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EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Current Location |
Type | Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
Lewistown Junction | SE end of Helen Street (GPS: 40.588194, -77.580376) |
C | RR/Civic | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
Anderson | ||||||||
Belleville | This station was 9.3 miles from Reedsville. It was the terminus of Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad. | |||||||
Bixler | ||||||||
Burnham | The passenger and freight stations were on the NW side of West Freedom Avenue on the NE side of the tracks. The passenger station was at GPS: 40.630863, -77.566878 and the freight station was at GPS: 40.631172, -77.567119. | |||||||
Cedar Hills Station | This flag-stop station was 2.3 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Cold Water | This flag-stop station was 8.3 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Gibboney | This flag-stop station was 6.8 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Granville | ||||||||
Horningford | ||||||||
Honey Creek | ||||||||
Hooley | This station was 2.7 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Inwood | This station was 6.1 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Kishacoquillas Station | This station was 5 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Jacks Creek | ||||||||
Lewsitown | A wooden combination passenger freight station was on the NE side of Depot Street south of Chestnut Street (GPS: 40.599651, -77.568772). Sometime between 1891 and 1904 the freight section was torn down leaving only a small building here as a passenger station. This was due to the construction of a new freight depot to the SW. This wooden station was replaced by the brick station listed below sometime between 1904 and 1910. | |||||||
Lewistown (Chestnut Street) |
This Sunbury & Lewistown RR vintage brick station was on the south side of Chestnut Street on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 40.600095, -77.568284. This station was called "Lewistown" (or Borough Station) until 1919 when the "Lewistown Junction" station's name was shortened to "Lewistown." Thereafter, this station was known as "Lewistown-Chestnut Street."; | |||||||
Lewistown | This freight station was built between 1891 and 1904 and was on the south side of Wall Street between Depot Street and South Dorcas Street at GPS: 40.598924, -77.570078. | |||||||
Lewistown | A new, larger freight station was built between 1904 and 1910 and sat on the northern corner of South Dorcas and East Water Street at GPS: 40.598371, -77.570688. | |||||||
Lewistown
Junction |
A large brick hotel with a large wooden platform served as the original station at Lewistown Junction. After the hotel closed and the station was replaced, the building served as a freight/railway express agency building in later years until it was torn down in 1963. | |||||||
Longfellow | ||||||||
Maitland | Photo is from 1917. | |||||||
Mann (Lower Mann) |
This station was between Yeagertown and Reedsville. Also known as Mann's Siding. | |||||||
Mattawana | ||||||||
McVeytown | Here's another photo with the old crossing tower in the shot. | |||||||
Milroy | ||||||||
Mt. Hope | This station was 2.9 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Naginey | An earlier shelter. | |||||||
Naginey | A later replacement shelter built sometime between 1917-1924. | |||||||
Narrows | This station is listed on the 1900 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Newton Hamilton | In 1877 the station was on the NW side of Kinsloe Street on the SE side of the tracks at approximately GPS: 40.392798, -77.839683. | |||||||
Newton Hamilton | This appears to be a second- or later-generation station. | |||||||
Paintersville (PAINTERVILLE) |
According to the 1877 map, the station was on the south side of the tracks on the west side of Alfarata Road. | |||||||
RAgers Summit | This station was between Wagner and McClure. | |||||||
Reedsville | This station was on the SW side of Main Street at GPS: 40.661863, -77.594635. The Kishacoquillas Valley railroad began at this station. | |||||||
Ryde | ||||||||
Shawnee | ||||||||
Shindle | Photo is from 1917. | |||||||
Shraders | This shelter-type station was on the Milroy Secondary between Honey Greek and Naginey. | |||||||
Soradoville | ||||||||
Taylor | This station was 4.4 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Union Mills | This station was 7.5 miles from Reedsville. | |||||||
Vineyard | A new passenger shelter was built here in 1908. | |||||||
Wagner (Wagner's Station) |
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Yeagertown | ||||||||
1895 MIFFLIN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
Notes About Existing
Stations... Lewistown Junction (PRR) - The station has been restored and is home to the PRR Technical & Historical Society Archives. |