United Railways & Electric Company, 82

  Utica & Schenectady Railroad, 151, 166

  Valley Forge, 47–48, 62, 172

  Valley Railroad, 244–245

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 167–168

  Vanderbilt, William Henry, 168

  Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 317

  Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 317

  Verona, 273

  Versailles, 285

  Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (WPT), 268–270, 278, 279, 284

  Wabash Railroad, 268

  Wallingford, 50–51, 59

  Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad (WK&S), 135–136, 143

  Warren, 155, 318

  Warwick Township, 108

  Washington, 300

  Washingtonville, 119

  Wawa, 58

  Wayne, 37, 38

  Waynesburg, 270, 300

  Waynesburg & Washington Railroad (W&W), 300–301

  Wehrum, 265

  Weigh Scales, 148

  Weissport, 193

  Wellsboro, 152, 154, 171, 177, 179

  Wellsboro & Corning Railroad (WCOR), 152, 154, 171, 177

  Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad, 152

  Wellsboro Junction, 171–172, 179

  West Chester, 16–17, 46, 47, 57–59

  West Chester Branch (Pennsy), 58–59

  West Chester Railroad (new), 46–47, 57–61

  West Chester Railroad (original), 16–17, 46

  Western Maryland Railway (WM), 64–66, 71, 72, 75–76, 78, 81–82, 85, 102, 227, 267–269, 278–279

  Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, 66, 279

  Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP), 311

  Western Pennsylvania Railroad, 276

  Westmont, 258

  Westmoreland Heritage Trail, 306

  West Newton, 305

  West Penn Trail, 306

  Westtown, 46, 58

  Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (W&LE), 268, 271–272, 278

  White Deer, 125

  White Haven, 221

  Wilmerding, 296

  Wilkes-Barre, 189–191, 197, 208, 222

  Williamsburg, 103, 265

  Williamsport, 85, 119, 120, 151, 155, 158, 160, 169, 170, 179, 186, 237

  Williamsport & Elmira RailRoad, 169

  Wilmington & Northern Branch (Reading system), 12

  Wolf Run Rail Trail, 180

  Woodvale, 265

  Wootten, John E., 128

  Wright, Charles Barstow, 317–318

  Wrightsville, 101

  Wrightsville, York & Gettysburg Railroad, 71

  York, 12, 18, 71, 77, 106, 226

  York & Maryland Line Railroad, 71

  York Haven, 91, 94

  York Industrial Track, 12

  York Railway, 78

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