Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad
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|locale = Adams County and York County, Pennsylvania
|start_year = 1874
|end_year = 1886
|predecessor_line = Hanover Branch Railroad, Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway
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|length = 38 mi (61 km)
|hq_city = Hanover, Pennsylvania
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The Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad was a railroad line in Pennsylvania in the 19th century. The 38 mile (61 km) main line ran from Orrtanna to Hanover Junction, where it connected with the Northern Central Railway (a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad). Connections along the main line were to the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad (at Gettysburg), the Bachman Valley Railroad (Valley Junction), and the Pennsylvania Railroad (Porter's Sideling).
History
The Hanover Junction Company was chartered in 1874 and took over train operations of (merged) the railway lines of the Hanover Branch Railroad and Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway. The railroad was extended from Gettysburg west to Marsh Creek in 1884 and to Orrtanna in 1885.
In 1886 the company merged with the Baltimore and Hanover Railroad and the Bachman Valley Railroad to form the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway. This new company was controlled by the Western Maryland Railway, and the WM bought the company in 1917. The Hanover Branch portion of track between Hanover Junction and Valley Junction was abandoned and removed c. 1930.
See also
References
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- {{Cite book |publisher=H.V. and H.W. Poor Co |year=1885 |orig-date= 1874-5 edition |title=Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/poorsmanualofrai18newyuoft |format=Archive.org transcript |accessdate=2009-06-23}})
- {{Cook-Western Maryland}}
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Category:Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
Category:Predecessors of the Western Maryland Railway
Category:Railway companies established in 1874
Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1886
Category:1874 establishments in Pennsylvania
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