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60th Street Branch
The
60th Street
Branch
of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
was a
branch line
from
South
58th Street
in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, to
Hog Island, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1918 by the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
, a
subsidiary
of the
PRR
, and
opened
for
service
on
August 20
of that year.
The
line
diverged from the PW&B's
main line
just
north
of
Brill Interlocking
, and bore
southeast
before curving southwest again.