Pennsylvania Railroad chronology, 1790–1989
A searchable timeline of 101,011 dated events in the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, its predecessors, successors, and competitors.
- Data
- Christopher T. Baer’s Pennsylvania Railroad chronology, published as PDF files by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society (prrths.com), introduction through 1980–1989
- Coverage
- The Pennsylvania Railroad system and its region
- Updated
Pennsylvania Railroad Chronology
A searchable, source-grounded interactive timeline of the Pennsylvania Railroad, its predecessors, successors, competitors, and historical context.
How to read it
Search the chronology, set a year range, or jump to an era. Each event gives its date, the page of the source file it comes from, and a link to that file.
Data and method
Events were extracted from the chronology’s PDF files into one record per dated entry, grouped into six eras, with the source file and page kept for each. Full methods
Limits
The entries are Baer’s text, extracted by software; an entry can be split or joined differently from the printed page. Check the linked source file before citing an event.