BLAIR  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Altoona ???? P Railroad 1990s In Use Cement  
Roaring Spring 500 Main Street P Civic 1906 In Use Brick
Tyrone Pennsylvania Avenue P Railroad 2000 In Use Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Altoona A construction trailer served the RR here throughout the 1980s.
Altoona  
Altoona This station was on 13th Street and 10th Avenue. Is this the same building as above? This photo was taken in 1965.
Bellwood  
East Freedom  
Juniata This Altoona & Wopsononock station was on Second Street. For more infomation about this RR visit: A History of the Wopsononock Railroad & Resort.
Kittaning Point This station was on the east side of Horseshoe Curve.
Kittaning Point Freight station.
Kladder This town was between Reservoir Station and Brook Mills.
Martinsburg Freight station.
Mt. Etna  
Tyrone This photo probably shows the wreck that occurred on July 30, 1913. Engineer George K Funk was killed and 163 passengers were injured when Chicago Mail Train No. 13 collided with the rear end of Pittsburgh Express Train No. 15 at 2:38 PM. The building in the foreground was the freight station while the passenger station was the taller building in the background.
Williamsburg  
1895 BLAIR COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Roaring Spring (PRR) - See old photo. This is the only known remaining vintage RR station in Blair County. Now owned and operated by the Roaring Spring Historical Society. Records and memorabilia available by arrangement. PRR caboose on site. Call (814) 224-4814 for more info.

Tyrone (Amtrak) - Near site of old station.