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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Chemical was named after the Chemical Lime Company, which became "The Gyp".
For more information, please reference the Lime Industry and the Bellefonte Central page.
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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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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
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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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Heritage: Mifflin & Centre County Railroad
CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Middle Division
Middle Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Middle Division, Lewistown Secondary
The LN destination is comprised of the Lewistown Secondary, Furnace Branch Siding, and the Milroy Secondary.
Where street addresses are indicated, the years in parenthesis indicate first and last years confirmed in street directories. Entites could have been at the address before and after these dates.
Read more: On Location: LN - Lewistown (Lewistown Secondary)
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Heritage: Mifflin & Centre County Railroad
CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Middle Division
Middle Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Middle Division, Lewistown Secondary
The LN destination is comprised of the Lewistown Secondary, Furnace Branch Siding, and the Milroy Secondary.
Where street addresses are indicated, the years in parenthesis indicate first and last years confirmed in street directories. Entites could have been at the address before and after these dates.
Read more: On Location: LN - Lewistown, Pa. (Furnace Branch Siding)
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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
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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
Naginey was named for Charles Naginey and is the site of a vast limestone quarry.
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The 1884 Form 76 lists Middleburg. Simonton Barber & Co. (Loc 1584) and Harriet Dunkelberger (Loc 1585) are listed separately.
The 1900 CT1000 lists W. B. Winey (MP 33.0) and J. M. & G. H. Steininger (MP 33.0).
The 1923 CT1000 lists a Station (MP 33.0), W. B. Winey (MP 33.1), J. M. & G. H. Steininger (MP 33.1), J. Paskus & Son, Inc. (MP 33.4), Passing Siding (MP 33.5), and Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Co. (MP 33.5).
The 1945 CT1000 lists a Station (MP 33.0), W. B. Winey (MP 33.1), Middleburg Tanning (MP 33.4), Storage (MP 33.4), and Dairyman's League Co-operative Ass'n., Inc. No. 2 (MP 33.5), and M. C. Romberger, Inc. (MP 33.5).
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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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Howard Tunnel in the 1870s.
Howard Tunnel was built in 1838 as a single track bore. During the Civil War, because of the immense increase in wartime traffic, the Northern Central was double-tracked, with the exception of Howard Tunnel, in 1863. In 1869, with traffic returned to normal, the Northern Central opened up the tunnel for two tracks with a brick lining and stone portals. Due to a large decrease in passenger traffic the Northern Central was single-tracked again in the late 1950s. So that newly instituted TrucTrain traffic between Washington, Baltomore and Harrisburg (trains TT-5 and TT-8) had clearance through the tunnel, the single track was moved more towards the center under the highest point of the arch. The grade was also under cut to add more clearance, and this can be seen on the east wall of the tunnel where the brick arch stops and there is about two feet of rock exposed down to the current grade. (Ivan Frantz)
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