Pittsburgh Southern Railway
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| locale = Pennsylvania, U.S.
| start_year = 1876
| end_year = 1884
| predecessor_line = Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon and Washington Railroad, Pittsburgh Railroad, Washington Railroad
| successor_line = Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad
| gauge = {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}
| old_gauge = {{Track gauge|3ft|lk=on}} gauge
| length = {{convert|37|mi|km}}
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The Pittsburgh Southern Railway was a railroad system that was located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.
History and notable features
This American railroad system was built in March 1879 through the merger of the {{RailGauge|3ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge Pittsburgh Southern Railroad (which was the {{Track gauge|3ft4in|lk=on}} narrow gauge Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon and Washington Railroad[http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/pitts/lostroad.html A Lost Road] from July 1877 to April 1878), Pittsburgh Railroad, and Washington Railroad. It ran from Washington to Castle Shannon, where it connected to the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad.
An attempt to use the {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}} Little Saw Mill Run Railroad as a substitute connection to Pittsburgh using dual gauge track led to the Castle Shannon Railroad War of 1878.{{cite news |title=A Narrow Gauge War |newspaper=Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette |date=13 May 1878 |page=4 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5opRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eWgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2200%2C3070000}}{{cite web |website=Archy's Train Page |title=The Pittsburgh Southern Narrow Gauge Railroad |url=http://liquala.com/ps.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709233742/http://liquala.com/ps.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |accessdate=2009-01-03}}
In 1883, it was converted to {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}. After a year, it was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on November 20, 1884, and they reorganized them as the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad.
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Category:History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Category:Transportation in Washington County, Pennsylvania
Category:Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
Category:Transportation in Pittsburgh
Category:Narrow-gauge railroads in Pennsylvania
Category:3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Category:Predecessors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Category:Railway companies established in 1879
Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1884
Category:Defunct West Virginia railroads