South Chester Railroad

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The South Chester Railroad was a railroad that operated in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1881 to 1906.

Incorporated as the South Chester Railroad Company on June 22, 1881, the railroad named John P. Green its first president and William H. Brown its first chief engineer.

On March 27, 1899, its operations were taken over by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad. [1] On February 9, 1906, it was merged into the PRR's Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad. [2] At that time, it operated 2.72 miles of track from Chester to the Crescent Oil Works on the Pennsylvania-Delaware state line and 0.49 miles of track from Lamokin, Pennsylvania (now a neighborhood of Chester proper) to the PB&W main line. [2]

Notes

  1. Christopher, Baer (December 2010). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1899 (December 2010 edition)" (PDF). PRR Chronology. Philadelphia Chapter Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 "The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: The Corporate, Financial and Construction History of Lines Owned, Operated and Controlled To December 31, 1945, Volume II Lines East of Pittsburgh". Hagley Digital Archives. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

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