The Pennsylvania Railroad Corporation was created through the Act of Incorporation of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, 1846 Pennsylvania Laws, 312–326.

The Pennsylvania Railroad purchased the Main Line of Public Works in 1857 [Chester County deed N9-235] for $7.5M plus $1.5M in 5% company bonds. The payment and bonds were to be paid off annually with the amount repaid going up substantially after 1889.

References

• Railroads in Tredyffrin
• The Railroads of Chester County
• Accidents Will Happen in the Best Regulated Companies (Robert E. Goshorn, 1973)
• The Great Valley Canal (Bob Goshorn, April 1981)
• The Philadelphia and Columbia Rail Road (Bob Goshorn, April 1985)
• Some Observations on the Strafford Railroad Station (Bob Goshorn, July 1987)
• The Electrification of the Paoli Local (Robert Goshorn & Robert Geasey, 1996)
• Strafford Station at the Centennial: Fact or Fiction? – Greg Prichard (TEHS Quarterly vol. 51, #1 (April 2014)
• A Rare Re-Platforming Through Paoli – Roger D. Thorne (TEHS Quarterly vol. 53, #2 (October 2016)
• Groundbreaking at Paoli Train Station – John O. Senior (TEHS Quarterly vol. 53, #3 (March 2017)
• The Main Line to Paoli: A Railroad or a Place? – Frank Tatnall, with Roger D. Thorne (TEHS Quarterly vol. 54, #3 (2018)