Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway
| Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway | |||
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1885 map of railroad tracks that in 1891 would become the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway and, to the Pine Grove Iron Works, the Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad. | |||
| Overview | |||
| Locale | Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1891 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
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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"
1909: "Philadelphia Railroad Station”
1914: “Reading railroad station”
1919: “Philadelphia and Reading railroad station”
1935: "Reading station"