Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

[1]: 228  The PB&W main line is now part of the Northeast Corridor, owned by Amtrak.

[1]: 226–227 The PB&W acquired six railroad companies: In 1928, the PRR began to electrify the main line between New York City and Washington, D.C., using catenary.

The PB&W remained a separate legal entity, although controlled and operated by the new company.

The Penn Central declared bankruptcy in 1970 but continued to operate trains until 1976, when the company's railroad assets were sold under the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act.

Other PB&W assets, including almost all of the PCC&StL (Pan Handle), were sold to the new Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).

This 1906 bridge over the Susquehanna River , now called the Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge , replaced the Civil War-era 1866 PW&B Railroad Bridge between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland .
Union Junction Tower in Baltimore , built in 1910, operated into the Amtrak era, when it closed in 1987.