Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad
Overview
LocaleAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation1883–
PredecessorPittsburgh Southern Railway
SuccessorWheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Previous gauge3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Length34 miles

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+12 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]

  1. ^ "Baltimore and Ohio Short Line". Poor's Directory of Railway Officials. New York: Poor's Railroad Manual: 11. 1887. OCLC 5583830. Baltimore and Ohio Short Line.