From: Anonymous Three
Date: 3/15/00
Time: 3:53:32 PM
Remote Name: 155.247.175.30
Questions answered 1 and 2 of the Primary Source assignment. The Pennsylvania Railroad's point of origin is Philadelphia and its point of terminus is Pittsburg. In between those two points the Pennsylvania Railroad shares points (breaks off/connects with) other railroads that came across its path. The major towns and cities that the railroad passed through were the following: Lancaster, Dillerville, Columbia, Harrisburg, Huntingdon, Altoona, Pittsburg. The following cities were provided services by these railroads. Allentown: Lehigh Valley Railroad. Carlisle: Cumberland Valley Railroad. Ephrata: Pennsylvania Railroad. Erie: Cleveland & Erie Railroad. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Railroad. Jenkingtown: Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad. Reading: Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Susquehanna: New York & Erie Railroad.