West Penn Railways
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West Penn Railways, one part of the West Penn System, was an interurban electric railway headquartered in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. It was part of the region's power generation utility.
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Headquarters | Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
Locale | Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia |
Dates of operation | 1904–1952 |
Predecessor | Brownsville Street Railway Co., Greensburg and Southern Electric Street Railway Co, Latrobe Street Railway Co., and others |
Successor | None (Exception: Co-operative Transit Company was the successor of Wheeling area lines.) |
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Track gauge | 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1,588 mm) (Exception: Kittanning area lines were 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in or 1,435 mm standard gauge.) |
Length | 339 miles (546 km) |
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