Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway
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For the preceding railroads used to form this railway line, see South Mountain Railroad (Cumberland) and Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad.
The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway was a Pennsylvania line from near Carlisle southward to Gettysburg operated by a subsidiary of the Reading Company. The line also included the Round Top Branch over the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania until c. 1942.
Station names at Gettysburg
1893: "Philadelphia and Reading station"[1]
1909: "Philadelphia Railroad Station”[2]
1914: “Reading railroad station”[3]
1919: “Philadelphia and Reading railroad station”[4]
1935: "Reading station"[5]
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Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway | |||
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Locale | Pennsylvania, United States | ||
History | |||
Opened | 1891 (1891) | ||
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
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