CLEARFIELD  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Bigler Smeal Road C Vacant ???? In Use Brick  
Bigler PA470 F Private ???? In Use Wood  
Brisbin ???? ? ???? ???? ???? Wood
Burnside U.S. 219 & NYC Cherry Tree Br. C Vacant ???? In Use Wood
Chester Hill Presque Isle St. at Moshannon Creek F Vacant ???? Gone Wood
Clearfield Near Market St. & Gulich on the W. side of town. P Storage ???? In Use Wood  
Clearfield Reed & Third Streets near Bridge St. P Business ???? Gone Brick/
Stone
Curwensville Meadow & Filbert C Business ???? Gone Wood  
DuBois 1 N. Franklin St. P Business 1894 In Use Brick  
Houtzdale 823 Hannah Street P Business ???? Gone Wood
Houtzdale Brisbin St. C Storage ???? Gone Wood  
Hyde Susquehanna Street C Storage ???? In Use Wood  
Irvona Moved from Irvona and rebuit in Blain City in a backyard there. Anyone have exact location? C ???? 1904      
Rockton State Route 6, just south of intersection of State Route 321 in Kane, PA P Railroad 1898 In Use Wood
Smoke Run One mile South of former location on Crossroads Blvd. at Jones Salvage. C Storage ???? None Wood
Unknown ???? ? Residence ???? None Wood
Winterburn 444 Winterburn Road, Pennfield Pa. at the intersection of Ontario Street across the road from the confuence of the Bennet Branch & the South Branch. F Cabin ???? None Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Clearfield This station was located on Reed and Third Streets and is a predecessor to the station that currently exists.
Coalport
Coalport  
Curwensville  
Cush Creek Junction  
DuBois This station was near the intersection of Brady Street and Liberty Boulevard.
Irvona  
Karthaus Torn down 1981.
Karthaus Perhaps this station predated the one listed above? The S&C was a predecessor of the NYC.
Lumber City  
PEALE This station was on the north side of the tracks on the east side of Peale Road.
Mitchell
(O'Shanter)
This location is now known as O'Shanter, formerly Mitchell.
Winburne Burned down by Conrail in mid 1983 or 1984. Sat beside Avondale hotel.
1895 CLEARFIELD COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Brisbin (PRR) - Brisbin was on the Moshannon Branch of the PRR. Can anyone verify is this still exists and its location?

Burnside (Beech Creek Extension) - Owned by the Borough of Burnside. Attempts underway to get it added to National Register of Historic Places and obtain funding for restoration. The BCE RR included the Canoe Creek Railroad and Clearfield Southern Railroad and was a separate company from the Beech Creek Railroad although both were later part of the NYC.

Chester Hill (Beech Creek) - This was the NYC/Beech Creek Railroad's "Philipsburg" station. The Borough of Philipsburg is actually across the Moshannon Creek from this station. The passenger station, no longer extant, was located immediately adjacent to this sturcture.

Clearfield (PRR) - Tracks were in the street.

Houtzdale (Alley Popper) - The "Alley Popper" RR was built as a competitor to the PRR in the Moshannon Valley. It was in financial distress for its entire life and ceased operations in 1931 and was abandoned in 1936. The "Alley Popper" was its more popular name and is more recognized than its barrage of formal names over its troubled life. Owning Railroads: Altoona & Philipsburg Connecting RR, New York & Pittsburgh Airline RR, Philipsburg RR, Philipsburg & Susquehanna Valley RR, and Pittsburgh & Susquehanna RR. Leasing Railroads: Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg & Eastern RR, New York & Pittsburgh Central RR and  Philipsburg & Johnstown RR.

Rockton (BR&P) - Station was originally built in 1898 for Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad at Rockton PA on the Clearfield Branch.  The depot was dismantled and first moved to Sloan Cornell's Penn View Mountain Railroad near Blairsville PA in the 1970's.  The depot was dismantled and moved a second time to Gettysburg PA on Sloan Cornell's Gettysburg Railroad in the late 70's.  An expansion of the nearby Gettysburg College later necessitated the station to be dismantled and placed in storage.  The station was moved a third time and recently reassembled in Kane PA on Cornell's Knox and Kane Railroad.  The reassembly was in progress when the tornado destroyed several piers of the Kinzua Bridge.  The station has been finished, but regular passenger and freight service has ceased on the K&K, and the railroad is for sale. - Kevin Moore, 2007.

Smoke Run (PRR) - Moved to present location late 1960's.

Unknown (????) - This station was moved from ??? and is located somewhere in Clearfield County being used as a cabin. Anyone have solid info? It looks like an NYC or BR&P station to me. Could this be the Irvona NYC station? Here is an old photo of Irvona.

Winterburn (Beech Creek RR) - Used as a hunting cabin, a two-story addition was put on it in the 1930's. Original station was about 11' X 22' inside plus porches. The original cement steps are still out front.