Pittsburgh Southern Railway


The Pittsburgh Southern Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was formed in March 1879 by the merger of the narrow gauge Pittsburgh Southern Railroad, Pittsburgh Railroad, and Washington Railroad. It ran from Washington to Castle Shannon, where it connected to the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad. An attempt to use the Little Saw Mill Run Railroad as a substitute connection to Pittsburgh using dual gauge track led to the Castle Shannon Railroad War of 1878.
It was converted to in 1883, purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on November 20, 1884 and reorganized as the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad.