Talk:East Penn Railroad

STB dockets

• 32106 (1992): Bristol Industrial Terminal Railway to lease line
• 32732 (1995): East Penn Railways to operate Perkiomen Branch, Colebrookdale Industrial Track, Kutztown Branch
• 32883 (1996): Chester Valley Railway to acquire from Conrail Bridgeport Industrial Track, junction (0.0) - Henderson Road (2.14)
• 32884 (1996): John C. Nolan to remain in control of CHTS; already controls BITY, EPRY, LANO
• 33456 (1997): EPRY to lease from SEPTA Bethlehem Branch:
  • Quakertown Line, Telford (30.5) - Quakertown (45.4)
  • right to interchange with Conrail at Telford
• 33511 (1997): Emons Transportation Group to remain in control of PRL
• 33512 (1997): Penn Eastern Rail Lines to acquire:
  • Bristol Industrial Terminal Railway (lessee)
    • Grundy - Bristol Industrial Park (1 mi)
  • Chester Valley Railway
    • Bridgeport Industrial Track, junction (0.0) - Henderson Road (2.14)
  • East Penn Railways (acquired by PA in 1982, formerly operated by Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad)
    • Perkiomen Branch, USRA Line No. 906: Pennsburg (22.38) - Emmaus Junction (38.23) (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation)
    • Colebrookdale Industrial Track (Boyertown Branch), USRA Line No. 909: Colebrookdale Junction (Pottstown) (0.00) - Boyertown (8.60) (history) (Berks County)
    • Kutztown Branch, USRA line No. 910: Topton (0.17) - Kutztown (4.29) (Kutztown Transportation Authority)
    • Mt. Hope Industrial Branch, USRA Line No. 916: Manheim (0.36-1.0) (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation)
  • Lancaster Northern Railway
    • Akron Secondary Track, Sinking Spring (0.05) - Stevens (12.94)
• 33916 (2000): PRL to acquire from state Perkiomen Branch, Mount Hope Industrial Track
• 34148 (2002): G&W to acquire Emons, owner of PRL
• 34223 (2002): Nolan, owner of EPRY, to acquire PRL
• 34676 (2005): Penn Eastern Holdings to acquire EPRY and PRL from Nolan
• 34677 (2005): EPRY to acquire from SEPTA (then operated by EPRY) Octoraro Branch (Line 142), Chadds Ford Junction (26.98) - state line near Sylmar (54.49)
• 34678 (2005): EPRY to acquire from ISG Railways Line 907, Delaware (12.66) - Modena (29.72)
• 34679 (2005): EPRY to acquire from Wilmington and Northern Railroad (then operated by ISG) Line 939, Pennsylvania (12.66) - Elsmere Junction (1.89)
• 34745 (2005): PRL to operate Bensalem Branch (operated by Conrail until 2002) in Expressway 95 Industrial Park (1.15 mi)
• 35056 (2007): East Penn Railroad to absorb EPRY, PRL
• 35089 (2007): ESPN to acquire Colebrookdale Line from Berks County (had been done in 2003)
• 35104 (2007): ESPN to continue operating Kutztown Branch
• AB_1020_0_X (2008): ESPN to abandon Colebrookdale Industrial Track

--NE2 04:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Lines

• Chadds Ford Junction (26.98) - Sylmar (54.49)

  Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad (PRR), 1865; bought by SEPTA 1976, by EPRY 2005

• Elsmere Junction (1.89) - Modena (29.72)

  Wilmington and Reading Railroad (RDG), 1870; Conrail light-density line: PA section bought by PennDOT 1976?, by BVRY 2002; DE section bought by EPRY 2005

• Sinking Spring (0.05) - Stevens (12.94)

  Reading and Columbia Railroad (RDG), 1863; conveyed to Conrail (Akron Secondary), bought by LANO 1995

• Pottstown (0.00) - Boyertown (8.60)

  Colebrookdale Railroad (RDG), 1869; Conrail light-density line, bought by PennDOT 1982, by Berks County 2001, by EPRY 2003

• Manheim (0.36-1.0)

  Reading and Columbia Railroad (RDG), ca. 1875?; Conrail light-density line, bought by PennDOT 1982?, by PRL 2000

• Topton (0.17) - Kutztown (4.29) owned by Kutztown Transportation Authority

  Allentown Railroad (RDG), 1870; Conrail light-density line, bought by PennDOT 1982?, by Kutztown Transportation Authority 2000

• Pennsburg (22.38) - Emmaus Junction (38.23)

  Perkiomen Railroad (RDG), 1870-1875; Conrail light-density line, bought by PennDOT 1982?, by PRL 2000

• Telford (30.5) - Quakertown (45.4) owned by SEPTA

  North Pennsylvania Railroad (RDG), 1857; conveyed to Conrail, bought by SEPTA (Bethlehem Branch) ca. 1980

• Bristol Industrial Park

  recent

• "North Philadelphia Contract Switching"??
• Bridgeport (0.0) - Henderson Road (2.14)

  Chester Valley Railroad (RDG), 1853; conveyed to Conrail (Chester Valley Secondary → Chester Valley Running Track), bought by CHTS 1996

• Expressway 95 Industrial Park

  recent

--NE2 07:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Confusion?

This is the last entry in a table in the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. article, but I strongly suspect that the link, through a redirect, is incorrect. I do not have time today to resolve this, so I am posting here with the hope that some other editor may know how to correct the situation.--DThomsen8 (talk) 16:05, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Company	Acquired from	Date	Notes
Penn Eastern Rail Lines	Emons	2002	Sold 2002

--DThomsen8 (talk) 16:05, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I think it looks fine, since this company is the successor of the one that was owned by G&W, and since there isn't an article on that particular one, this article seems like a logical place for the redirect to end up. C628 (talk) 16:25, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

This article says nothing about Genesee & Wyoming Inc.. If it is related to this article, it should be mentioned in the text. I am guessing that the STB documents provide this kind of information, but I do not have time to check it out now. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:18, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Hatnote.

The hatnote says "For the Reading Company predecessor, see East Pennsylvania Railroad." However, there does not seem to be an East Pennsylvania Railroad article. What is the point of having the hatnote? Perhaps I am missing something, though. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)