Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad
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Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad
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The Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad was a 3 ft 4 in (1,016 mm) narrow-gauge railroad in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Originally built in 1871, it may have been the first American common-carrier narrow-gauge railroad. It purchased a rail line called the Coal Hill Coal Railroad from the Pittsburgh Coal Company, and used a coal mine under Mt. Washington as a tunnel to transport coal from Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh. Passenger traffic was added soon afterwards, and the train
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2019-09-29T18:34:34Z
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