Dates of operation 1883– Length 54,718 m | Previous gauge 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Date of operation 1883 | |
Track gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Locale Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Successors Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Balti and Ohio Railroad | ||
The Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad was the successor to the Pittsburgh Southern Railway, and a subsidiary of the B&O Railroad, and was organized as a legal entity 25 February, 1885. The railroad was a link in the attempt of the B&O to serve the Pittsburgh market, and became part of the Wheeling Division of that railroad. It was constructed by gauge conversion of the former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge and the building of the Whitehall Tunnel. It ran from Glenwood Junction to Washington, Pennsylvania, a distance of 34 miles.
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