[PRCo] Re: PRR & Penna Company

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

I wonder if we know which company took over the Pittsburgh ,Virginia & Charleston along the Mon west bank. I notice this line is not mentioned much in PRR books that I have seen. (Home of "The Fairmont Flyer").

Robert Rockwell
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: robert netzlof<mailto:wb3iqe at rocketmail.com> 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:20 AM
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: did i miss the comments on this?


  Well now, depends on how you look at it. From around 1870 to 1917,
  the railroads west of Pittsburgh were controlled by The Pennsylvania
  Company. Yes, the Penna Company had been created by the PRR, but in
  many ways the western lines ran their own show(s). PRR had its
  engineering offices at Altoona, but Lines West had a similar
  organization in Fort Wayne. Locomotive design and car design differed
  between the two, as did operating practices.



  Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob



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