Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad was the successor to the Pittsburgh Southern Railway, and a subsidiary of the B&O Railroad, and was organized as a legal entity 25 February 1885. The railroad was a link in the attempt of the B&O to serve the Pittsburgh market, and became part of the Wheeling Division of that railroad. It was constructed by gauge conversion of the former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge and the building of the Whitehall Tunnel. It ran from Glenwood Junction to Washington, Pennsylvania, a distance of 34 miles.^[1]

Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

Overview
Locale	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	1883–
Predecessor	Pittsburgh Southern Railway
Successor	Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Previous gauge	3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Length	34 miles

See also

• Hempfield Railroad