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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:railway_company
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gptkbp:abbreviation
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gptkb:PRR
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1968
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gptkbp:fleetSize
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largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U.S. for the first half of the 20th century
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gptkbp:founded
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1846
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gptkbp:headquarters_location
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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gptkbp:legacy
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Amtrak uses former PRR main line
Northeast Corridor follows former PRR route
influenced American business practices
influenced railroad engineering standards
Conrail formed from PRR and other bankrupt railroads
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Standard_Railroad_of_the_World
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gptkbp:notable_color_scheme
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gptkb:Brunswick_Green
gptkb:Tuscan_Red
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gptkbp:notable_logo
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PRR monogram
keystone logo
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Baltimore_and_Potomac_Tunnel
gptkb:Hudson_River_Tunnels
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Rockville_Bridge
gptkb:Horseshoe_Curve
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie
gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkb:Thomas_A._Scott
Cornelius Vanderbilt (indirectly, via merger)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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bankruptcy of Penn Central in 1970
merger with New York Central Railroad in 1968
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gptkbp:notableInvention
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automatic train control
air brake adoption
block signaling
centralized traffic control
containerization (early forms)
dieselization (late adoption)
double-track main lines
electrification of main line
electrified commuter service
freight car pooling
heavyweight passenger cars
lightweight passenger cars
mail and express service
passenger train streamlining
standardized time
steel passenger cars
tower interlocking
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gptkbp:notableModel
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Tuscan Red passenger cars
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gptkbp:notableRoute
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gptkb:Spirit_of_St._Louis
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Limited
gptkb:Broadway_Limited
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gptkbp:notableStation
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gptkb:30th_Street_Station_(Philadelphia)
gptkb:Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.)
gptkb:PRR_E6
gptkb:PRR_GG1
gptkb:PRR_J1
gptkb:PRR_K4s
gptkb:PRR_M1
gptkb:PRR_S1
gptkb:PRR_T1
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)
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gptkbp:operates
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:owns
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gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway
gptkb:Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines
gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road
gptkb:Cleveland_and_Pittsburgh_Railroad
gptkb:Northern_Central_Railway
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad (partial)
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (partial)
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:Pennsylvania,_New_Jersey_and_New_York_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania,_New_York_and_Long_Island_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania,_Ohio_and_Detroit_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania,_Poughkeepsie_and_Boston_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania,_Schuylkill_Valley_and_Western_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania,_Slatington_and_New_England_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Company
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Tunnel_and_Terminal_Railroad
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:Samuel_Rea
gptkb:Alexander_J._Cassatt
gptkb:Martin_W._Clement
gptkb:J._Edgar_Thomson
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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gptkb:PRR
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway
gptkb:Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines
gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road
gptkb:Cleveland_and_Pittsburgh_Railroad
gptkb:Northern_Central_Railway
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad (partial)
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (partial)
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Lehman_Brothers
gptkb:steam_locomotive
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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