WAYNE COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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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.