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 Drive & Walnut Street P Vacant ???? In Use Wood
Sarah Furnace Sarah Furnace Road 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
Anthonys Tunnel Station This station was between New Bethlehem and Leatherwood.
Broken Rock This station was in Porter Township where Leatherwood Road crosses the grade. Leatherwood Station was the next station to the south.
Clarion PS&C = Pittsburgh, Summerville & Clarion. The PS&C was a precursor to the Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion.
Clarion Junction
East Brady The station was at the east end of the PA-68 bridge where the grocery store and restaurant now stand.
East Parker Not much is left here. The original station was just north of where the Parker & Karns City RR bridge crossed the river.
Fairmount  
Foxburg The original AVRR combination station was located between South Palmer Avenue and what is now Main Street (where the tracks used to be). It burned down in 1884.
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.
Hillville Station  
Knox
(Edenburg)
In 1877 there was a Emlenton, Shippenville & Clarion station on the northeast corner of Ohio and East Railroad Streets. It was at the end of a short spur line. (GPS:41.236435,-79.536145)
Lawsonham The first station was located at GPS: 40.995897,-79.490021. I suspect the second station listed below was as well. According the 1877 county map there was also a section house just north of the station.
Lawsonham
Leatherwood
Station
This station was in Porter Township near where Leatherwood Creek empties into the Allegheny.
Leeper Station was at PA 36 and Railroad Street.
MAysville
(Mayport)
The 1877 map shows a freight station here, but no passenger station. That may have just been an omission on the map as it also shows a railroad office and hotel nearby.
Millville  
Monroe
(Monroeville)
Before the line was moved, the Emlenton, Shippenville & Clarion RR went through Monroe in Beaver Twp. According to the 1877 map, the station was on the north side of what is now PA 338 and Monroe Church Road. The station was on the east side of the tracks.
Monterey The early station here according to the 1877 county map was on the east edge of town near the Hotel.
New Bethlehem In 1877 the station here was between Wood and Vine Streets on the south side of the tracks. That original Allegheny Valley RR station may be the freight station on the left in the photo.
Parker's Station
(Pollock)
 
Phillipston Formerly called Phillipsburg. The 1877 county map shows a station here at the end of what is now Phillipston Road (formerly Walnut Street) at the Armstrong Trail. The station was on the west side of the tracks on the north side of the street (GPS: 40.973807,-79.590041).
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 burned down in 1945.
Red Bank Furnace There was a station here indicated on the 1877 county map. It also shows a "floating hotel" here on the river.
RimersburG Station Removed in the 1970s. Rimersburg station was originally called Centre City and there was a station here as early at the 1870s.
Ritt's Farm Location called Ritts Station on current atlases.
Rock Run Station This station was in Porter Township near where Rock Run empties into the Allegheny River. There was also a sawmill there in the 1870s. Nothing remains there today and the area is not accessible by road.
Sligo Removed in the 1970s. The first station here was on the west side of Shorb Street.
St. Petersburg The first station here was a Foxburg, St. Petersbugh & Clarion RR depot. It was near the intersection of Grove Street and Salem Avenue.
Turkey City The 1877 county map shows a station here.
Unknown
(SAlem TWP.)
According to the 1877 county map, there was an Emlenton, Shippenville & Clarion RR station on Brick Church Road. The map gives no name to this location and it has no specific place name today. The station was located at approximately GPS: 41.206378,-79.642854.
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. Knox was formerly known as Edenburg.

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.