McKEAN COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Bradford		Along Chestnut Street between Park & Leland Streets (GPS: 41.951231, -78.647970)	F	Business	????	In Use	Wood
Clermont		Wilcox-Clermont Road about a half mile west of PA 46.	P	Business	1901	Gone	Wood
Kane		1 South Fraley Street near Greeves Street (GPS: 41.658915, -78.811352)	P	Society	1874	In Use	Brick
Kane		South of Poplar Street past the west end of Haines Street (GPS: 41.662443, -78.812534)	F	Business	1902	Gone	Wood
ROCKTON		State Route 6, just south of intersection of State Route 321 in Kane (GPS: 41.659392, -78.804185)	P	Railroad	1898	In Use	Wood
Smethport		NE corner of Mechanic and East Water Streets.	P	Business	1928	Gone	Brick
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Aiken
Babcocks Mill		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Babcocks Mill	Bradford & Foster Brook RR	The B&FB RR opened in 1878 to Tarport. It was a narrow-gague line that ran in opposition to the OB&W (see above). It was known as the "Peg Leg Railroad" as the trains ran on an elevated single track.
Backus (Newton)		This location was originally called "Newton," but renamed "Backus" in 1904. It was located just north of the Mt. Alton-Ormsby Road (PA59). When a new station was built here in 1910, the old station was used thereafter as a freight house (both stations shown in bottom photo). Nothing remains of this town today.
Bells Camp		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Big Shanty
Bingham
Blissville		This station was on the Kinzua Branch. It may have also been called Markham.
Bonnet		This station may have been known as "Bennet" as well, or may have been a spelling error on a timetable. It was 2 miles south of the state line.
Boyer
Bradford	Allegheny & Kinzua AND Sugar Run Railway	The Allegheny & Kinzua had a station on the NY&LE's West Branch on the south side of Washington Street between Pearl Street and Merrow Avenue on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 41.957161, -78.653726. This station is shown on the 1890-1899 Sanborn maps of Bradford. On the 1905 and 1911 maps the building is still standing, but out of railroad service and used by "A. Taylor, Roofing." It was likely built in the late 1880s. The station was also used by the Sugar Run Railway. Both railroads were run in cooperation with the NY&LE (Erie). The A&K had two main sections: A north/south section that rean from Red House, NY to Gilbert, PA; and an east/west section that ran from Bradford to Coffey Run, PA. The Sugar Run Railway ran from Shaffer's Dock to Ostrander (10.5 miles) and had trackage rights over the A&K/NY&LE to get into Bradford. It was out of business by 1898. Some of the info above comes from "The Railroads of McKean County, PA" by C.F.H. Allen in The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin (October, 1949) and The Book Of Bradford (1895) by F.M. McDonald.
Bradford		In 1886 there was a wood frame BR&P station on the north side of Main Street on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 41.956286, -78.643288. The freight station was on a spur to the NW at GPS: 41.956411, -78.643424. Both stations burned in a fire on April 1, 1893 that started at the nearby Higgins House Hotel and spread to the stations and several other buildings.
Bradford		This brick station was built in 1893-94 at the same location as the original station listed above. A new freight station was built closer to main street (than the original freight house) during that same time. Both the passenger and freight stations can be seen in the photo as well as the corner of the PRR station on the right. The station was torn down in 1972 to make way for the US-219 bypass project.
Bradford		There was a small station with a platform on the east side of North Kendall Avenue on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 41.966271, -78.627365. This was designated as the east bound or "E.B." station on Sanborn maps.
Bradford		The earliest depot in Bradford was on the east side of Mechanic Street at approximately GPS: 41.958403, -78.651062. According to the Book of Bradford (1895), this station was built in 1864. This was likely a Buffalo, Bradford & Pittsburgh depot as that line was completed to Bradford in 1863. The BB&P was later part of the Erie, but not this early. The line that eventually was built here along the creek as the West Branch of the Erie wasn't completed until 1880, so that's why this early station was likely a pre-Erie, BB&P depot.
Bradford		The second NY&LE passenger station here was a large wood frame depot on the south side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 41.955779, -78.644644. It was also used by the WNY&P and and the BB&K RR. After it went out of service when a new station was built, it was torn down in the middle of the night by the railroad in 1891. It was dragged down by cables attached to a locomotive (Bradford Era, 4-6-1891).
Bradford		This freight house was on the north side of Elm Street at GPS: 41.953597, -78.645849. This location was previously the foot of Webster Street (now gone).
Bradford		The passenger station listed above was replaced with this brick station in 1891 which was on the south side of Main Street on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 41.955834, -78.644855) (across the tracks from where the old station was). It opened on April 6, 1891, and the street address was 150 Main Street. In 1890 2/3 of the old passenger station was still standing and the BB&K station (see listing below) had been constructed next to it to the south. The Bradford Board of Commerce moved its offices into the second floor in 1941. Passenger service ended in 1949. The station suffered two fires in 1953 (one on May 31 and one on August 2). After the May 31 fire, the city bought the station and it was demolished in January 1954 to facilitate an extension of Davis Street.
Bradford		This station was built in 1890. It was south of Main Street at GPS: 41.955534, -78.644836 and was a terminal-type station with the tracks ending at the south side of the station. The station was gone by 1895 as it is not shown on the Sanborn map for that year. After 1895 the BB&K used the Erie station listed above.
Bradford		There was an early freight house across the tracks from the Erie station to the east at GPS: 41.955808, -78.644227.
Bradford		The passenger station was built in 1893 (Sanborn maps show it under construction in 1890) on the south side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 41.955910, -78.644293. A newer freight house was built at this time as well on the south side of Main Street near the creek on a spur track at GPS: 41.955805, -78.643999. Beginning in 1941, the building was used as the headquarters for the Bradford-McKean Chapter of The Red Cross.
Bradford		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR). The station pictured appears to be of WNY&P design, so it may have been the second station on this line after the narrow gague station. It was at the foot of Main Street.
Bradford	Bradford & Foster Brook RR
Bullis Mill
Bullis Mill		The town’s chief industry in the early 1900s was the manufacture of high explosives at the Eldred Powder Company, so the shutters on the station may have been a glass-saving measure. This was the last station in Pennsylvania on the WNY&P before the line crosses over into New York.
Bullis Mills	Bradford, Eldred & Cuba RR	This railroad was a 3' narrow gauge line that ran from Eldred to Ceres, NY. The railroad was active from 1881-1893. After 1893 the tracks were torn out. This portion of the line in PA was known as the Bradford, Richburg & Cuba, but it was essentially part of the BE&C.
Burbank		This station was on the Clermont Branch between Smethport and Crosby.
Chemical Works		This station was a flag stop only for the 3:20 p.m. train as listed on the 1901 timetable.
Cillmore		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Coleman
Comes Station
Clermont
Clermont
Colegrove
Coryville	AND	This station was on the Clermont Branch.
Crawford Junction
Crawford Junction
Crosby
Crossmyer		This station was 2.7 miles north of Smethport.
Crystal Springs
Custer City		This station was on the north side of East Warren Road (formerly Marshbury Road) on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 41.906416, -78.644486.
Custer City
Cyclone
Dale (Chatham)		This station was 2.8 miles south of Clermont.
Dallas City	Kendall & Eldred Railroad	Burglars broke into the station here on January 12, 1881, but found no money (Titusville Morning Herald, 1-19-1881).
Davis Station (Gifford)
Degolia
Degolia
Dents Station		Not to be confused with Dents Run in Elk County. This station was north of According to the book Railroads of Pennsylvania Encyclopedia & Atlas, the Kishwaukee Mineral Spring RR junctioned the BR&P at Dents. The photo has not be conclusively verified as being Dents Station, but local experts have identified it with good certainty. Photo courtesy of Fran Bottone.
DentS Station		There was a shelter-type station here after the depot went out of service. The B&O petitioned the Public Utilities Commission to remove the shelter (along with one at Droneys) in 1939 as there was no town nearby and passenger and freight service had ended a few years earlier (Kane Republican, 11-28-1939).
Derrick City		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Derrick City	Bradford & Foster Brook RR
Droneys
Droneys		There was a shelter-type station here after the depot went out of service. The B&O petitioned the Public Utilities Commission to remove the shelter (along with one at Dents) in 1939 as there was no town nearby and passenger and freight service had ended a few years earlier (Kane Republican, 11-28-1939).
dunkle corners
East Bradford (Tarport)		TThis station was at North Kendall and Seward Avenues at GPS: 41.968390, -78.629017. It was closed in 1935 and razed in October 1938 to permit a better view of the area for driver safety.
East Kane
Edick		This station was between West Eldred and Coryville.
Eldred		The first station here burned down on August 11, 1895 (The Potter Enterprise, 8-14-1895). It was on the north side of Railroad Street at GPS: 41.956447, -78.386591. The station had a one-story freight section on the south side and a two-story passenger section on the north side. On the 1888 map, Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua tracks came into the depot from the NW, but they were marked "abandoned" on the 1894 map. By the 1899 map those tracks were gone.
Eldred		A new station was built here in late 1895 to replace the one listed above that burned down (The Potter Enterprise, 11-6-1895). It was essentially in the same location, just a few feet more to the north at GPS: 41.956951, -78.386663.
Eldred (West Eldred)
Eldred		This original Bradford, Eldred & Cuba RR station was west of the end of King Street at approximately GPS: 41.958230, -78.387180. It is shown on the 1888 Sanborn map. On maps thereafter the station is not shown on the maps because the location was not covered, but it was noted on the endge of the sheets that "old unoccupied buildings of abandoned narrow gague railroad beyond."
Elmwood
Emerys
Farmers Valley		This station was on the Clermont Branch.
Farmers Valley		This station was built in 1930 and torn down in 1979. It was on the north side of Valley Crossroad at GPS: 41.861266, -78.442381.
Fernwood
Five Mile		This station was 1.3 miles north of Wellendorf.
Foster Brook	Bradford & Foster Brook RR
Foster Brook		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Frawleys
Freeman
Freeman
Frisbee		The first station here opened in 1875.
Gaffney
Gallaghers		This station is shown on the 1904 PA Railroad Map (published by PA Department of Internal Affairs). It was between Hutchins and Freeman.
Gardeau
Gates		On the Kinzua Branch.
Griffiths
Guffey
Hamlin		This station was on the PRR Clermont Branch. The Potato Creek Railroad jucntioned with the PRR at the station.
Harrisburg Run	Bradford & Foster Brook RR
Hazelhurst (Hazel Hurst)		This station was on the old Mt Jewett, Clermont & Northern RR which was consolidated into the PS&N. It was located on the east side of Harrison Street (T-450) at Cleveland Avenue at GPS: 41.706402, -78.584412.
Howard
Howard
Hutchins		This may have been previously known as Frawleys.
Hutchins	AND
Indian Crossing		This station was north of Eldred.
Jo-Jo Junction		This station is shown on the 1915 county map. It was just south of Kane.
Justins		On the Kinzua Branch.
Kane		This station was on the south side of Biddle Street just west of Welsh Street (GPS: 41.659332, -78.804625).
Kane		This two-story station was built here in 1871, but burned down in 1873. The railroad then set up a temporary depot, but that burned down on May 10, 1874 along with a nearby hotel and outbuildings. The station that still stands was built later in 1874 according to PRR valuation records.
Kane
Kanesholm
Kasson
Kushequa		Formerly the Mt. Jewett, Kinzua & Riterville RR.
Kinzua Junction
Kinzua Viaduct	AND	Also known as Kinzua Bridge Station. The B&O line here was formerly the Mt. Jewett, Kinzua & Riterville RR (BB&K).
Lafayette
Larabee		The Clermont Branch started near the station.
Larabee
Leeming
Lewis Run		This station was on the north side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 41.874319, -78.654198.
Libby Run		On the Kinzua Branch.
Liberty
Loop-De-Loop		This was listed on some timetables, but it is unclear if there was ever a station here. The Big Loop was built in 1903 to tackle the 525 foot rise in the grade between Clermont and Kasson. The Big Loop was located at GPS: 41.706957, -78.537618 (the midpoint of the curve).
Ludlow		According to PRR valutaion records, a new station was built here in 1883.
Markham Run		On the Kinzua Branch.
Marshburg		On the Kinzua Branch.
Mead Run		On the Kinzua Branch.
McKeans
McKeans	Mt. Jewett, Kushequa & Riterville RR	According to the Official Guide To The Railways 1904, there were two stations in McKeans at that time. The listing says that the BB&K and Mt.JK&R stations were 300 yards apart.
Morrison		This station was on the Kinzua Branch and the Valley Branch started here.
Mt. Alton		Listed only as "Alton" on the 1908 Erie timetable.
Mt. Jewett	AND	This station sat at Kushequa Road and US 6 at GPS: 41.724213, -78.644497 which is the site now of a modern railroad maintenance of way building. It was built by the Erie RR. A 1952 fire resuted in a remodeling that changed the profile of the station. It may have also been used by the BB&K.
Mt. Jewett
Mullin		This station was 4.1 miles north of Smethport.
Nearings Station
Neilly		On the Kinzua Branch.
Newton
Norwich
Olivedale
Ormsby Junction		This was the first station here.
Ormsby Junction		This was the second generation station here. Formerly the Mt. Jewett, Kinzua & Riterville RR.
Palmerville
Port Allegany		This small wood-frame station was built in 1880 by the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad (Kane Weekly Blade, 11-11-1880). It was along on the NW side of Arnold Avenue directly across the tracks from the early Olean Glass Works building at GPS: 41.811774, -78.283313. There was also a freight station just to the north of the passenger station. This is shown on the 1897 Sanborn map.
Port Allegany	AND	When this brick station was built in late 1903 at the SW end of Maple Street at GPS: 41.810891, -78.282475, either a new wood frame freight station was built at the site of the old passenger station or the old passenger station was converted into a freight station.
Preston
Quinnwood		This station was between Smiths Run and Woodvale. It is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
Red Rock		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR). The original station here burned on October 10, 1880 when the McClure House Hotel caught fire and spread to the depot and several other buildings (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10-11-1880).
Relay
Richards		This station was 1.2 miles north of Palmerville.
Riterville Station		Listed as "Riderville" on the 1908 Erie timetable.
Rixford	Kendall & Eldred RR	The (most likely) original station here burned down in a May 16, 1880 blaze that also claimed 80 houses in the town (Warren Ledger, 5-21-1880).
Root Run		Formerly the Mt. Jewett & Kinzua RR, later the Kinzua Branch of the PRR.
Sargeant		A new freight station was built here in 1915.
Sartwell
Simmons
Simpson Station		This was between Cyclone and Davis Station.
Songbird
Smethport		This station was on the west side of Washington Street at GPS: 41.807927, -78.449276.
Smethport		This station was just below the intersection Water Street and Chruch Street at GPS: 41.808430, -78.447679.
Smethport (E. Smethport)		Small photo circa 1874. Later became part of the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR (PRR). According to the Sanborn map from 1887, the station was on the north side of Main Street just to the NE of the Exchange Hotel on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 41.810168, -78.425823).
Smethport (E. Smethport)		A large freighthouse at East Smethport was torn down in 1928. The freighthouse was said to have been in excellent condition, but removed due to the railroad seeking to eliminate taxable property (McKean County Democrat, 10-11-1928).
Smethport		The original frame station here was on the south side of Water Street between Franklin and Union Streets at GPS: 41.808579, -78.443706.
Smiths Run
Springer		On the Kinzua Branch.
State Line		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
State Line
Sykes
Tally Ho
Tarport		A Olean, Bradford and Warren Railway (narrow gague) station opened here in 1878 when the line opened between Oleand and Bradford. The OB&W was later part of the WNY&P (eventually PRR).
Tarport	Bradford & Foster Brook RR
Tarport Hill
Tuna Creek		Shown only as "Tuna" on the 1908 Erie timetable. A blurb in the 3-21-1898 Bradford Era indicated that the station from Bemis Switch (NY, near Irvine Mills) was moved to Tuna. There has been speculation that "Weaver Shed" at the Crook farm may be this station or another RR-related building, but that has not seen confirmed.
Turtlepoint
Watsonville		On the Kinzua Branch.
Wellendorf
Wernwag		The first station opened here in 1875.
West Eldred		See listing above for Eldred.
Westline		This was at the junction with the Valley Railroad at the end of the Valley Branch (a sub-branch of the Kinzua Branch).
Wetmore		A new station was built here in 1895 (according to PRR valutaion records).
White Gravel		On the Kinzua Branch.
Whiting		On the Kinzua Branch.
Woodvale
Woodvale	J&C RR	This was an original station on the Johnsonburg & Clermont RR.
Wrights
1895 McKEAN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Bradford (BB&K) - It appears that part of this building (the north end) is the old BB&K freight station. This building is shown on the Sanborn maps from 1890-1905 as a freight station. On the 1911 map it is shown as being converted to a machine pipe shop (which it essentially is today). It is now covered in metal siding and is virtually unrecognizeable as a station. The Book of Bradford (1895) directory lists the BB&K freight station as being "at the foot of Chestnut Street." Kane (P&E, Freight) - In 1880 a new floor was installed (Kane Weekly Blade, 8-21-1880). On the 1904 Sanborn map the building is marked as "Inside Damaged By Fire." By 1909 the building is shown as being in use as a freight station again. PRR valuation records indicate that a new freight station was built in 1902, so the burned out station may have been replaced or rebuilt then. Rockton (BR&P) - Station was originally built in 1898 for Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad at Rockton PA on the Clearfield Branch. The depot was dismantled and first moved to Sloan Cornell's Penn View Mountain Railroad near Blairsville PA in the 1970's. The depot was dismantled and moved a second time to Gettysburg, PA on Sloan Cornell's Gettysburg Railroad in the late 70's. An expansion of the nearby Gettysburg College later necessitated the station to be dismantled and placed in storage. The station was moved a third time and recently reassembled in Kane, PA on the Knox and Kane Railroad. The reassembly was in progress when the tornado destroyed several piers of the Kinzua Bridge. The station has been finished, but regular passenger and freight service has ceased on the K&K, and the railroad is for sale. - Kevin Moore, 2007 Smethport (PS&N) - The station was built in 1928 at a cost of $15,000. The station agent at the time was Z. Hileman (McKean County Democrat, 12-20-1928). The building caught fire on Sept. 18, 2020 and suffered significant damage. Unsure of it's status.