COLUMBIA  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Benton Corner of Everett and 5th Streets
(GPS: 41.198417,-76.384538)		 P Residence ???? None Wood
Benton Between 4th and 5th Streets NE of Market Street.
(GPS: 41.1963, -76.3858)		 F Storage ???? Gone Wood  
Berwick South Market and Canal Streets
(GPS: 41.05612,-76.228911)		 C Business 1904 In Use Brick
Berwick 109 West Ninth Street C Business ???? Gone Wood  
Bloomsburg Railroad & 5th Streets P ???? 1906 Gone Stone  
Bloomsburg Pioneer Village P ???? 1950s ??? Wood
Catawissa 119 Pine St. C Restaurant/
Museum		 ???? Gone Wood/
Shingled
Forks PA487 C Storage ???? Gone Wood
Jamison City Broad Street across from hotel. C Storage ???? Gone Wood  
Orangeville Railroad St. C Vacant 1868 Gone Wood
Stillwater PA487 C Residence ???? Gone Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Beaver Valley This station was was on PA-339 between McAulley and Shumans.
Berwick Burned in early 1900s.
Bloomsburg
Briar Creek
(Rambach)		 This station is shown on the 1876 map as Rambach on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg RR.
Catawissa Danville
Hazleton&
Wilkes Barre		 This station is shown on the 1876 county map. It was on the south side of Catawissa Creek at approximately GPS: 40.950117,-76.465962. Although it was at the south end of 2nd Street at the time, no roads lead this location today. There were several houses and a coal yard near there at the time of the station.
Central  
Centralia
Centralia This is probably the predecessor to the depot above, or this may have been the passenger station and the one above may have been the freight station.
Coles Creek  
Espy According to the 1876 map, the original Lackawanna & Bloomsburg station was on the east side of Market Street (not sure which street this is today) on the south side of the tracks.
Forks Perhaps this building predates the station that remains?
Laubach I have had vague reports that this station is still standing somewhere. Can anyone confirm/deny? A time line for construction of B&S is as follows: First rail laid at Bloomsburg April 14, 1887; Reached Orangeville June 21, 1887; Reached Benton August 1887; and Finished railroad to Jamison City November 30, 1888.
Mainville  
Mainville  
McAuley The 1876 county map shows an early Catawissa RR station here.
McAuley Built in 1882.
Mifflin Cross Roads The 1876 county map shows an early Danville, Hazleton & Wilkes Barre station here.
Mifflinville  
Rupert  
Rupert There was also a freight station here according to the 1876 county map.
Schumans The 1876 county map shows an early Catawissa RR station here.
Scotch Valley
(Glen City)		 An early Danville, Hazleton & Wilkes Barre station is shown here on the 1876 county map when the location was known as Glen City.
Willow Springs  
1895 COLUMBIA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Benton (B&S) - Station was moved a few hundred yards north of its original location which was on the north side of Market Street between 4th and 5th Streets.

Berwick (DL&W) - Station is in good shape except for wood parts. It is surrounded by, and filled with, junk (at Decker's Scrap Yard). Was built in 1904 to replace one that burned. There were 100 steps down to the station from Front and Chestnut which were torn out around 1970.

Bloomsburg (CP&W) - This station was part of the Carroll Park & Western excursion RR which is now closed. More info here.

Catawissa (Catawissa RR) - There was a fire on Dec 29, 2000 that heavily damaged the 2nd floor of the station. The owner has rebuilt the damaged sections. See his site for updates.

Forks (B&S) - The red building nearby that looks like a freight station was actually the hotel livery barn.

Orangeville (RDG) - See interior photo also.