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3 unusual facts about Keystone Corridor


Keystone Corridor

The line, through efforts from PA Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-PA 6) and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, may be extended back to Parkesburg and even further to Atglen in the future.

The total cost of electrification was over USD $200 million, which was financed by government-supported loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration.

Norfolk Southern operates overnight freight service between the western junction of the Trenton Cutoff (a former Penn Central electrified "through-freight" line) and just west of Parkesburg via trackage rights, mainly supplying the Mittal steel plate manufacturing plant in Coatesville.



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