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Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad

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The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad, also known as the Shawmut Line, was a Class I railroad company formed in 1899 from a merger of five small railroads, running about 190 miles of track through central Pennsylvania and western New York. Financially troubled from the start, it declared bankruptcy after six years and spent 42 of its remaining years in receivership or trusteeship, one of the longest bankruptcy proceedings in American railroading history, before operations ended in 1947.

Facts
Company Type
Railway company 1
Founded Year
1899 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1947 1
Sources
1. Wikidata: Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Wikidata
  • Wikidata item description
    former railroad company
  • Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
    inception: 1899
  • Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
    dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1947
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