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Headquarters | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania |
Reporting mark | MTR |
Locale | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania to Imperial, Pennsylvania and West Mifflin, Pennsylvania |
Dates of operation | 1877–1984 |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Montour Railroad (reporting mark MTR) was a short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service in southwestern Pennsylvania. At its height in the 1930s, the railroad served 27 mines transporting nearly seven million tons of coal annually in Allegheny and Washington Counties.