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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.

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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.

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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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