Philadelphia & Reading Railroad

GPTKB entity

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
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Philadelphia & Reading Railroad