SULLIVAN  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Dushore Railroad Street
(GPS: 41.527377, -76.398262)
C Museum 1871 Gone Wood
Sonestown
AND
EAGLES
MERE
RR
Peck Street, across river from main part of town. C Private 1892 Gone Wood  
Nordmont At the junction of county roads 611 and 16 west of the trestle. C Private 1894 Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Bernice Also known as Birch Creek at some point during its history. The station was moved about 1/4 mile from its original location in 1910 (Republican News Item, 12-16-1910). The station closed in 1954 and burned down in October 1955..
Eagles Mere EAGLES
MERE
RR

This was the original Eagles Mere RR station that served from 1892 until the W&NB merger in 1902.

Eagles Mere The WNBRR was abandoned in 1938.
Ganoga
Lake
This station was west of present day Rickets Glen State Park at na elevation of 1900+ ft. Station was built of logs and mill work by Trexler and Turrell Lumber company sometime around 1892-3. This was on the Ganoga Lake Branch of the LV.
Mokoma Also known as Lake Mokoma, this station was between LaPorte and Nordmont (about a mile from the Laporte station). It was likely just a flag stop platform or a bench.
Laporte This was the original station. It was built in 1893 (Sullivan Republican, 10-13-1893). In 1894 the station or the platform (it's not clear in the article) was enlarged to better accomodate freight (Sullivan Republican 10-26-1894) It burned down.
Laporte This station serviced the Laporte Tannery and was primarily a freight station.
Lopez
(Stroud)
 
Mildred  
Muncy Valley  
Newell May have also been called Cabin Run and Worth earlier.
Nordmont The original station here was a passenger coach. It was replaced by the new station which was completed in early 1894 (Sullivan Republican, 1-5-1894).
Ricketts May have been called "Lee Road Station" previously. Ricketts was right on the Sullivan/Wyoming county line; it's not clear which county the station was in.
Satterfield
Junction

AND
This station was built in 1894 (Sullivan Republican, 4-4-1894).
Sonestown EAGLES
MERE
RR

This is the first EMRR station before it merged with the W&NB in 1902.

Wheelerville This Susquehanna & New York station was on the north side of the intersection of PA154 and Schrader Creek Road at GPS: 41.574780, -76.785830.
1895 SULLIVAN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Nordmont (W&NB) - Someone reported this station as torn down or moved sometime between 2003-2007. However an eyewitness report from December, 2007 still has the station in its original location.