Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

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The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed a key segment of the main corridor linking the northeastern United States, particularly connecting Philadelphia with points south.

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Generate an image of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed a key segment of the main corridor linking the northeastern United States, particularly connecting Philadelphia with points south.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
carried freight traffic ⓘ
passenger traffic ⓘ
category 19th-century railroad in the United States ⓘ
Predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
connectedCity Baltimore ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Wilmington ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formedFromMergerOf Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad ⓘ
Delaware and Maryland Railroad ⓘ
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (original Pennsylvania charter) ⓘ
Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
historicalSignificance formed a key segment of the main rail corridor between the Northeast and the South ⓘ
precursor to the modern Northeast Corridor rail line ⓘ
linkedRegion Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware ⓘ
District of Columbia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableStructure Gunpowder River Bridge ⓘ
Newkirk Viaduct ⓘ
Susquehanna River bridge at Havre de Grace ⓘ
openedSectionBetween Philadelphia and Wilmington ⓘ
Wilmington and Baltimore ⓘ
partOf Northeast Corridor ⓘ
role major north–south trunk line ⓘ
routeNowUsedBy Amtrak Northeast Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Corridor

CSX Philadelphia Subdivision ⓘ
servedCity Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
successor Amtrak ⓘ
CSX Transportation ⓘ
Conrail ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
usedFor intercity rail service ⓘ
mail and express service ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → owned → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad → ownedSubsidiary → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: PRR
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → formedFromMergerOf → Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → formedFromMergerOf → Delaware and Maryland Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → formedFromMergerOf → Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → formedFromMergerOf → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (original Pennsylvania charter) ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → routeNowUsedBy → CSX Philadelphia Subdivision ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Gunpowder River Bridge → carried → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ
Gunpowder River Bridge → originalOperator → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ
Isaac Trimble → preWarEmployer → Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ⓘ