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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 |
Belle Vernon | 99 First Street (GPS: 40.127598, -79.874816) |
P | Residence | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Bolivar | At the bend in McKinley Street (GPS: 40.396679, -79.148687) |
F | ???? | ???? | In Use | Wood | ||
Darlington | 3032 Idlewild Hill Lane (GPS: 40.261577, -79.285121) |
P | Museum | ???? | Gone | Wood | ||
Greensburg | Harrison Avenue & Ehalt Street (GPS: 40.304559,-79.546852) |
P | Restaurant/ Railroad |
1911 | In Use | Brick | ||
Greensburg | Ludwig & Depot Streets (GPS: 40.304534,-79.555864) |
F | Business | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Idlewild Park | Inside Idlewild Park | P | Park Bldg. | ???? | Gone | ???? | ||
Latrobe | 325 McKinley Street (GPS: 40.318161, -79.385257) |
P | Restaurant/ Railroad |
1903 | In Use | Brick | ||
Latrobe | 329 McKinley Street (GPS: 40.318309, -79.384978) |
P | Railroad | ???? | In Use | Wood | ||
Latrobe | North side of Depot Street between Truman Avenue and Lincoln Avenue (GPS: 40.320444, -79.380943) |
F | Railroad | 1950s | In Use | Concrete | ||
Ligonier | 339 Main Street (GPS: 40.246293, -79.243268) |
P | Government | 1910 | Gone | Stone | ||
Ligonier | Railroad Street, behind passenger station (GPS: 40.245799, -79.243158) |
F | Business | 1910 | Gone | Wood | ||
Monessen | Donner Street just east of 4th Street (GPS: 40.161616, -79.883591) | F | Business | ???? | Gone | Brick | ||
New Kensington | 920 Barnes Street at 10th Street (GPS: 40.566572, -79.764598) |
F | Municipal | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Oakville (Latrobe) |
SE corner of East Harrison & East Grant Streets (GPS: 40.306538, -79.371687) |
P | Residence | ???? | Gone | Wood | ||
Scottdale | 25 South Broadway (GPS: 40.099316, -79.587312) |
P | Railroad | 1998 | In Use | Wood | ||
Slickville | Railroad Avenue?? | C | ???? | 1912 | Gone | Brick | ||
Trafford | North side of 1st Street (GPS: 40.381968, -79.766091) |
C | Business | ???? | In Use | Wood | ||
Vandergrift | 75 Washington Avenue (GPS: 40.606806, -79.563636) |
P | Business | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Vandergrift | 77 Washington Avenue (GPS: 40.606603, -79.563012) |
F | Business | ???? | In Use | Brick | ||
Vandergrift | Behind 101 Sherman Avenue (GPS: 40.606380, -79.563157) |
F | Business | 1910 | ???? | Brick | ||
Van Meter (Jacob's Creek) |
214 Oliphant Street (GPS: 40.136387, -79.746269) |
C | Business | ???? | Gone | Wood | ||
West Newton | Southwest side of Vine Street (GPS: 40.208473, -79.768609) |
C | Railroad | 1893 | In Use | Wood | ||
West Newton | Collinsburg Road north of Main Street (GPS: 40.212596, -79.769421) |
R | Civic | 2007 | Gone | Brick | ||
Youngwood | 1 Depot Street (GPS: 40.239594, -79.576089) |
P | Museum | 1902 | In Use | Brick | ||
STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
Adamsburg Station |
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Allsworth (Salemville) |
On the Dundale Branch. | |||||||
Alverton | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Southwest Branch. | |||||||
Andrews Run Junction Station | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. It was at the junction of the Hempfield Branch and the Andrews Run Branch (which ran about two miles north from here to serve collieries along the line). The junction was off Keystone Road at approximately GPS: 40.261746, -79.705042. | |||||||
Andrico | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Alexandria Branch. | |||||||
Apollo (Paulton) (West Apollo) |
A combination passenger/freight station, built in 1888, was near where Orr Avenue meets PA66 at approximately GPS: 40.577864, -79.569225. In the late 1890s a new station was built here next to the original station and this new station became a passenger-only station with the station across the river in Apollo (Armstrong Co.) serving as the freight station. According to the 1904 map, both the old station and the new station co-existed for a brief time with the old station serving as storage. The old station was gone by the time the 1909 map was published. This station was also called Paulton for some time. | |||||||
Ardara | Known as Carpenter's Station until 1885. | |||||||
Armstrong Station | ||||||||
Arnold | This station was between Rankin and Drey Streets on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 40.578988, -79.766746. On the 1911 Sanborn map the large station shown in the photo is shown here. On the 1921 map, however, a much smaller station is shown at the same location. This may have been a remaining part of the original station or a replacement. | |||||||
Arona | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Hempfield Branch. | |||||||
AvonmorE Station | A new passenger station and shelter was built here in 1902. Avonmore Station was across the river from Avonmore in Armstrong County in what was then called North Avonmore. The location was at the end of the present bridge where the road is now. During the early 1950s the tracks were realigned all the way from Blairsville to Salina during the construction of Conemaugh Dam. The old road bed is the current road to the coal loading facility owned by Rosebud Coal. There was a freight station in the borough of Avonmore (it was two miles from the passenger station across the river), but no passenger station in town. The borough of Avonmore was accessed by the short Avonmore Branch. It is not clear whether the station pictured is the 1902 station or its predacessor. | |||||||
Bagdad | This station, built in 1923, was between Leechburg and Schenley. It was at the intersection of Bagdad Road and Indian Hill Road at approximately GPS: 40.652870, -79.635865. There was also a hotel nearby. | |||||||
Beatty | There was a station here as early as 1851 when the PRR opened a section of line between here and Lockport. At the same time the PRR opened a western section of the line between Pittsburgh and Brinton Station (East Pittsburgh). A stagecoach was used to connect the two sections of line carrying passengers via the turnpike road from Brinton to Beatty. A new station was built here in 1867 (likely that is the one pictured). | |||||||
Bethany | ||||||||
Belle Vernon | The first station here was near the corner of Water and First Streets in the lot adjacent to the existing station at GPS: 40.127681, -79.875064. This old station is shown on the Sanborn maps from 1895-1910. On the 1900 map, it is labeled as the Erie Hotel (likely a mistake). The photo shows it as the station during a flood in 1907. The new station was built between 1910-1918. Both the old station and new were/are in Fayette County as they are a couple blocks south of the Westmoreland County line. | |||||||
Bells Station | ||||||||
Biddle | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Blackburn | This station was on the Turtle Creek Branch just NE of Trafford. | |||||||
Blairsville Intersection | A new station was built here in 1898. | |||||||
Bluestone | The Pittsburgh, Westmoreland & Summit Railroad began in 1899, but the full route from Ligonier to Somerset only operated for ten years (1906-1916). | |||||||
Bolivar | In 1876 the first station here was at the end of Washington Street on the north side of the tracks. A new station was built in 1890. It was at GPS: 40.396679, -79.148687, which is the same location as the modern cement block freight station that is there now. There was a canopy and waiting room between the tracks on a platform that extended over the Lincoln Street underpass. It was at GPS: 40.396968, -79.149520. Part of the platform remained there as of 2015. | |||||||
Bovard | ||||||||
Bradenville (St. Clair City) |
The PRR changed the name of this station from St. Clair to Bradenville in 1885. | |||||||
Braeburn | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Brinkerton | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Sewickley Branch. | |||||||
Buena Vista Station | ||||||||
Burrell | A new station was built here in 1890. It was on North Railroad Street. | |||||||
Byers (Rector) |
Also known as Mechanicsburg, now known as Rector | |||||||
Calumet (Griffen) |
This was a station on the Southwestern Pennsylvania Railway. It was known as Griffen until 1887. This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Mammoth Branch. | |||||||
Carneys Station | This station was between Beatty and Donohoe. It was located near where Carney and Buffenmyer roads used to cross the tracks. The station had been operating since the founding of the railroad, but was closed in 1907 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 11-25-1907). | |||||||
Carpenter's Station | Now known as Ardara, a station is shown here on the 1876 map. | |||||||
Cedar Creek Station | This station is shown on the 1931 P&LE Timetable. | |||||||
Cereal | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Youghioghney Branch. It was about a mile from the Hahntown station. | |||||||
Chartiers Station (Burrell P.O.) |
This station was in the vicinity of Lowe Road north of Edgecliff Road. | |||||||
Claridge | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Manor Branch. | |||||||
Clarks Crossing | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Manor Branch. | |||||||
Collinsburg | This station is shown on the 1931 P&LE Timetable. | |||||||
Conemaugh Furnace Station | This station, as shown on the 1876 map, was located near the northern edge of St. Clair Township at approximately GPS: 40.415326,-79.003973. No road exist to this location today. A new station was built here in 1864. | |||||||
County Home Junction Station | This station was just east of the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Washington Street at GPS: 40.275831, -79.551944. County Home Junction is where the Radebaugh Branch connects to the South West Branch so that coke traffic from Youngwood bound for Pittsburgh could more easily access the PRR Main Line heading west. The Radebaugh Branch was completed about December 1888, so it is unlikely that there was a station there before the Radebaugh Branch was completed. There were plenty of industries within easy walking distance of the station making it convenient for workers—just as Huff served employees at Kelly and Jones, later Walworth. --Note by Bob Blackson | |||||||
County Home | Listed as "County Poor House Station" on the 1876 map. It's not clear if this station is different from the one listed above. It could be that this was an earlier station that was replaced by the station above at a different location. | |||||||
Cowansburg | ||||||||
Coawnsburg (Lash) |
This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Youghiogheny Branch. | |||||||
Crabtree | ||||||||
Cribbs | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Hempfield Branch. | |||||||
Delmont | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Turtle Creek Branch. | |||||||
Derry | This station was on the NE side of Chestnut Street on the SE side of the tracks at GPS: 40.334031, -79.300839. There was a PRR YMCA across Chestnut Street to the SW and a PRR office building to the NE. | |||||||
Donohoe | This station sat between the tracks between where Donohoe Road crosses the tracks to the east and Twin Lakes Road crosses to the west. The subway and stairs that led up to the station are still there. They can be accessed from a trail on Donohoe Road just to the east of Leone Street. The station was built in 1890. | |||||||
Douglass | ||||||||
Dundale | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings at the end of the Dundale Branch. | |||||||
Edgecliff | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Eisaman Station | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Hempfield Branch. | |||||||
Emma | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Scottdale Branch. | |||||||
Elrico | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Turtle Creek Branch. It was east of Slickville and the last station on the branch, about 3 miles west of the junction with the Conemaugh Division. | |||||||
Essler | This station was the only station on the Essler Branch which brached off the Lyons Run Branch. The branch was out of service and removed by 1941. Not sure exactly where this was though. The station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings and was located at the Irwin Gas Coal Co. No.2 mine. | |||||||
Export | This station was on the NE side of Washington Avenue (formerly Westmoreland Avenue) at approximately GPS: 40.417310, -79.624346. | |||||||
Fosterville | Going south out of Greensburg the stations in 1876 were Huff's Station, County Poor House Station, Fosterville Station, and then Youngwood. | |||||||
Garver's Ferry Station | This station was on the west bank of the Allegheny River in Allegheny Township. The stations along the river from south to north in this township in 1876 were Kerns, McKean, Garvers Ferry, and Kiskiminetas Junction. | |||||||
George Station | A station is shown here in 1876. It was located on what is now called George Station Road. The station had been operating since the founding of the railroad, but was closed in 1907 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 11-25-1907). | |||||||
Glencairn | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. It was between McKean and Garvers Ferry. | |||||||
Grapeville Station |
This station was on the SW side of the tracks where Chambers Avenue Extension is today at GPS: 40.323403, -79.608419. | |||||||
Gratztown | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Youghiogheny Branch. | |||||||
Gray | Not to be confused with the Gray NYC station in Clearfield County. The first station here was a three-sided shelter-type waiting room on Gray Station road on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 40.395829, -79.240300. It was replaced by the brick station listed below in 1915. | |||||||
Gray | This brick station was built in 1915 and torn down in 1955 after passenger service ended the year before. It was on the west side of the tracks on the south side of Gray Station Road at GPS: 40.395829, -79.240300. | |||||||
Greensburg | The first station here was "rebuilt, enlarged and refitted" in 1879 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 12-25-1879). | |||||||
Greensburg | This was the second PRR station in Greensburg, built in 1893 and torn down in 1909 to make way for the raising of the tracks in this area in 1910. The tunnel in the photo goes under Main Street. It was in approximately the same location as the existing station. | |||||||
Greensburg | The 1876 map shows a freight house on the south side of the tracks between Depot Street and Lumbeart Avenue (GPS: 40.304363,-79.554534). This old brick freight station is also shown on the 1891 and 1897 Sanborn maps. It was torn down and replaced with a new freight station sometime between 1897-1903. | |||||||
Greensburg (East Greensburg) |
This Southwest Branch passenger station was on the north side of East Pittsburgh Street on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 40.303594,-79.536467). It is shown on the 1876 map through the 1915 Sanborn map (the last one). | |||||||
Greensburg (South Greensburg) |
See listing for Huff's Station below. | |||||||
Greenwald (Deweytown) |
Formerly known as Deweytown. | |||||||
Grove Run | This station was between Rector and Bluestone as shown on the 1910 timetable. | |||||||
Guffey's Station | ||||||||
Hahntown | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Youghioghney Branch. | |||||||
Hannastown | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Jamison No. 2 Branch. | |||||||
Harbison | This station was 3.14 miles from Butler Junction. The station was moved in 1915 a little more than a mile from its original location (Pittsburgh Daily Post 12-2-1915). As I am not sure where this station was in its original or new location, I don't know if the distance from Butler Junction is the old or new distance. | |||||||
Harrison City | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Manor Branch. | |||||||
Hawkeye Station | ||||||||
Hecla | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Boyer Run Branch. It was between Hecla Collieries No. 1 and No. 3. | |||||||
Helena Station | This station was SE of Salina just north of the intersection of PA 981 and Substation Road. | |||||||
Hempfield | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings at mile post 80.9 (distance from Altoona passenger station). | |||||||
Herminie | This station was near what is today the intersection of Station Street and Limerick Road at approximately GPS: 40.265762, -79.711350. It is shown on the Sanborn map of the town from 1916. | |||||||
HillSide | This station was near where Hillside Road crosses the grade. A station is shown here on the 1876 map. A new station was built here in 1893 (Pittsburgh Daily Post, 8-4-1893). | |||||||
Huff Station (South Greensburg) |
This station is shown on the 1876 map. This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings and shown on the 1925 Sanborn map. It was on the south side of Huff Street on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 40.281320, -79.548385. This area is also known as "Hufftown." | |||||||
Hunker's Station | This station was in the NW corner of East Huntingdon Township and is shown on the 1876 map. This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. The 1.4-mile Hunker Branch began here. | |||||||
Huston Station | This station was between the river and what is now Old River Hill Road (was this road the old RR grade?) at approximately GPS: 40.369926,-79.107957 in the SW corner of St. Clair Township. It is shown on the 1876 map. | |||||||
Hyde Park | This station was on the south side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 40.633014, -79.590331. It was built in 1897. | |||||||
Irwin | The first station here was on the south side of the tracks on the north side of the river. Originally the station was accessed by a bridge at the north end of Oak Street that crossed the river. The station was approximately here: GPS: 40.33459,-79.708243. When the tracks followed the river more closely in the early years, there was a freight house to the SE of the original passenger station. | |||||||
Irwin | The second generation station here was on a stone arch that spanned Brush Creek at the NE corner of Main and Water Streets at GPS: 40.334683, -79.709359. This station is shown on the 1884-1899 Sanborn maps. On the 1899 map, a note on the station says "to be moved." | |||||||
Irwin | The third and final passenger station here was built in 1900 when the tracks were realigned. It was used until the end of commuter service (Pittsburgh to Derry, PA) in November 1964 and torn down by Conrail at a later date. This was a PRR class W4 Station. It was on the west side of Main Street/Washington Avenue on the north side of the PRR main line (GPS: 40.33547,-79.709743). | |||||||
Irwin | An earlier freight station here washed away in a Brush Creek flood in 1903 after the old main street bridge was dislocated and smashed against it. The bridge and freight station then floated down stream and were lodged against the Yough Branch bridge (Pittsburgh Daily Post, 7-7-1903). | |||||||
Irwin | This freight station was on the north side of Brush Creek at GPS: 40.335320, -79.714086. | |||||||
Jacob's Creek | The P&LE station in Van Meter was also known as "Jacobs Creek" even though that station was actually in Van Meter. | |||||||
Jamison Colliery No. 6 Station | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Jamison No. 2 Branch. | |||||||
Jones Mill |
Indian Creek Valley RR |
This was the terminus of the ICVRR. It was built in 1908-1910. It was acquired by the B&O in 1927, abandoned 1965 Jones Mill to Roaring Run, and abandoned 1972 Roaring Run to Indian Creek Jct. | ||||||
Jeannette | This station was built in 1889 (Pittsburgh Dispatch, 2-16-1889). It was NW of 2nd Street on the NE side of the tracks at GPS: 40.328037, -79.615350. | |||||||
Jeannette | The freight station was NW of 2nd Street on the SE side of the tracks at GPS: 40.327898, -79.615717. | |||||||
Kerns Station | This station was on the west bank of the Allegheny River in Allegheny Township. The stations along the river from south to north in this township in 1876 were Kerns, McKean, Garvers Ferry, and Kiskiminetas Junction. | |||||||
Kingston | ||||||||
Kiskiminetas Junction |
AND |
This junction was first known by two names. On the Allegheny Valley it was known as West Penn Junction, while on the Western Pennsylvania RR it was known as Allegheny Valley Junction. In the photo, you can see parts of the signs boards that have those names. In 1899, the PRR changed the name to Kiskiminetas Junction and later shortened it to Kiski Junction. | ||||||
Kiski Junction | This newer brick PRR station was at GPS: 40.677430, -79.666289. | |||||||
Larimer | ||||||||
Latrobe | The original station was located in the Gilchrist House, also known as the Clifford House Hotel. It was located at the same site as the existing station. The station was located in the hotel until the tracks were elevated in the early 1900's, when the present 1903 structure was built. | |||||||
Latrobe | This freight station was on the north corner of Depot and Ligonier Streets at GPS: 40.317237, -79.385241. It was closed in 1962 and the freight office was moved to the passenger station (Latrobe Bulletin, 2-24-1962). It was built sometime prior to 1887. | |||||||
Latrobe | This station was on the NE side of Alexandria Street on the SE side of the tracks at GPS: 40.318587, -79.383933. The LVRR used the PRR Latrobe station after the PRR tracks were elevated in the early 1900s. | |||||||
Latta | This station was on the Unity Branch. It is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Leechburg (W. Leechburg) |
The second passenger station for Leechburg, was actually located across the Kiski River from Leechburg, in West Leechburg, Westmoreland County. The station was called Leechburg by PRR and was reached by the bridge that is shown in the picture. The foundation concrete and brick walks are still visible. The specific location was Bridge Street, West Leechburg. This station was built around 1904 after a flood destroyed the RR bridge at the eastern end of Leechburg, thus cutting off the town and its original 1887 station (which is still standing). | |||||||
Ligonier | There was an LV station south of West Loyalhanna Street and just east of South Dice Alley at GPS: 40.243140, -79.241171. This station is shown on the 1895 Sanborn map. On the 1900 and 1905 maps it is listed as "Hotel Station" (due to its proximity to the Ligonier Springs Hotel (formerly Frank's Hotel)) and by 1910 it was gone. | |||||||
Ligonier | The first main LV station here was a two-story wood station that was on the same block as the current stations. This station may have been moved when the new stone station was built to serve as the head house of the current freight station. | |||||||
Ligonier | The Pittsburgh, Westmoreland & Summit Railroad began in 1899, but the full route from Ligonier to Somerset only operated for ten years (1906-1916). In 1910 the railroad's office was moved from Ligonier to Somerset and the freight business was conducted out of the LVRR freight station (Ligonier Echo, 1-26-1910). At least some PW&S trains used the LVRR passenger station, not sure if the RR ever had its own passenger station here. | |||||||
Ligonier (Market Street) |
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Ligonier (Mellon's Crossing) |
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Ligonier (Speedwell) |
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Livermore | There was a station shown here on the 1876 map. | |||||||
Livermore | Livermore was on the PRR between Blairsville and Tunnelton. It was 3 miles west of Blairsville and 2.5 miles east of Tunnelton. The town was razed in the early 1950's to make way for the Conemaugh River dam and lake, a flood control project on the Conemaugh River. The town site is now under the waters of the Conemaugh River Lake reservoir. The 1945 PRR timetable shows no passenger station there, so it was probably out of service before then. The station pictured was the second station in Livermore as I have seen postcards of the station titled "the new station." | |||||||
Lockert Station | This station, shown on the 1876 map was less than a mile north of Arnold Station. | |||||||
Lockport | There was a station here as early as 1851 when the PRR opened a section of line between here and Beatty. | |||||||
Longbridge | Built in 1877. | |||||||
Lowber (Marchand) |
This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Youghiogheny Branch. | |||||||
Loyalhanna | ||||||||
Madison | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Hempfield Branch. | |||||||
Mammoth | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings at the end of the Mammoth Branch. | |||||||
Manor | This station was north of Main Street on the south side of the tracks at GPS: 40.333186, -79.668947. | |||||||
Marguerite | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings at the end of the Marguerite Branch at Buck Colliery. | |||||||
McKean Station | This station was on the west bank of the Allegheny River in Allegheny Township. The stations along the river from south to north in this township in 1876 were Kerns, McKean, Garvers Ferry, and Kiskiminetas Junction. McKean is also listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Meadowbrook Crossing | This station was on the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad/Branch. | |||||||
Metcalf | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. It may have been formerly known as Kerns. | |||||||
Millbank | Originally known as Coal Pit Station. | |||||||
Milbell | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Yukon Branch. | |||||||
Millwood (New Derry) |
A new station was built here in 1888. | |||||||
Monessen | The passenger station was on the north side of Donner Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets at GPS: 40.162364, -79.888037. There was a railway express agency building just to the west. | |||||||
Monessen | ||||||||
Moore's Station | ||||||||
Morewood | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the three-mile-long Morewood Branch. | |||||||
Mt. Pleasant | This station was built in 1889. It was on the south side of Main Street near the end of what is now Sawdpipe Alley at GPS: 40.147362, -79.534718. This station was on the Scottdale Branch. | |||||||
Mt. Pleasant | The original depot here was an original station on the Mt. Pleasant & Broadford RR. A new B&O combination station was built between 1891 and 1896 to replace the original station (at approximately the same location, but the building sat at a slightly different angle). This combination station was on the south side of Main Street at GPS: 40.147579, -79.534554 just a few feet NE of the PRR station. | |||||||
Mt. Pleasant | There was a warehouse across the tracks to the east of the combination station. In later years, this warehouse served as the B&O freight station. It was at GPS: 40.147521, -79.534324. | |||||||
Mullin | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Scottdale Branch. | |||||||
Murrysville | This station was on the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad/Branch. | |||||||
Mutual | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the two-mile-long Brinker Run Branch. | |||||||
New Alexandria | ||||||||
New Florence | This station was on the west side of North Ligonier Street on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 40.380318, -79.075462. This station was moved back from the tracks in 1893 and given a new coat of paint (Pittsburgh Daily Post, 8-4-1893). | |||||||
New Florence | According to the Indiana Gazette (Nov. 16, 1911), a small new waiting room type station was built here in 1911 due to the fact that trains were stopping about 1/4 mile from the existing depot. This new station was favorable for passengers during inclement weather. | |||||||
New Kensington | This brick station was built in 1905 and replaced an earlier wood frame depot (Pittsburgh Press, 4-23-1905). It was on the north side of 9th Street on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 40.565708, -79.764279. The station was torn down in the Fall of 1958 and replaced with a municipal parking lot. | |||||||
Remaleys Crossing | This station was on the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad/Branch between Newlinsburg and Export. | |||||||
New Stanton (Paintersville) |
Paintersville was the first station here and then that village was merged with New Stanton (formerly Stanton). A Paintersville station is shown on the 1876 map. A new station was built here in 1890. | |||||||
Newlinsburg | This station was east of Murrysville on the Turtle Creek Branch. | |||||||
North West Station | According to the 1876 map, this station was NW of Larimer Road near the old North West Coal Works. | |||||||
Oceanco | This station served the Ocean Company Mine #2 which was near Kavel Hill Road (GPS: 40.278290, -79.696599). | |||||||
Osborne | ||||||||
Palmers Station | In 1889, the Unity Branch of South-West Pennsylvania
Railway opened between Latrobe and Whitney Branch at Palmers Station (3.99 miles); the Whitney Branch opened from Unity Branch at Palmers Station to Whitney Coke Works (1.75 miles). |
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Parnassus | The first station here was a combination hotel/post office/depot. It is shown on the 1876 map. A new brick station was built here in 1889. It was along 6th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 40.556102, -79.761903. Not to be confused with the Parnassus in Philadelphia County. | |||||||
Penn | The station was on the west side of Harrison Avenue. On the 1916 map a freight station is shown here on the south side of the tracks (GPS: 40.328483, -79.642139) with a small passenger waiting shelter on the north side. | |||||||
Pennine | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Hempfield Branch. | |||||||
Port Royal | This station is shown on the 1931 P&LE Timetable. It was between Smithton and Cedar Creek. | |||||||
Radebaugh | A station is shown here on the 1876 atlas, but it is not named. It was near the intersection of SR 4002 and SR 4004. | |||||||
RenoufS Beach | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings as a "passenger only" station so it was likely just a shelter. According to the mile markers given for the stations, it was in the general vicinity of GPS: 40.596141, -79.751431 where there are no public roads for access now. | |||||||
Ridgeview Park | ||||||||
Robbin's Station | ||||||||
Ruffs Dale | This station was originally called "Bethany." The name was changed in 1898. | |||||||
Salina | A new station was built here in 1883. | |||||||
Saunders | This station was on the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad/Branch. It was on Saunders Station Road and served residents of Monroeville. It was just across the boarder in Allegheny County. | |||||||
Scottdale | This station was on South Broadway between Pittsburgh and Market Streets on the NW side of the tracks at GPS: 40.099876, -79.587166. The original station here was built in 1882. Prior to that, there was no station building here, just an open platform. A new station was built here in 1887. | |||||||
Scottdale | The freight station was just south of the passenger station at the intersection of South Broadway and Market Streets at GPS: 40.099467, -79.587355. | |||||||
Scott Haven | The Scott Haven P&LE station was across the river in Allegheny County. | |||||||
Seward | A station is shown here in 1876. This station was originally known as Ninevah Station (Verona). The name was changed to Seward by the railroad in 1901. | |||||||
Shafton | ||||||||
Shaner's Station (youghioheny P.O.) |
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Shoup | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. It was at the junction of the Sewickley and Mammoth Branches. | |||||||
Sinclair Station | ||||||||
Slickville | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Smithton | In 1876 there was a Pittsburgh & Connellsville station here that was a combination depot/store. It was likely the store shown in the picture for the station listed below. | |||||||
Smithton | This station was at the north end of Center Street at GPS: 40.156096, -79.743115. | |||||||
Smithton | This station is shown on the 1931 P&LE Timetable. | |||||||
Snyders Station | This was the first station south of West Newton. It is shown on the 1876 map. | |||||||
Sowash | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Alexandria Branch. | |||||||
Stewartsville | ||||||||
Stewart's Station | On the 1876 map this station was located in what is now Trafford where Stewart Street used to cross the tracks (now there is an underpass). | |||||||
Sutersville (Sutter Station) |
This station was on 3rd Avenue just south of 1st Street at GPS: 40.239687, -79.803548. | |||||||
Tarentum Station | In 1876 this station was at the ferry to Tarentum near where the bridge to Tarentum is today. | |||||||
Tarr (Tarr's Sta.) |
This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Southwest Branch between Ruffs Dale and Alverton. The station was about a mile from the Tarr Branch. | |||||||
Torrence | A new station was built here in 1864. | |||||||
Trafford (North Trafford) |
This station was .4 miles north of the Trafford PRR station. It was on the north side of 5th Street just west of Brinton Avenue at GPS: 40.386240, -79.761075. Previous stations here were known as Stewart's Station and Blackburn. This was on the PRR's Turtle Creek Valley Railroad. | |||||||
Trauger | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings at the end of the Sewickley Branch. | |||||||
Trees Mills | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Turtle Creek Branch. | |||||||
Truxall | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Udell | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Boyer Run Branch. | |||||||
United | In 1898 this station was renamed "United" from its original name of "United Coal & Coke Company Station." This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Sewickley Branch. | |||||||
Vandergrift | A new station was built here in 1897. | |||||||
Valley Camp | This station was only .5 mile north of the station at Arnold. That would put it on Constitution Boulevard between Camp and Esther Avenues in the vicinity of GPS: 40.585809, -79.766543. This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. | |||||||
Vista Station | ||||||||
Waltz | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Yukon Branch. | |||||||
Water Station | The Pittsburgh, Westmoreland & Summit Railroad began in 1899, but the full route from Ligonier to Somerset only operated for ten years (1906-1916). | |||||||
Weavers Old Stand | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Sewickley Branch east of Youngwood. | |||||||
Webster | This station was built in 1903 according to a note in the Monongahela Valley Republican (1-15-1903). The passenger and freight stations were just south of the old Webster Bridge. | |||||||
Webster | This freight station was on a spur. | |||||||
West Newton | This was the original B&O station here. It was also on the SW side of Vine Street where the existing station is today at GPS: 40.208473, -79.768609. | |||||||
West Newton | The original brick PMcK&Y station was north of Main Street near the Riverside Roller Mill. It was in the same approximate location as the replica station that still exists at Collinsburg Road north of Main Street (GPS: 40.212596, -79.769421). | |||||||
West Newton | A new P&LE station was built in 1910. This station burned down in the 1960s. It was also in the same location as the replica station that still exists at Collinsburg Road north of Main Street (GPS: 40.212596, -79.769421). | |||||||
White Valley | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings. It was on the Turtle Creek Branch. | |||||||
Winthrop | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Alexandria Branch. | |||||||
Wyano | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the two-mile Hunter Run Branch. | |||||||
Yukon | This station is listed on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings on the Yukon Branch.It was on the north side of March Street (formerly known as A Street) at GPS: 40.221739, -79.685577. There was also an express office about 105' to the west. | |||||||
1895 WESTMORELAND COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
Notes About Existing
Stations... Belle Vernon (PMcK&Y) - This station is actually in Fayette County as it is just a couple blocks from the Westmoreland County line. Bolivar (PRR) - This more modern cement block freight station is at the same location as the old combination station. Darlington (Ligonier Valley) - This station was formerly used as a residence, but is now a museum for the Ligonier Valley Railroad Association. It has been restored and you can read about it on Ligonier Valley Railroad Association site. Monessen (P&LE) - In 1962 this station was purchased by the Pittsburgh Steel Company for $265,000 after the P&LE vacated it. The steel company converted it to a chemical laboratory (Monongahela Daily Republican, 12-20-1962). The freight office functions for Monessen were moved to Belle Vernon after that. The head end of the station on the west side of the station was added sometime between 1908 and 1914. Oakville (Ligonier Valley) - Oakville is now part of Latrobe, but used to be separate. Scottdale (Replica) - This is a new building, but is built in a traditional depot style just south of the location of the original passenger station. Slickville (PRR) - Can anyone confirm that this station still exists with a photo and precide location? Trafford (PRR) - Although this was primarily a freight station, it also handled passenger traffic. There was also a passenger waiting shelter across the street on the south side of 1st Street (as seen on the 1925 map). On the 1910 map a long platform is shown extending from the station eastward to the Turtle Creek Valley RR tracks. Van Meter (P&LE) - This station was known as Jacob's Creek on the P&LE timetables. After going out of service with the closure of the nearby Banning #3 Mine, it served as the Macedonia Baptist Church and is now a private residence. |