The Shamokin Valley Railroad is a
short line railroad that operates 27 miles of track in southern
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the
North Shore Railroad System
The North Shore Railroad System in the United States includes the following short lines:
*Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR)*
*Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR)*
*Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER)*
* North Shore Railroad (NSHR)*
*Shamokin Valley R ...
.
The line runs generally southeast between
Sunbury and the
unincorporated village of Mount Carmel Junction (just east of the borough of
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/Elijah), is a c ...
in
Mount Carmel Township). Other communities served include the villages of Paxinos (in
Shamokin Township) and Weigh Scales (in
Ralpho Township), and the city of
Shamokin. The rail line runs east from Sunbury, then turns south through Paxinos and Weigh Scales to Shamokin, where it turns east again, always along or near
Shamokin Creek and roughly following the route of
Pennsylvania Route 61. It interchanges with the
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Locust Summit.
The corporate offices are located in
Northumberland, Pennsylvania. There is a connection to the
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
at Sunbury.
The system has
trackage rights via the Norfolk Southern line. These allow the Shamokin Valley Railroad to connect to the north and west with the
North Shore Railroad (at Northumberland), the
Union County Industrial Railroad
The Union County Industrial Railroad is a short line railroad that operates on approximately 12 miles (20 km) of track in Union County in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.
The line is alon ...
(at
Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
), the
Lycoming Valley Railroad
The Lycoming Valley Railroad is a short line that operates of track in Lycoming and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.
The line runs generally west between Muncy (in ...
at
Muncy and the village of Linden (in
Woodward Township, Lycoming County, and to the
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad at
Lock Haven.
History
The line operated by the Shamokin Valley Railroad was formerly part of
Conrail
Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do busin ...
. SEDA-COG JRA (Susquehanna Economic Development Association - Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority) was formed in July, 1983 to continue to provide rail service to communities whose rail lines Conrail had decided to abandon. In 1989 the JRA took over the line when Conrail abandoned it, and the Shamokin Valley Railroad was born as its third railroad.
See also
*
List of Pennsylvania railroads
*
Stourbridge Railroad
The Stourbridge Line is a shortline railroad that operates of former Erie Lackawanna Railroad trackage between Honesdale and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where it connects with Norfolk Southern Railway. The line was previously owned by the Lacka ...
(also operated by Robey Railroads)
External links
Shamokin Valley Railroad
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Pennsylvania railroads
Spin-offs of Conrail
Companies operating former Pennsylvania Railroad lines
Companies operating former Reading Company lines
Transportation in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania