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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 |
East Waterford | Mill Street, 2nd house north of Spring Street | C | Residence | ???? | Gone | Wood | ||
Esh | In a backyard somewhere in Port Royal | P | ???? | ???? | None | Wood | ||
Mifflin | Railroad Avenue at Main Street (GPS: 40.570037, -77.403867) |
C | Railroad | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Tuscarora Springs | Along PA state route 333 (GPS: 40.547645,-77.249127) |
C | Private | ???? |
None |
Wood | ||
Waterloo | 188 SR3025 | C | Storage | ???? | Gone | Wood | ||
STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
Denholm | A station is listed here on the 1900 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Durward | A station is shown here on the 1877 county atlas. At that time there was also a bridde across the Juniata River here. The station is not named on the atlas, but a station and telegraph office are shown. It is also listed on the 1900 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Fort Bingham | ||||||||
Heckman | ||||||||
Honey Grove | ||||||||
Leonards Grove | ||||||||
Mexico Station | ||||||||
MIFFLIN (Patterson Sta.) |
This was the older station that predates the one still standing. It was also the Patterson House Hotel. Note the extended turret window on the rear of the building. It was on the north side of Main Street at Railroad Street (the same location as the existing station). This station appears on all Sanborn maps through 1911, so the new station must have been built sometime after that. | |||||||
Mifflin (Patterson Sta.) |
The Sanborn maps shows a freight station at the west end of Path Street at GPS: 40.568077, -77.403975. It is labeled "Jas. North Grain Warehouse & Freight Station." James North was the PRR agent in the 1870s. | |||||||
Milford (Denholm) |
This station was renamed "Milford" in 1892. It was previously known as "Denholm." | |||||||
Old Port | ||||||||
Perrysville (Port Royal) |
AND |
Port Royal was originally named Perrysville, after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. At the time, the Port Royal post office was located in Saint Tammany town, just across the Tuscarora Creek. However, the Pennsylvania Railroad brought increased traffic through the area and prompted a move of the Port Royal post office into Perrysville in 1847. In 1874, the borough took on the name itself and Saint Tammany became known as Old Port. It was on the northwest side of Milford Street (formerly known as North Street, when it used to cross the tracks), on the northeast side of the tracks (GPS: 40.534734,-77.384584). The Tuscarora Valley Railroad also used this station. The station in the photo is the predecessor of the one below. Although it went out of service in 1910 when the new station was built, it remained standing and vacant until at least 1911 and was gone for sure by 1928. | ||||||
Perrysville (Port Royal) |
This brick freight station was across the tracks to the NE of the passenger station (GPS: 40.534734,-77.384584). It was built in 1858 and survived at least until the mid 1980s. | |||||||
Perulack | ||||||||
Pleasantview | ||||||||
Port Royal |
AND |
This station was built in late 1909- early 1910 and was torn down by the RR in 1969. It was on the NE side of Second Street on the SW side of the tracks (GPS: 40.534249,-77.384568). The Tuscarora Valley Railroad also used this station. | ||||||
Ross Farms | ||||||||
Spruce Hill | ||||||||
Thompsontown Station | This was the original station here. | |||||||
Thompsontown Station | ||||||||
Tuscarora | ||||||||
Van Dyke | ||||||||
Warble | ||||||||
1895 JUNIATA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
Notes About Existing
Stations... Mifflin (PRR) - The eastbound platforms are gone, but the subway is intact. The nearby interlocking tower was torn down in the 1980s. Tuscarora Springs (Replica) - This replica station was built by Paul Withers, owner of Withers Publishing, on the site of the Thompsontown lodge for the ski slope there. The former SnowPeak lodge burnt after the ski slope closed and Paul bought the property for a retirement home. Waterloo (TVRR) - Station was moved here from its original location. It retains its original station sign. |