Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad
Locale Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation 1883–
Predecessor Pittsburgh Southern Railway
Successor Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Previous gauge 3 ft  (914 mm)
Length 34 miles

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 foot gauge railway to standard gauge and the building of the Whitehall Tunnel. It ran from Glenwood Junction to Washington, Pennsylvania, a distance of 34 miles. [1]

References

  1. ^ "Baltimore and Ohio Short Line". Poor's Directory of Railway Officials (New York: Poor's Railroad Manual). 1887. OCLC 5583830. http://books.google.com/?id=QsZNQI9FNOsC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22Baltimore+and+Ohio+Short+Line%22. 

"A Baltimore and Ohio Short Line" (PDF). New York Times. 1902-12-25. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E3D61E3DEE32A25756C2A9649D946397D6CF. Retrieved 5 March 2009.