The Pine Grove Railroad Station was the end of the line for the 1870

South Mountain Railroad The South Mountain Railroad was an American railroad which operated in Pennsylvania. History The railroad was incorporated May 5, 1854 by a group of largely local investors. It was to run from Harrisburg to Jonestown, from thence along the south ...

, which transported materials from limestone pits and three operating ore mines for the

Pine Grove Iron Works The Pine Grove Iron Works was a smelting facility in southcentral Pennsylvania during the Industrial Revolution. The works is notable for remaining structures that are historical visitor attractions of Pine Grove Furnace State Park, including t ...

. The station had a roundhouse and, by 1872, a depot with siding (the 1877

South Mountain Railway and Mining Company South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

's plan for an 1880 westward rail extension to an ore bed was never built.) "Pine Grove" was listed on the

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad (G. & H. R. R.) was a railway line of Pennsylvania from Hunter's Run southward to Gettysburg in the 19th century. The north junction was with the South Mountain RR, and a crossing with the Hanover Jun ...

's passenger schedule of April 21, 1884; &nbs
April 21May 26th (added "Laurel")

July 3d
/ref> and the SMRR railroad offices and repair shops (Jno. H. Christman, Master Mechanic) were transferred to the 1891

Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad The Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad was a railway line from the Hunter's Run junction of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway that ran southwestward along the south side of Mountain Creek to the Pine Grove Iron Works. The line serviced ...

with the station servicing the 1892 Fuller Brick and Slate Company south of the tracks (iron works production ended in 1895.) Despite a 1902 forest fire in the area that destroyed buildings, both "Pine Grove Furnace" and " Pine Grove Park" were listed as 1904 HR & SB RR railway stations, and in 1912 new

Reading Company The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railro ...

track was laid to Pine Grove on "the former Hunters Run and Slate Belt Line". The Pine Grove area was sold to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1913, the tracks and ties have been removed, and the station area is part of the

Pine Grove Furnace State Park Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, protected Pennsylvania area that includes Laurel Lake (Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), Laurel and Pine Grove Iron Works#Fuller Lake, Fuller Lakes in Cooke Township, Cumberl ...

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{{Reflist Former railway stations in Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 1870 establishments in Pennsylvania 1913 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1870 Railway stations in the United States closed in 1913