WAYNE  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Farview West Carbondale Road
(GPS: 41.575454, -75.432427)
C Storage 1912 Gone Brick/
Stucco
Gouldsboro Main Street (PA507)
(GPS: 41.245808, -75.453419)
C Vacant 1907 In Use Wood
Lakewood
(Winwood)
Crosstown Highway (PA370)
(GPS: 41.852334, -75.382055)
C Municipal ???? Gone Wood
Starlight O&W Road (TR 743)
(GPS: 41.904114, -75.328919)
P Municipal 1889 Gone Wood  
Waymart Rear of 209 South Street
(GPS: 41.581074, -75.407636)
C Garage 1900 None Wood  
Waymart 118 South Street
(GPS: 41.580741, -75.411201)
P Museum 1875 Gone Wood
Wimmers
(Hamlin)
564 Easton Turnpike (PA191/PA196)
(GPS: 41.402401, -75.397710)
C Civic 1885 Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Browndale See listing below for Forest City.
Canaan A passenger shelter was built here in 1908.
Clemo There was a passenger waiting shed here that was built in 1903.
East Honesdale
AND
Although ICC documents say this station was built in 1865, this line did not open until 1870. The line was under the charter of the Jefferson Railroad Company, but was financed by the Erie RR. The D&H obtained trackage rights on this line in 1898 and finally purchased the line from the Erie in 1955.
Farview This station was built in 1888. At some point it was sold to the State of Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane according to the book, "Delaware & Hudson Inspection of Lines - Passenger & Freight Stations" (1928). It was at the head of gravity plane 20, where the existing station is now.
Forest City
(Browndale)
Although Forest City is located in Susquahanna County, the station was located just across the Lackawanna river in Wayne County in what is today Browndale. The station was on the south side of Main Street on the west side fo the tracks at GPS: 41.649226, -75.460164. The station agent's dwelling was on the second floor.
Fortenia Was so named due to being at the foot of the 14th plane of the Gravity RR. A passenger shelter was built here in 1908.
Gravity This station was built in 1878. This was an example of a D&H-style pagoda depot on the Erie RR. There were a handful of these type stations on the Erie in this area near Scranton and a prevailing theory is that the stations were built by the D&H and then sold to the Erie.
Hawley
(EAST)
This station was built in 1878. Is was on the east side of Welwood Avenue on the north side of the tracks (GPS: 41.475156,-75.173446). This station was simply known as "Hawley" and closed before the one listed below.
HawleY
(West)
Built by predecessor Erie & Wyoming Valley RR in 1865. The passenger station was on the east side of Main Avenue (U.S. 6) on the south side of the tracks (GPS: 41.478367,-75.183998). This station was known as "West Hawley."
Hawley There was a freight station here that was built in 1884. It was on the former Erie & Wyoming Valley line, but I'm not sure of the location. The station was moved about 1000' from its original location in 1954 (Scranton Tribune, 7-23-1954).
Hoadleys This combination station was built in 1885.
Honesdale The original combination station here was built in 1875. It was on the SW corner of Main Street and 8th Street at GPS: 41.571895, -75.255716. The freight station was on the first floor and the passenger station was on the second. The passenger station section was abandoned in 1900 when the new brick station was built. When the passenger station closed, the entire building became the freight station (Delaware & Hudson Inspection of Lines - Passenger & Freight Stations, 1928).
Honesdale
AND
A new passenger station was built here in 1900. It was on the west side of Main Street at 9th Street at GPS: 41.573385, -75.256597. It became a union depot when it also started serving the Erie.
Honesdale Prior to moving into the union station with the D&H (listed above), the old Erie station was off of Brown Street at GPS: 41.562531, -75.248336. After the station was closed (sometime between 1912-1920) it sat vacant and then was used by the Honesdale Co-Op.
Keene There was a passenger shelter here that appears to have been attached to a dwelling.
Lake Ariel The passenger station was built in 1886 and the freight station was built in 1896. The freight station was 20' X 40' X 18'.
Maplewood Built in 1885 by the Erie & Wyoming Valley RR. This was an example of a D&H-style pagoda depot on the Erie RR. There were a handful of these type stations on the Erie in this area near Scranton and a prevailing theory is that the stations were built by the D&H and then sold to the Erie.
Orson This town was also called "Belmont." It is listed as "Belmont" (north of Belmont lake) on the 1895 map below. Current atlases call it Orson. It used both listings in the NYO&W timetable which indicates that it was at milepost 178.14 with the call letters BM.
Poyntelle  
Preston Park  
Prompton According to the book, "Delaware & Hudson Inspection of Lines - Passenger & Freight Stations" (1928), a passenger shelter was built here in 1900, but moved to Steene in 1904. The photo indicates that there was likely a shelter station here prior to 1900 as well.
Prompton A cobimation station was built here in 1912. It's unclear what was used as a station here between 1904-1912.
Seelyville This passenger shelter was built here in 1901. I can't tell where the exact location was because the names of the roads have changed. The 1928 map included with the photo shows the location. Can someone email me and tell me the GPS coordinates of this location now?
Steene The Promton passenger shelter was moved here in 1904. Named due to being at the foot of the 16th plane on the Gravity RR.
White MillS Station
AND
Although ICC documents say this station was built in 1865, this line did not open until 1870. The line was under the charter of the Jefferson Railroad Company, but was financed by the Erie RR. The D&H obtained trackage rights on this line in 1898 and finally purchased the line from the Erie in 1955.
1895 WAYNE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Farview (D&H) - The existing brick station, built in 1912, replaced a wooden structure on the same foundation originally constructed in 1875 when the Gravity Railroad was converted to passenger service. Here is my educated guess on the cornerstone which reads "1875." It was removed from the passenger station which was constructed in 1875 with the establishment of passenger service, and then placed in the present location when the new combination station was constructed for the state hospital and prison. The gravity railroad was converted to standard gauge in 1899 and operated until 1931. The original gravity line ran from Carbondale to Honesdale in northeastern Pennsylvania and transported coal from the mines to the Delaware and Hudson Canal basin in Honesdale. The coal was then transported 108 miles by canal boat to New York City. The original name of the station was Rix's Gap, then Fairview around 1850 and finally changed to Farview by the D&H about 1874 after the establishment of the passenger service to Carbondale from Honesdale. -- Thomas Gibson

The station now overlooks a PA prison. The only place to safely park is on a dirt road just below the depot & overlooking the prison. There are no signs saying prison property. Two officers in a car soon arrived & firmly told me I was on prison property, demanding I leave, & following me out to insure my departure. So you might add a cautionary note informing other visitors not to dawdle or be prepared for similar treatment. --James Burt

Gouldsboro (DL&W) - Renovated by the non-profit Gouldsboro Area Foundation. Open most Saturdays as a museum and gift store. Steamtown train line stop (some runs). Also hosts community events; available for party rentals.

Lakewood (O&W) - Preston Twp. Office. 2-story with agent's living quarters on 2nd floor. Town was called Winwood until 1925.

Waymart (Gravity) - This station was abandoned in 1900.

Wimmers (Erie) - The station is behind, and owned by, St. John's Episcopal Church. This is Erie RR's Wimmer, PA (Lackawanna County) station moved to Hamlin, five miles west of Wimmer. It is an example of a D&H-style pagoda depot. There were a handful of these type stations on the Erie in this area near Scranton and a prevailing theory is that the stations were built by the D&H and then sold to the Erie. According to ICC valuation records, the station was built in 1885 by the Erie & Wyoming Valley RR.