60th Street Branch

The 60th Street Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) branch line from South 58th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Hog Island, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1918 by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, a subsidiary of the PRR,[1] and opened for service on August 20 of that year.[2]

The line diverged from the PW&B's main line just north of Brill Interlocking, and bore southeast before curving southwest again.

Notes

  1. ↑ Netzlof, Robert T. (7 March 2001). "Corporate Genealogy Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington". Robert T. Netzlof. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Baer, Christopher (June 2004). "PRR CHRONOLOGY: 1918" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society. p. 20. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
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