East Penn Railroad
East Penn Railroad (reporting mark ESPN) is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Reading Company lines, abandoned or sold by Conrail or its predecessors.
An EMD GP18 commercial train on the East Penn Railroad in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania in April 2014 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Reporting mark | ESPN |
| Locale | Pennsylvania Delaware |
| Dates of operation | 2007– |
| Predecessor | East Penn Railways Penn Eastern Rail Lines |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 114 mi (183.5 km) |
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East Penn Railroad was formed in 2007 through a merger of East Penn Railways (reporting mark EPRY) and Penn Eastern Rail Lines (reporting mark PRL), each of which began operating in the 1990s. The railroad is owned by Regional Rail, LLC, which also owns the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad, Tyburn Railroad, Carolina Coastal Railway, Florida Central Railroad, Florida Northern Railroad, and Florida Midland Railroad.
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