Pittsburgh Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Freight rail=== [[File:Pittsburgh Penn Station (6962200876).jpg|thumb|[[Union Station (Pittsburgh)|Union Station]], built in 1903]] Pittsburgh's rail industry dates to 1851 when the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] first opened service between the Pittsburgh and [[Philadelphia]]. The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] entered the city in 1871. In 1865, [[Andrew Carnegie]] opened the [[Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works]], which manufactured for the industry until 1919. Carnegie also founded the [[Union Railroad (Pittsburgh)|Union Railroad]] in 1894 for heavy freight services and it still serves the area's steel industry, while [[George Westinghouse]]'s [[Wabtec]] has been a leader in rail engines and switching since 1869. Pittsburgh is home to one of [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]'s busiest freight corridors, the [[Pittsburgh Line]], and operates up to 70 trains per day through the city. The suburban [[Conway Yard|Conway Rail Yard]], built in 1889, was the largest freight rail center in the world from 1956 until 1980 and is today the nation's second-largest. [[CSX]], the other major freight railroad in the eastern U.S., also has [[Pittsburgh Subdivision|major operations]] around Pittsburgh. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page