Reading Belt Branch
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title:
Reading Belt Branch
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The Reading Belt Branch is a railway line in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It runs 18.8 miles (30.3 km) from the north end of Reading, Pennsylvania, to Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1902 to allow long, heavy coal trains to bypass downtown Reading. Today, it is part of the Harrisburg Line of the Norfolk Southern Railway.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Railway line in Pennsylvania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Belt_Branch
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date modified:
2024-02-13T18:51:36Z
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