The Gettysburg Railway (reporting mark

Reporting mark

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 GBRY) was a Pennsylvania short-line railroad that operated from 1996 to 2001. The 23.4 mi (37.7 km) line ran from Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and...

 to Mount Holly Springs

Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania

Mount Holly Springs is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,925 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. It was a subsidiary of RailAmerica

RailAmerica

RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada....

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The railroad shipped freight for local companies and interchanged with CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...

 at Carlisle Junction in Mount Holly Springs. It also operated a tourist railroad under a subsidiary, Gettysburg Scenic Rail Tours.

History

The railroad was built in the late 19th century and opened in 1891 as the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad

The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad was a railway line of Pennsylvania from Hunter's Run southward to Gettysburg in the 19th century. The north junction was with the South Mountain RR, and a crossing with the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad's westward extension was at Gettysburg...

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 Round Top Branch

Round Top Branch

The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania...

, which was to southern terminus branch). The line was later leased to the Reading Railroad and operated as the "Gettysburg Branch." Ownership passed to Conrail in 1976, followed by the Gettysburg Railroad (1976-1996)

Gettysburg Railroad (1976-1996)

The Gettysburg Railroad was a short-line railroad that operated in Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1996. The 23.4 mi line ran from Gettysburg to Mount Holly Springs....

. The Gettysburg Railroad was sold to Delaware Valley Railroad Company, a subsidiary of RailAmerica, in 1996. Delaware Valley created a new operating company, the Gettysburg Railway.

The company was sold to the Gettysburg and Northern Railroad, a subsidiary of Pioneer RailCorp

Pioneer Railcorp

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, in 2001.