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 town of Milroy was the first in Armagh Township, but was known as Perryville until 1850 when the name was changed by the citizens to honor General James Milroy. The land on which the town was built was granted to the Milroy family in 1766. It was General Milroy who laid out, planned and brought the town into existence in the early 1800s.
Valuation Maps
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Notes from a 1939 field check:
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 Late 1800s atlas. |
 1938 aerial view. |
 1957 aerial photo. |
1925 Pennsylvania Railroad Industrial DirectoryReceivers | Shippers | Commodities |
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| Bethlehem Mines Corp. (see On Location: 3909 - Shrader, Pa. and On Location: 3911 - Naginey, Pa.) | |
| r | Explosives |
| s | Stone / Fluxing | Limestone, Crushed |
| Milroy Roller Mills | |
| s | Flour |
| N. O. Rearick | |
| r | Cement |
| r | Feed |
| s | Grain |
| s | Hay |
| r | Lime / Agricultural | Building |
| s | Straw |
| National Limestone Co. (see On Location: 3908 - Honey Creek, Pa. and On Location: 3909 - Shrader, Pa.) | |
| r | Explosives |
| s | Stone / Fluxing | Limestone, Crushed |
| O. S. Headings | |
| r | Cement |
| s | Grain / Corn |
| s | Hay |
| r | Lime |
| s | Straw |
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r = Receiver s = Shipper These entries were possible through the work of Stephen Tichenal. |
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N. O. Rearick
Not listed in any of the CT1000's.
A late 1800's atlas shows this location as a lumber yard and labeled TU&Co. (or IU&Co.)
Valuation map shows N. O. Rearick with its own siding. The map was updated in 1939, 1958 and later.
Appears in Penn Pilot aerial photographs of 1938, 1957, and 1971. The 1938 aerial view closely matches the footprint on the valuation map, which was originally drawn in 1918. The later aerial shots, being less clear, show an expanded or different structure at this location.
Public Track and Milroy Feed & Grain
10.9 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed as Public Track and O. S. Headings [Oliver] in 1923 CT1000. Listed in 1945 CT1000 as Belleville Flour Mills.
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports available online include references to Milroy Feed & Grain as late as 1960.
I learned on FaceBook that the building burned in the late 1970s.
Post 1947 photo (based on building color) shows the facade facing away from the tracks of Milroy Feed & Grain: |
West Leg "Y"
11.0 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed in 1923 and 1945 CT1000's.
Appears in Penn Pilot aerial images of May 1957.
Valuation map, updated 1958 and several times later, show the wye removed.
East Leg "Y"
11.1 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed in 1923 and 1945 CT1000's.
Appears in Penn Pilot aerial images of May 1957.
Valuation map, updated 1958 and several times later, show the wye removed.
Station
11.1 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed in 1923 and 1945 CT1000's.
Appears in Penn Pilot aerial images of May 1957.
East facade, Milroy station, 1900s: |
South facade, Milroy station, 1910: |
Milroy, looking east, with the Belleville Flour Mills to the left: |
Milroy Station, 1915: |
Looking westward, 1946. Note the color of the Belleville Flour Mill. |
Looking westward, 1946: |
| Looking westward, 1947. Note that the Belleville Flour Mill has been painted white! |
Looking westward, 1948: |
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MR Block Station
MR block station is indicated on the 1919 track chart.
It appeared in the April 1928 Middle Division employee timetable, but is gone by the September 1933 Middle Division employee timetable.
McManigle & McClintic
11.1 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed in the 1900 CT1000. Not listed in the 1923 or 1945 CT1000's.
Kulp Lumber Co. and Jos. Kelley No. 2
11.2 miles from Lewistown passenger station.
Listed in the 1900 CT1000. Not listed in the 1923 or 1945 CT1000's.
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 Kulp locomotive #1 circa 1894. |
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