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Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Historical Markers

Markers related to America's largest railroad by traffic/revenue throughout the twentieth century and at one time the world's largest publicly-traded corporation.
 
Town of Clayton Marker image, Touch for more information
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
Town of Clayton Marker
1 Delaware, Kent County, Clayton — KC-59 — Town of Clayton
2 Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Edgemoor — Welcome to Fox Point State Park — Unique in many ways
3 Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station
4 Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Wilmington Station
5 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE — Historical Information
6 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail — Reported missing
7 Maryland, Baltimore, Canton — Historic Canton — The Railroad Transfer Bridge
8 Maryland, Baltimore, Shipley Hill — Early Transportation Routes
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9 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Ridgely Railroad Station
10 Maryland, Cecil County, Perry Point — The War Effort at Home: Perry Point Ammonium Nitrate Plant — Perry Point Village
11 Maryland, Cecil County, Perryville — Railroad History
12 Maryland, Prince George's County, Bowie — Bowie Railroad Station Museum
13 Missouri, St. Louis County, Kirkwood, National Museum of Transportation — #4700 — Pennsylvania — 1931 —
14 New Jersey, Burlington County, Bordentown — First movement by steam on a railroad in New Jersey
15 New Jersey, Burlington County, Bordentown — 6 — The "Wye" and the Lower Bordentown Station
16 New Jersey, Burlington County, Florence, Florence Township — Look Listen and Live — Evolution of the Grade Crossing
17 New Jersey, Burlington County, Riverton — Look Listen and Live — Evolution of the Grade Crossing
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18 New Jersey, Camden County, Camden, Cooper Grant — 1 — PRR Federal Street Ferry Terminal
19 New Jersey, Camden County, Magnolia — Magnolia Station — The Waning Years and a New Beginning — 1940 - 2001 — Reported unreadable
20 New Jersey, Camden County, Pennsauken Township — Advancements in Electrified Railroads
21 New Jersey, Camden County, Pennsauken Township — Look Listen and Live — Vehicular Safety "Blankout" Signals
22 New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, Central Ward — Penn Station — Historic Site
23 New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Chestnut Park — 8 — Canals, Trains and Automobiles
24 New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Ewing and Carroll — 10 — The Trenton Connection
25 New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, North 25 — Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park / The Bel-Del — Reported damaged
26 New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, South Trenton — Canals and Railroads – Arteries to the Heart of Industrial Trenton
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27 New Jersey, Middlesex County, Woodbridge — Great Woodbridge Train Wreck of 1951
28 New Jersey, Ocean County, Stafford Township, Manahawkin — Manahawkin Railroad Station (1872) — Stafford Township Historic Site
29 New Jersey, Ocean County, Stafford Township, Manahawkin — Manahawkin Railroad Station (1872) — Stafford Township Historic Site
30 Ohio, Coshocton County, Coshocton — Richard Nixon addressed a crowed of 3,000 at Coshocton
31 Ohio, Coshocton County, Coshocton — Troop Train Accident
32 Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, Airport — 94-25 — Original Port Columbus Airport Terminal — 1929-1958
33 Ohio, Miami County, Bradford — All Clear at BF Tower
34 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — "Penn Railroad Depot Step" — Van Wert, Ohio
35 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Caboose
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36 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Do Not Turn Warning Flasher
37 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Mile Marker Post
38 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Original Step
39 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Penn RR Track Drill
40 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Penn RR Track Gauges — c 1920
41 Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Signal Cabinet And Flasher
42 Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Rochester — Make Way for the Railroad — Riverfrontiers — Stories of Beaver County & its Rivers —
43 Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Bedford, Bedford Township — Pennsylvania Turnpike
44 Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Bedford, Bedford Township — Pennsylvania Turnpike
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45 Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglassville, Amity Township — Feuding Railroads — Schuylkill River Trail
46 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Altoona
47 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — City of Altoona — [7th Street Bridge]
48 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — First Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA
49 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Locomotive 790 Bell
50 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Pennsylvania Railroad Shops
51 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class D78F Dining Car No. 4468
52 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class N5 Cabin Car (or Caboose) No. 477577
53 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class X29L Steel Boxcar No. 2136
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54 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Express Refrigerator Car No. 2561
55 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Scale Test Weight Car
56 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Altoona Works
57 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Juniata Shops
58 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Master Mechanic
59 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Posy Gang
60 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Horseshoe Curve — National Historic Engineering Landmark
61 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Horseshoe Curve
62 Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Over the Hill — How railroads surmounted the spine of the Alleghenies — between Altoona and Johnstown —
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63 Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Bristol — Lock 2 — In the Middle
64 Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Shippensburg — Railroad Signaling — Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum — Cumberland Valley Rails-to-Trails —
65 Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg — Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge
66 Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg — Harris Switch Tower
67 Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg — Old Pennsylvania Railroad Station
68 Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg — St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
69 Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Springfield, Springfield Township — J. Edgar Thompson — (1808~1874)
70 Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Fayetteville, Guilford Township — Pennsylvania Railroad Class N5C Cabin Car
71 Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Fayetteville, Guilford Township — Quincy Railroad Station
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72 Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Canal Milepost
73 Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Pennsylvania Railroad Artifacts
74 Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — The Little House
75 Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Transition From Canal Era To Railroads At Huntingdon, PA
76 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Columbia and Its Railroads
77 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Columbia: a Transportation Hub — Lancaster-York Heritage Region — Susquehanna River Water Trail —
78 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Railroads During the Civil War — Rivertowns — Civil War Trails —
79 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Elizabethtown — Elizabethtown — Carrier of Change
80 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster — Working The Line — Constructing an engineering marvel across Southeastern Pennsylvania — Lancastrians make their — Lancaster City —
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81 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Marietta — 2 — Concrete Railroad Piers
82 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Marietta — 8 — Watts Railroad Station
83 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, New Providence, Providence Township — Big Cut, Big Fill — The Atglen & Susquehanna in Providence Township
84 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — Switchback Bridge — Cynwyd Heritage Trail
85 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The "S" Bridge & The Manayunk Bridge — Cynwyd Heritage Trail
86 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad — Lower Merion History
87 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The Spaventa Switchback
88 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — Transportation Corridor in Transition — Cynwyd Heritage Trail
89 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — William Clegg's Cotton Mill — Cynwyd Heritage Trail
90 Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 20 — Forces of Change 1945-2020 — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —
91 Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 9 — Pre-Civil War Transportation Development — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —
92 Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 14 — Transportation and Natural Resources — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —
93 Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 16 — WW I and Its Aftermath — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —
94 Pennsylvania, Perry County, Millerstown — The Millerstown Tannery, 1800-1928 — Perry County Bicentennial — Perry County Heritage Trail —
95 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Belmont — Belmont — Reported unreadable
96 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Callowhill — Rail Park
97 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Callowhill — Workshop of the World
98 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Devil's Pocket — The arteries of industry — The Schuylkill River shapes early Philadelphia
99 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Devil's Pocket — Workshop of the world — Enterprising Philadelphia companies
100 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Connecting Railroad Bridge — Reported unreadable

117 entries matched your criteria. The first 100 are listed above. The final 17 ⊳
 
 
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