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Gettysburg and Northern Railroad

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took over the branch and sold the line to a new company, the Blairsville & Indiana Railroad, in 1976; this company changed its name to
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in Mount Holly Springs. Among the products carried by the railroad are canned goods, pulpboard, soda ash, grain, and scrap paper
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The Gettysburg and Northern Railroad operates a 25-mile (40 km) long line running from
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and operated as the "Gettysburg Branch." The bankrupt Reading Railroad became part of
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in 1976, however the Gettysburg Branch was left out of the Conrail system. The
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subsidiary Delaware Valley Railroad Company, which operated the line as the
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The railroad was built in the late 19th century and opened in 1891 as the
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Presently the Gettysburg and Northern is owned and operated by
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List of United States railroads by political division
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Short-line Railroad based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Index

Gettysburg & Northern Railroad

boxcar
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Reporting mark
Adams
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Railway
Track gauge
standard gauge
pioneerlines.com/the-gettysburg-and-northern-railway-get/
reporting mark
short-line railroad
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Adams County
Mount Holly Springs
Cumberland County
Gettysburg
Adams County
Mount Holly Springs
Cumberland County
Biglerville
Aspers
Gardners
Peach Glen
Hunters Run
Upper Mill
CSX Transportation

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