Brilliant Branch

Brilliant Branch
Freight cars can be seen on the Brilliant Branch in this 1913 photograph
Overview
OwnerAllegheny Valley Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
Operator(s)Allegheny Valley Railroad
History
Opened1904 (1904)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map

AVRR Allegheny Subdivision[1][2]
Highland Drive
Lincoln Avenue

The Brilliant Branch, also known as the Brilliant Cutoff, is a railway line in Pittsburgh and Aspinwall, Pennsylvania. It connects the Pittsburgh Line to the Conemaugh Line and to Allegheny Valley Railroad's Allegheny Subdivision.

  1. ^ "Allegheny Valley Railroad - Carload Express, Inc". carloadexpress.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "04/21/2016 - Filing - 240535". www.stb.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28.