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Gettysburg Railroad

Former railroad company in Pennsylvania founded in 18511

The Gettysburg Railroad was a railway line in Pennsylvania that operated from 1858 to 1870 over the 17-mile (27 km) main line from the terminus in Gettysburg to the 1849 Hanover Junction. After becoming the Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway line in 1870, the tracks between Gettysburg and Hanover Junction became part of the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad in 1874, the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway in 1886, and the Western Maryland Railway in 1917.2 It ceased to exist in 1871.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1851Founded1
  • HeadquartersGettysburg1

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Photo: Robert Shaw, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Gettysburg Railroad was a railway line in Pennsylvania that operated from 1858 to 1870 over the 17-mile (27 km) main line from the terminus in Gettysburg to the 1849 Hanover Junction. After becoming the Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway line in 1870, the tracks between Gettysburg and Hanover Junction became part of the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad in 1874, the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway in 1886, and the Western Maryland Railway in 1917.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway1

Timeline

  1. Jan 20, 1871Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1851Founded Founded1

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