South Pennsylvania Railroad

The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed but never completed Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth-century. Parts of the right of way for the second South Pennsylvania Railroad were reused for the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Read more about South Pennsylvania Railroad:  Initial Promotions, Pennsylvania Turnpike

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