CLARION  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Knox Railroad Street C Vacant ???? Gone Wood
Lucinda Lander Dr. & Walnut St. P Vacant ???? In Use Wood
Sarah Furnace Sarah Furnace Rd. P Residence ???? Gone Wood
St. Petersburg 1500 feet from original location on Railroad Street and Grassy Flats Road F Residence 1889 Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Clarion PS&C = Pittsburgh, Summerville & Clarion. The PS&C was a precursor to the Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion.
Clarion Junction
Foxburg Built in 1885 by the Allegheny Valley, replacing the station that burnt down the previous year. The road officially became a part of the Buffalo and Allegheny Division of the PRR in 1910. Passenger traffic on the line through Foxburg ceased 1950-51, and station was demolished by the spring of 1952.
Foxburg Station built in 1883, destroyed by fire on May 16,1975. No trains on the B&O had gone through Foxburg after 1964, line was removed in 1982.
Lawsonham
Leeper Station was at PA 36 and Railroad Street.
New Bethlehem
Red Bank Red Bank was a junction point on the Buffalo & Allegheny Valley Division with the Low Grade branch meeting the two track mainline at the mouth of Red Bank Creek. The station was either torn down or burnt down in the late 20's or early 30's.
Rimersburg Removed in the 1970s.
Ritt's Farm Location called Ritts Station on current atlases.
Sligo Removed in the 1970s.
1895 CLARION COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Knox (B&O) - Tracks abandoned in 1987 and removed in 2001. Local historical society attempted to gain ownership of station for restoration.

Lucinda (B&O) - Vacant, but restored.

Sarah Furnace (PRR) - Building used as station after previous station burned.

St. Petersburg (P&W) - Tracks were removed in 1982. This part of the same line that serviced Knox.