West Penn Railways, one part of the West Penn System, was an interurban electric railway headquartered in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. It was part of the region's power generation utility.
Read more about West Penn Railways: History, Operation, Former Structures Still Standing, Coke Region Lines, Noncontiguous Lines
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