Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
... that the meandering Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad line took 77.2 miles (124 km) to connect Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania although the two cities are only 45 miles (72 km) apart in a straight line?
... that the meandering <b id="mwFYs"><a href="./Maryland_and_Pennsylvania_Railroad" id="mwFYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad">Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad</a></b> line took <span about="#mwt38" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"77.2"},"2":{"wt":"mi"},"3":{"wt":"km"},"4":{"wt":"0"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwFY0" typeof="mw:Transclusion">77.2 miles (124</span><span about="#mwt38" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt38">km)</span> to connect <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Baltimore,_Maryland" id="mwFY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a> and <a href="./York,_Pennsylvania" id="mwFY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="York, Pennsylvania">York, Pennsylvania</a> although the two cities are only <span about="#mwt39" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"45"},"2":{"wt":"mi"},"3":{"wt":"km"},"4":{"wt":"0"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwFZA" typeof="mw:Transclusion">45 miles (72</span><span about="#mwt39" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt39">km)</span> apart in a straight line?