INDIANA  COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Blairsville 205 East Market Street
(GPS: 40.431376, -79.260774)
P Business 1903 In Use Brick
Blairsville North of Market Street behind the passenger station to the NW
(GPS: 40.432002, -79.261291)
F Civic ???? In Use Brick
Blairsville NE corner of Old Main Street and Liberty Street
(GPS: 40.426969, -79.266902)
P Residence 1852 Gone Wood
Indiana 1125 Philadelphia Street
(GPS: 40.623530, -79.161523)
P Vacant 1904 In Use Wood
Jacksonville
(KENT)
9826 PA286 West
(GPS: 40.541978, -79.279129).
P Tavern 1912 Gone Wood/
Stone
 
Saltsburg 320 Point Street
(GPS: 40.485171, -79449808)
P Civic 1864 Gone Stone/
Brick
Shelocta North side of US-422, west side of tracks
(GPS: 40.654396, -79.284666)
C Business 1905 In Use Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Alverda See listing below for Sides.
Arcadia This station was located near the tipple for the Arcadia No. 41 Mine. It was approximately 300 feet north of the crossing of Number 11 Road on the east side of the railroad near GPS: 40.783354, -78.855577.
Aultman

Located at the end of the Aultman Branch, this station was located on the east side of the railroad tracks and south of present-day PA286 (which was possibly constructed after the station was demolished) (GPS 40.555254, -79.261426).

Barton This station may have also been known as Morrison Siding. It was between Oak Tree (Hamill) and Marion Center.
Black Lick Sanborn Maps show this station to have been a combined passenger and freight building. It was located in the northeast quadrant of the crossing of the railroad and Main Street on the west side of Black Lick. The PRR was relocated slightly east and to higher ground with the construction of the Conemaugh Dam and the station does not appear to have been reconstructed. The station site is located partially under fill for the current Campbells Mill Road (GPS: 40.471973, -79.199012).
Blairsville There was a freight station on East North Avenue at GPS: 40.432546, -79.262616. It is shown on the 1903 map, but on the 1909 map the platforms have been removed and the bulding is being used as a planing mill (H.W. Ferguson Planing Mill). The 1897 map shows there was a baseball field here with a grandstand, then the freight station building was there on the 1903 and 1909 maps. In 1915 a baseball field with grandstand is shown here again. The station likely was taken out of service with the coming of the low grade line nearby.
Bow Called "Tunnel Station" until 1885. Not to be confused with the CNJ's "Tunnel Station" in Luzerne County. This station was located on the east side of the original Western Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel through Bow Ridge and bridge over the Conemaugh River. It was on the northeast side of the original 1860s-era alignment of the WPRR near GPS: 40.460664, -79.359382.
Carlson The Cambria & Indiana RR formerly the Blacklick & Yellow Creek RR was originally established in 1904 and changed ownership and names in 1909. It was mostly a coal-hauling RR, but did offer passenger service via mixed trains. Passenger operations ceased aorun 1932.
Chambersville

Mine maps and old aerial photos suggest this station was located west of the crossing of the BR&P and Chambersville Hill Road on the north side of the railroad (GPS 40.705102, -79.159292).

Cherry Tree This was the original station likely built in 1893. It burned down and was replaced by the station listed below.
Cherry Tree Photo taken circa 1930. Second station to exist on site, replaced original one which burned down. It was on the east side of Front Street on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 40.726954, -78.806097. Note the PRR style station sign, without the Keystone (possibly a hint to the joint NYC/PRR CT&D operations). New York Central passenger operations ceased circa 1930s. Pennsylvania/Cherry Tree & Dixonville passenger operations ceased 1947.
Clarksburg Based on the stream and road crossing in the photo, this shelter was likely located on the south side of present-day Park Drive on the northwest side of Clarksburg (GPS: 40.537740, -79.374983). It was on the Iselin Branch.
Clymer This station was located on the Western Branch of the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad in Clymer, Pennsylvania. It served both the New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroads. The CT&D was jointly used by the NYC & PRR - it had no trains of its own. The station was built in 1906. NYC passenger service ended in 1933 and PRR passenger service ended in 1947. The station was NW of Adams Street and NE of Penn Street at approximately GPS: 40.671168, -79.013895.
Commodore

Mine maps and old aerial photos suggest this station was located on the south side of the railroad along the former alignment of Bridge Street (GPS 40.710579, -78.945401).

Coral This station was located on the west side of the PRR Indiana Brach approximately 100 feet northeast of the intersection of Cedar Street and 1st Street (GPS 40.500490, -79.172337).
Covode This bay window station was located on the B&S (and later B&O) branch between Juneau and Sagamore. It was located in the northern quadrant of the crossing of the railroad and present-day Sawmill Road near GPS: 40.880873, -79.018269.
Creekside This station was located north of present-day PA110 between the BR&P Ridge and Indiana Branches (GPS 40.680657, -79.188246). The station was bilt in 1905 and survived until the 1980s.
Cummings This station was between Chambersville and Creekside.
Cush Cushion  
Diamondville This station was located in the north quadrant of the crossing of the CT&D and Railroad Avenue (GPS 40.665922, -78.970468). A siding was located on the opposite side of the railroad track.
Dixonville  
Edri
(Coalport)
A new station was built here in 1892.
Ernest This station was along the BR&P Indiana Branch south of Store Hill Road (GPS 40.675438, -79.162145).
Fleming Summit This station was on Fleming Summit Road in the northwest quadrant of the railroad crossing at GPS: 40.723785, -78.905083.  
Frantz This station was located on the B&S (and later B&O) branch between Juneau and Sagamore. It was located in the northwestern quadrant of the railroad and the now-removed public road between Rossmoyne and Frantz.
Fulton Run JCT. This station was on the Iselin Branch.
Gipsy Freight station.
Glen Campbell  
Glen Campbell This station was built in 1889, the year the borough was founded. It was on the NW side of Williams Street (which no longer exists), but I'm not sure which side of the tracks it was on. It was in the vicinity of GPS: 40.822105, -78.830000.
Glory  
Goodville
(Smicksburg)
This station was located on the south side of the railroad tracks approximately 200 feet west of the bridge carrying the railroad over Goodville Road (GPS: 40.888784, -79.197527). There was a driveway leading downgrade from the station to the road that appears to still exist albeit overgrown with vegatation. The name was changed from Goodville to Smicksburg sometime between 1911 and 1915.
Graceton

Mine maps from the area indicate a "Station Lot" in railroad property, though it is unknown if a station was constructed here. The location was approximately 250 feet southwest of the crossing of the PRR Indiana Branch and Graceton Road and on the east side of the railroad tracks (GPS 40.505529, -79.167436). If there was a station here it was non-agency by 1945 as the time table for that year simply lists Graceton as a "public delivery" stop with Coral being the agency with jurisdiction over Graceton.

Greismore This station was in the southwest quadrant of the crossing of the C&I mainline and Greismore Road, near the present village of Mentcle, and near GPS: 40.638958, -78.873892.
Heilwood
(Possum Glory)
The station was originally known as Possum Glory even though the town was always called Heilwood. That station's name was officially changed to Heilwood in 1912. The station was located southeast of Heilwood along present-day PA403 (GPS 40.618263, -78.922425).
Hillman

Based on a 1906 coal mine map from the Clover Run Coal Company, this station was located approximately 1000 feet north of the crossing of Hillman Road and the PRR. It was on the northwest side of the railroad near the end of a short siding and was about 100 feet north of the border between Jefferson and Indiana Counties (GPS 40.906742, -78.853023).

Home This station was at the end of McElhoes Road at GPS 40.73489, -79.10533. Home Station was at the south end of the double track main that extended to Marion Center. 
Homer City This station was located approximately at the present-day turn lane from US-119 southbound to Ridge Avenue westbound (GPS 40.538879, -79.155924). The station was along the BR&P Lucerne Branch.
Homer City This station was located at present-day 240 East Main Street in the southeast quadrant of the railroad crossing (GPS: 40.544703, -79.161649). The site is currently occupied by the Homer Center Historical Society. Thieves looted the depot and blew the safe here on September 10, 1909 making off with $50.
Hooverhurst  
Idamar  
Indiana There may have been a wood frame station here first, but the first brick station was on the NW corner of Phildelphia Street and 8th Street at GPS: 40.623141, -79.154847. There was a brick freight station next to it on the north side. The 1887 map shows these as seperate buildings, but the 1892 map shows them joined together. A freight shed and platform were later added on to the north side of the building. The tracks ended at water street with a couple of tracks serving businesses on the north side of Water Street.
Indiana In 1907 a new wood freight station was built on the south side of Water Street at GPS: 40.624230, -79.155490.
Indiana Sometime between 1910 and 1916 this previous brick passenger/freight combination station was torn down and a new brick passenger-only station was built on essentially the same site (GPS: 40.623450, -79.154813). Passenger service ended in 1940 and this station was demolished in 1967.
Indiana There was a freight station on the south side Water Street between North Station Avenue and North 11th Street at GPS: 40.624356, -79.161300.
Iselin

This station, built in 1905, sat in a valley a short distance outside of town close to the mine tipple. It was removed in 1930s or 40s. Some previously claimed that the old company store in town was the station, but it was not.

J.M. Junction This station was at the junction of the Iselin Branch and Aultman (Jacksonville) Branch.
Josephine
(Bells Mills)
This station was off Bells Mills Road in the vicinity of GPS: 40.475352, -79.181918.
Josephine
(Bells Mills)
This station was off Bells Mills Road in the vicinity of GPS: 40.475065, -79.180681. Both the PRR and BR&P had small stations here with the B&RP station being just to the NW of the PRR station. The PRR had a small freight station next to it's passenger station. Both stations were likely erected around 1906 with the contstruction of the Josephine Blast Furnace.  
Juneau
AND
A new shared station opened here in January 1906 with W.D. Williams as the new agent there(Indiana Gazette, 1-17-1906). Located at the junction of the B&S line to Plumville/Sagamore and the BR&P Indiana Branch, this station was used by both railroads and survived after both were acquired by the B&O. It was positioned between the two railroads approximately 1,350 feet northeast of the crossings of Locust Lane.
Kimmel This station was halfway between Home and Chambersville. It is marked as a flagstop on the 1930 timetable and was likely on Chambersville Road around GPS: 40.715367, -79.130541 somewhere between Houser Road and Kimmel Road.
Kinter This station was in the northwest quadrant of the crossing of Kinter Station road and the C&I main line near GPS: 40.606971, -78.865375.
Locust Based on an old mine map of that area, this station was in the northeast quadrant of the crossing of the railroad and Rishel Road (GPS 40.857003, -78.972256).
Loop There was a passenger shelter here that was retired in 1940. It was likely on North Loop Road.
Lovejoy  
Lowrys This station was on the Aultman Branch between J.M. Junction and McIntyre.
Manver  
Marion Center This station was located approximately 400 feet north of PA403 on the east side of the BR&P Indiana Branch (GPS: 40.769178, -79.056556).
McCormickS This bay window station was located on the B&S (and later B&O) branch between Juneau and Sagamore. It was in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of the railroad and McCormick Road (present day State Route 4015) at GPS: 40.836144, -79.111724.
McIntyre Located near the crossing of Church Street and the BR&P Jacksonville Branch of the BR&P (GPS 40.571759, -79.299469).
North Point  
Oak Tree This town is called Hamill, but the station was referred to as Oak Tree.
Parkwood This station was on the Iselin Branch.
Pine Flats Shelter was located on the Possum Glory Branch of the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad between Manver (the interchange yard with the Cambria & Indiana Railroad) and Wandin (the CT&D's main line).
Pine Flats  
Plumville
(E. Plumville)
This station was likely built in 1907 when permanent tracks were laid and stations were installed on this line. Known as "East Plumville" on B&O timetables. This bay window station was located along the B&S (and later B&O) branch between Juneau and Sagamore. it was in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of the railroad and Chestnut Street near GPS 40.789823, -79.182906.
Reed

A station is shown at Reed on the 1884 and 1900 PRR CT1000 documents and on a 1930 highway construction plan. The highway plan shows the station to be on the east side of the PRR Indiana Branch approximately 850 feet south of the Indian Springs Road/Wayne Avenue intersection (GPS 40.592008, -79.162196). The station was gone by 1945 as no station is listed for Reed in the PRR "List of Stations & Sidings" for that year.

Rexis  
Rexis  
Rossiter

The passenger station was located on the west side of Central Street between the intersections of West Side Street and Hill Street (GPS: 40.895915, -78.934918)

Rossiter The freight station was located approximately 100 feet south of the passenger station (GPS: 40.895685, -79.934889).
Rossiter  
Rossiter A new wooden cottage-style station was built in 1904.
Rossiter Junction
AND
A new depot was built here in 1907 (Indiana Gazette, 10-16-1907).
Rugh

A station is shown here on the 1884 and 1900 PRR CT1000 documents, though not on the 1945 edition. A map of the Coral Mines dated 1914 suggests, but does not definitively indicate, that the station was on the south side of the PRR Indiana Branch and under the present day left turn lane for northbound US-119 traffic (GPS 40.492391, -79.185282).

Sagamore  
Saltsburg This station, built in 1884 when the PRR moved the line, was on the north side of Washington Street between Water and Point Streets at GPS: 40.486415, -79451823.
Savan This station was between Locust and Oak Tree (Hamill).
Scott Glenn  
Shanktown  
Sides
(Alverda)
This community is presently known as Alverda and the station is labeled as such on some mine maps, but C&I documents pretty consistently use the name Sides. This station was located on the north side of the C&I mainline near the end of present-day Penn Avenue and near GPS: 40.632784, -79.859542.
SidNey  
Smicksburg See listing for Goodville above.
Smith The 1900, 1923 and 1945 PRR "List of Stations & Sidings" documents all list a station at Smith. While the exact location is not known, it was likely located north of the PRR Indiana Branch and west of present day Campbells Mill Road in the vicinity of GPS 40.448643, -79.236336.
Starford  
Stiles This station was on the C&I mainline in the southwest quadrant of the crossing of Stiles Station Road, near GPS: 40.591716, -78.872481.
Thomas This station was on the Iselin Branch between Fulton Run and Shelocta.
Trade City This station was located on the B&S (and later B&O) branch between Juneau and Sagamore. It was approximately 650 feet west of the former Route 210 bridge on the north side of the railroad at GPS 40.859155, -79.079059.
Tunnelton
(Kelly)
Station was known as Kelly until 1885.
Wandin  
Wehrum  
West Lebanon This station was near the intersection of Rearick Road and Shrokman Road outside of West Lebanon. The station is shown on the 1914 BR&P map. It was on the Iselin Branch. The photo indicates that the station was built in 1906 and repainted in 1910 (or 1918, it's hard to read).
Wilgus Freight station.
1895 INDIANA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Blairsville (PRR) - This was the first station in the town of Blairsville. It was at the end of a stub track, the bed of which was subsequently turned into what is now part of Johnson Avenue and Old Main Street (formerly Green Street on old maps). In the years after the station was built the center of town was built up to the east and this track was removed, the station was out of service, and a new station was built. I was previously told that, "Due to the Johnstown Flood of 1889, the railroad right-of-way and station site was relocated to higher ground. This put the main line the greater part of a mile east, and so a new station was constructed." However, that story doesn't jive with old maps as the current track alignment and station location are shown on the 1871 map. You can't tell which station is at the site in 1871, but the 205 East Market Street site is certainly the same. 

Saltsburg (Northern Pennsylvania RR) - This station was built by local stone masons John Martin and S.S. Jamison in 1864. The Northwestern PA RR was acquired by the Western Pennsylvania RR in 1860s and then by the PRR in 1880. When the PRR acquired the the line, it moved the right of way and built a new station in 1884 on Washington Street (that station is no longer standing). The station served as town hall from 1886-1927, a bowling alley from 1950-1978, and currently  houses borough offices and the police department. The smaller front part of the building was added in 1950. A fire destroyed part of the building in 1978 and the appearance was altered.

Shelocta (BR&P) - As of 2022, the building was beginning to sag due to undermining by groundhogs.