The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad (reporting mark PW) was a nineteenth-century, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad connecting Pittsburgh with coal supplies and the oil field around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Its right-of way formed the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west from Pittsburgh. It was reorganized in 1889 under Malcolm A. McDonald.
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| - The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad (reporting mark PW) was a nineteenth-century, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad connecting Pittsburgh with coal supplies and the oil field around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Its right-of way formed the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west from Pittsburgh. It was reorganized in 1889 under Malcolm A. McDonald. (en)
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| - Callery, Pennsylvania
- Bogie
- Railway companies established in 1879
- Narrow gauge railway
- Northern Subdivision (Pennsylvania)
- Railway companies disestablished in 1887
- Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Bogie exchange
- Standard-gauge railway
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
- Butler, Pennsylvania
- American companies disestablished in 1887
- Titusville, Pennsylvania
- History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- 3 ft gauge railways in the United States
- Defunct Ohio railroads
- Narrow gauge railroads in Pennsylvania
- Foxburg, Pennsylvania
- Predecessors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- P&W Subdivision
- Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
- Railway companies established in 1902
- Transportation in Pittsburgh
- American companies established in 1879
- Blocking (construction)
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- Mars, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh
- Knox and Kane Railroad
- Mars Station, Pennsylvania
- Gauge conversion
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- dbr:Ribold,_Pennsylvania
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| - The Mars railroad station in Mars, Pennsylvania, is one of the last stations still standing that was built by the P&W Railroad. (en)
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| - The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad (reporting mark PW) was a nineteenth-century, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad connecting Pittsburgh with coal supplies and the oil field around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Its right-of way formed the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west from Pittsburgh. It was reorganized in 1889 under Malcolm A. McDonald. The railroad constructed another 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line from Callery Junction to Foxburg, Pennsylvania. This line would later become known as the Northern Subdivision of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). In 1883 the railroad took control of the line from Foxburg to Mount Jewett after the Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railroad had financially flopped. The railroad would later merge with the Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad, and the Big Level and Kinzua Railroad. These mergers would prove to be ineffective; by 1902 these joint railways were in financial ruin. The Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad handled significant interchange traffic with standard gauge lines by use of truck exchange. Cars were hoisted at interchange points and trucks were rolled out and replaced with new ones of the appropriate gauge. On at least one occasion, the blocking used to adapt a standard-gauge car to narrow gauge trucks failed, leading to a fatal accident. In 1902, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) took control of the P&W. By 1911, the P&W was dissolved, and the B&O took over all operations. That same year, most of the narrow gauge was converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge track. The B&O would continue to operate the line until 1982 when it was acquired by Sloan Cornell of the Knox and Kane Railroad. Trackage between and Butler, Pennsylvania, as well as the is used by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad. The Clarion Junction-Kane section ceased operations in 2006; it was abandoned in 2008 when the Knox and Kane Railroad was sold at auction. (en)
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