From: Matt Carminito
Date: 3/13/00
Time: 9:30:12 PM
Remote Name: 155.247.59.74
Matt Carminito History 67 3/13/00 The Pennsylvania Railroad appeared to be the most popular railroad in 1860. It ran the entire length of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Along the way the railroad rarely traveled for long without stopping as it stopped at every city, town, and village on its path. It began in Philadelphia and stopped at such cities as Lancaster, Harrisburg, and Altoona before reaching its final destination of Pittsburgh. Railroads ran all over the state of Pennsylvania in the late 19th century. Nearly every person had access to transportation on the rails. If some someone lived in Allentown at this time they had their choice of the East Pennsylvania Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Railroad to travel on. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was a stop along the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and Ephrata was located on the Lebanon Valley Railroad. Erie, located in northwestern Pennsylvania, had many railroads running through it. There was the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, the Erie and New York City Railroad, the Sunbury Railroad, and the Cleveland and Erie Railroad. The city of Harrisburg also had a lot of action with railroads. The Lebanon Valley Railroad and Cumberland Valley Railroad both ran through Harrisburg, while the Pennsylvania Railroad, Dauphin and Sesquehanna Railroad, and Northern Central Railroad all ran through or close to the location. Jenkintown was present along the North Pennsylvania Railroad and Susquehanna was along the New York and Erie Railroad. Reading was a major stop as it had three railroads running through it. They were the East Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and the Lebannon Valley Railroad.