The "Midland Route" -- facilitated by the Pennsylvania Midland Railroad Company -- is a 180 mile bridge route from Cumberland, Md., to Williamsport, Pa. It encampasses the rights-of-way of the Bellefonte Central Railroad, Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Midland Railroad.
At its southern terminus it interchanges with the Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland railroads. At its northern terminus it interchanges with the New York Central and Reading railroads. En route it interchanges with the Pennsylvania Railroad and the "Penn Family Lines".
The Standing Stone Warehouse Company, at Standing Stone, Pa., is a less-than car load (LCL) freight sorting facility available to all of the bridge route partners.