East Penn Railroad

East Penn Railroad

An EMD GP18 commercial train on the East Penn Railroad in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, in April 2014
Overview
Headquarters	Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Reporting mark	ESPN
Locale	Pennsylvania Delaware
Dates of operation	2007–
Predecessor	East Penn Railways Penn Eastern Rail Lines
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	114 mi (183 km)
Other
Website	www.regional-rail.com/east-penn-railroad-llc/
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East Penn Railroad (reporting mark ESPN) is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Reading Company lines, abandoned or sold by Conrail or its predecessors.

East Penn Railroad was formed in 2007 through a merger of East Penn Railways (reporting mark EPRY) and Penn Eastern Rail Lines (reporting mark PRL), each of which began operating in the 1990s. The railroad is owned by Regional Rail, LLC, which also owns the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad, Tyburn Railroad, Carolina Coastal Railway, Florida Central Railroad, Florida Northern Railroad, and Florida Midland Railroad.^[1]