Pittsburgh Line

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Pittsburgh Line
Eastbound intermodal train on the Pittsburgh Line in Newport
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Norfolk Southern
Locale	western and central Pennsylvania
Termini	CP-Harrisburg in Harrisburg CP-West Pitt in Pittsburgh
Service
Type	Freight rail and passenger rail
System	Norfolk Southern, Amtrak
Operator(s)	Norfolk Southern, Amtrak
Technical
Line length	248 mi (399 km)
Number of tracks	2-4
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Fort Wayne Line Pittsburgh P&W Subdivision P&W Subdivision Bloomfield Connector P&W Subdivision Brilliant Branch Wilkinsburg East Busway Port Perry Branch NS Pittsburgh Intermodal Yard SWP Radebaugh Subdivision Greensburg Latrobe Conemaugh Line Conemaugh Line Sang Hollow Extension Stone Bridge Johnstown CSX S&C Subdivision NS South Fork Secondary RJCP Cresson/Irvona Branches[1] RJCP Cresson Branch RJCP Irvona Branch Gallitzin Tunnels Gallitzin Tunnels Allegheny Tunnel Gallitzin Tunnel New Portage Tunnel Horseshoe Curve Horseshoe Curve NS Cove Secondary[2] Altoona Altoona Works Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Tyrone Spruce Creek Tunnel Huntingdon Lewistown Enola Yard/Port Road Branch Rockville Bridge Buffalo Line Harrisburg Intermodal Yard Harrisburg Line Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line

The Pittsburgh Line is the Norfolk Southern Railway's primary east–west artery in its Pittsburgh Division and Harrisburg Division across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is part of the Keystone Corridor, Amtrak-Norfolk Southern's combined rail corridor.

The Pittsburgh Line spans 248 miles (399 km) between its namesake city of Pittsburgh (PT 353.3) and the state capital in Harrisburg (PT 105.1), crossing the Allegheny Mountains through the Gallitzin Tunnels west of Altoona and the famous Horseshoe Curve in the process. Its east end connects with the railroad's Harrisburg Line HP 112.9) to Reading and Philadelphia, and the west end connects to the Fort Wayne Line to Conway, Pennsylvania, and points west in Ohio and Indiana.^[3]

The Pittsburgh Line is arguably Norfolk Southern's busiest freight corridor, where 50 to 70 trains traverse the line daily and is the leading connector of intermodal traffic between New York City and Chicago.^{[citation needed]}