Philadelphia & Reading Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia_&_Reading_Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:P&R
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Reading_Railroad
gptkbp:builtInfrastructure gptkb:Reading_Viaduct
gptkb:Reading_Terminal
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1923
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Monopoly_(board_game)
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the first railroads in the U.S. to operate a double track main line
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
gptkbp:logo gptkb:Reading_diamond
gptkbp:mainLine Philadelphia to Pottsville, Pennsylvania
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Reading_Company
gptkbp:notableEvent bankruptcy in 1893
involved in the Panic of 1893
reorganized as Reading Company in 1923
gptkbp:notableFor transporting anthracite coal
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:A._J._Cassatt
gptkb:Franklin_B._Gowen
gptkbp:operates freight trains
passenger trains
coal trains
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Philadelphia_and_Reading_Coal_and_Iron_Company
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Philadelphia_metropolitan_area
gptkb:eastern_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Schuylkill_River_Valley
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Reading_Company
gptkbp:trackGauge standard gauge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manayunk_Bridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5