PERRY  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Blain South end of Church Road at Mill Road
(GPS: 40.334066, -77.509317)
C Museum ???? Gone Wood
Centre South side of Shermans Valley Road just
west of the intersection with Iron Bridge Road
(GPS: 40.3558194, -77.4065010)
C Private ???? Gone Wood
COVE 10012 Hwy 421 North, Monon, Indiana
(GPS: 40.898729, -86.880131)
C Museum 1893  None Wood
Duncannon 21 Locust Street
(GPS: 40.388929, -77.033141)
C Residence 1912 None Wood
Duncannon Water Street and Cumberland Street
(GPS: 40.389680, -77.029663)
C Business 1902 In Use Brick
Duncannon High Street & Cherry Street
(GPS: 40.394742, -77.028283)
F Private ???? Gone Brick  
Loysville 21 Tressler Road
(GPS: 40.366750, -77.345222)
C Business ???? Gone Wood
Marysville 103 South State Road
(GPS: 40.342481, -76.929448)
C Business 1902 In Use Brick  
New Germantown East side of Lower Buck Ridge Road
(GPS:  40.308210, -77.568769)
C Storage ???? Gone Wood
Newport SE of the intersection of Market Street (PA34)
and North Front Street, behind
Kauffman's Service Center.
(GPS: 40.477973, -77.129356)
C Storage 1908 In Use Brick  
Newport 110-114 North Walnut Street
(GPS: 40.479401, -77.131204)
C Residence ???? None Wood
Water Plug 3025 Little Buffalo Road, Newport
(GPS: 40.446055, -77.203746)
P Residence 1860s None Stone
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Andersonburg  
Aqueduct On the 1877 map, this was the northernmost PRR station in Penn Township.
Bailey Bailey Station was named for U.S. Representative Joseph Bailey. It was located at the intersection of Upper and Lower Bailey Roads. The foundation of the station remained as of 2012.
Bernheisel Mill
Bloomfield Junction
Cisna Run  
Clarks Run  
Cove Forge  
Dunns Station This station was on Germany Ridge Road.
Duncannon The first station here was a two-story dwelling/combination station that was on the SW corner of South Main (formerly Susquehanna Street) and Fisher Street at GPS: 40.386664, -77.031771. It is shown as the station on the 1888-1899 maps. After it went out of service after the line was relocated closer to the river, it is shown on the subsequent maps as a residence. On the 1925 map it is marked as "vacant."
Duncannon This first Perry County RR station was built in 1889 (Duncannon Record, 9-22-1889). It was a very small station located at the end of siding on the north side of New Bloomfield Road at GPS: 40.388345, -77.032247. This station was the terminus of the 22-mile PCRR which ran west from Duncannon to Loysville. The tracks continued past the station a short distance where they connected to the PRR. This station was replaced with a new, larger station (still standing, see Existing Station section above) by the Susquehanna River & Western sometime between 1911-1925.
Elliotsburg  
Fort Robinson
(Bixlers Run)
 
Green Park  
Hoffman This station was south of the intersection of Okefenoke Road and Royer Road. There are no roads to this location now, but the station was in the vicinity of GPS: 40.425003, -77.129169.
Iriquois  
Juniata Bridge This station was built in 1913 (The News (Newport, PA), 6-5-1913).
Kings Mills This station was in the vicinity of Creek Road and Linton Hill Road.
Losh Run
(Losh's Run)
 
Mahanoy Station This station was on Dix Hill Road in the vicinity of GPS: 40.418079, -77.154932.
Marysville An earlier station was built here in 1888 (Duncannon Record, 5-18-1888). The station was near the NCRR bridge at the north end of town.
Marysville There was a freight station off Center Street south of Jacob Street at approximately GPS: 40.340330, -76.927507.
Millerstown  
Montebello Also known as "Montebello Park," this station was likely where the tracks crossed Montebello Road next to Little Juniata Creek in the vicinity of GPS: 40.423254, -77.084537.
Mount Pleasant  
Neilson
New Bloomfield The original station was on the east side of South Carlisle Street at Farmers Alley at GPS: 40.417324, -77.185317. It was a single-story station that predated the one listed below. It was built in 1887 (Duncannon Record, 4-29-1887).
New Bloomfield The Perry County Railroad was acquired by the newly-formed Susquehanna River & Western in 1903. A new station was built here by the SR&W in 1911 (Perry County Times, 6-1-1911). The new station was a two-story depot with a single-story freight section. It was essentially on the same spot as the previous station. The former E.C. Barnett Bending Factory can be seen in the background of the photo behind the depot.
Newport The original PRR combination station was on the north side of Walnut Street at 3rd Street at GPS: 40.478468, -77.132974. The old main line used to run down the middle of 3rd Street through town. After the new passenger station was built in 1908 on the new main line (which was built in 1905) along the river, this station became a dedicated freight station.
Old Ferry  
Perdix  
Roddy This station was south of Narrows Road at approximately GPS: 40.431420, -77.101285. Although there are no roads to this location today, there appears to be a driveway that leads to it.
Royer This station was SE of the intersection of Royer Road and Brady Road. There are no roads to the location of the station today. It was at approximately GPS: 40.422916, -77.137894.
Sulphur Springs Not to be confused with the Sulphur Springs station that was on the PRR Bedford Division in Bedford County. The station was in the general vicinity of GPS: 40.422568, -77.053374 off Sulphur Springs Road. In the 1880s a small resport was established here with a hotel, bath houses, a swimming pool and a bowling alley (Myers, R.E., Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Vol. 33, 1959).
Tressler
Valley Road  
Weaver
1895 PERRY COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Blain (N&SV) - Station has been restored to use as a museum. Also, track had been laid for the display of a locally home-built caboose. Tours are given on an "on-call basis."

Centre (N&SV) - Station is still standing, except it is beginning to lean to one side. It has the victorian cross structure setup common on the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad stations.

Cove (PRR) - This station was originally moved from Cove to Hollidaysburg where it was part of a museum/private collection owned by Chuck Hazlett in the 1970s. The collection of artifacts, including the station were eventually auctioned/sold. The station now resides at the Monon Connection Museum in Indiana. Does anyone know what year the depot was originally moved to Hollidaysburg? It was subsequently moved to Indiana in 2002. Not to be confused with the Cove in Bedford County which had a Cove station on the H&BTM RR.

Duncannon (SR&W) - This station was built by the Susquehanna River & Western in 1912 (The (Newport, PA) News, 10-10-1912). In 1938 it was converted into a residence by Neil Flickenger (Duncannon Record, 8-15-1958). It was then moved just west of its original location (around GPS: 40.389079, -77.032483) and given a new foundation and first floor in 1958. It was moved to Locust Street in 1958 when the U.S. 11/15 by-pass was built. The building caused a problem when moved as it became ensnared on a powerline and blocked off Locust Street for about a month before it could be put into place. It was actually destined for another location further up the hill, but land was purchased on Locust Street and it ended up there after it became stuck (Duncannon Record, 8-8-1958, 8-14-1958, 9-4-1958). See photo for map showing original track alignment and location of station.

Duncannon (PRR) - The building was commissioned in 1900 and completed in 1902. It was vacated by the railroad in 1954. It was purchased from the railroad in the early 1970s by Ed Chism of Cove (Duncannon Record, 2-28-1974). Blue Ridge Communications, a cable company, purchased the building in 2005. After totally remodeling the building and trying to keep it as original as possible, but still making it functional, the building had a grand re-opening in 2009.

Loysville (N&SV) - Building is part of Kreider's Mill.

New Germantown (N&SV) - Station is now used by Toboyne Township for storage. Had been modified in the 1930s to accommodate a bus garage.

Newport (N&SV) - This combination station was originally on the north side of Walnut Street at Peach Street at GPS: 40.478254, -77.133297. The old right of way ran down the middle of Peach Street through town. In 1924 the station was moved about 800 feet from its original location to the north corner of Walnut and Spruce Streets where it was remodeled into a duplex (The News-Sun, 7-22-1924, 10-15-1953). The narrow-gauge tracks were pulled up through town around the same time.

Water Plug (N&SV) - During the late 1800's, the Newport and Shermans Valley railroad crossed behind the house. Due to a never failing spring on the property, a dam was constructed and water supplied to the steam engines. Thus, Water Plug Station (as it was known on the N&SV timetable as well). To this day, the spring is used to fill and top off the 20x40 ft. in ground swimming pool on the property. The dam can still be seen but has since been breached.