The West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad operated in the greater Philadelphia area from 1848 to 1881. It later became the West Chester Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It has been operated as the
East Market Street Station in West Chester, built 1875, in a 1930 photo; the station was demolished in 1968
Share of the West Chester and Philadelphia Rail Road Company, issued 12 December 1872
The Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It operated a 110-mile main line between West Philadelph
West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad
…The first was the West Chester Railroad, built in 1832 and running northeast to a PRR connection at Malvern. A junction was constructed at Wawa for the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, which began construction in 1855 and opened its first section to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1859. In May 1880, the Philadelphia, Wilmington…
Share of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Railroad Company, issued 11 January 1915
The abandoned Octoraro Branch at Wawa Station in 2017