On Location Series
The On Location series takes a deep dive into a Pennsylvania Railroad location as indicated within the CT1000 - List of Stations and Sidings.
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PRR K4s 1361 leads an excursion train past the Gamble Mill in 1987.
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, was a very busy railroad town in its early years. In addition to the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was also home to the Bellefonte Central Railroad (1882-1984) and the Central Pennsylvania Railroad (1891-1918).
Michael Bezilla has co-authored two awesome books on the subject. Rails to Penn State: The Story of the Bellefonte Central Railroad and Branch Line Empires: The Pennsylvania and the New York Central Railroads.
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Everett has had five names since 1738 when it was called Aliquippa after the Indian Chief Alliquippas. In 1760 Bloody Run came to be after a massacre left the tiny stream running through town bloody red.
In 1770 the Widow Betsy Tussey had a popular Tavern in the area and the town picked up the name Tusseys. When she died it reverted back to Bloody Run. In 1795 the town adopted the name Waynesburg after the military figure Mad Anthony Wayne and it remained so until 1860 when Bloody Run surfaced again. In 1873 the town renamed itself after the noted orator Edward Everett who spoke at great lengths before President Lincoln made his famous Gettysburg Address. And so it remains today. At one point a portion of the town was named Tecumseh as is seen in an old atlas.
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Mount Dallas was the southern terminus of the H&BTM. There is interchanged with the PRR with a connection to Cumberland, Md. The H&BTM had traffic rights over the PRR to Bedford, primarily for access to the Supplee milk plant there.
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Heritage: Mifflin & Centre County Railroad
CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Middle Division, Milroy Branch
Middle Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Middle Division, Milroy Secondary
The locals refer to this area as "Mount Rock". This is the area where the McDonald's restaurant is today on Electric Avenue.
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The Tecumseh Tannery was built in 1866 by Jason Hanks. It was purchased in 1872 by the J. B. Hoyt Company of New York, becoming one of Bedford County's largest industries. The tannery was located on North Spring Street in the vicinity of where Hinish’s Car Wash is located today. The tannery employed about 100 men and stayed in operation until it burned in 1908.
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Heritage: Northern Central Railway
CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Southern Division, Maryland Division, Main Line & York Branch
Maryland Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Maryland Division, Northern Central Branch & York Secondary Track
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Larue was once home to a water-powered rolling mill and a large ice hosue. During the Gettysburg Campaign the town was defended by a company of the 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia.
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The station called Smyser was in the town of Seven Valleys.
The station was called Smyser because that was the name of the man who built what would become the station. It was originally a general store in which the railroad leased space for a ticket office. There was an early ice cream maker in the town that would ship his product to Baltimore by train. Today the former station is an antique shop. (Ivan Frantz)
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The only entry in the CT1000 in 1945 is for the York Water Co., and the town is not identified. The 1923 CT1000 shows the location as Brilhart with a Station (551) and York Water Co. No. 2 (552).
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Hanover Junction in 1955.
