Shamokin Valley Railroad

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Shamokin Valley Railroad

Reporting marks	SVRR
Locale	Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	1989 – present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Northumberland, PA

Restored 1920s Pennsylvania Railraod passenger cars used for tourist excursions on the Shamokin Valley Railroad.

The Shamokin Valley Railroad (AAR reporting marks SVRR) is a short line that operates 27 miles of track in southern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The line runs generally southeast between Sunbury and the unincorporated village of Mount Carmel Junction (just east of the borough of Mount Carmel in Mount Carmel Township).

Other communities served include the villages of Paxinos (in Shamokin Township) and Weigh Scales (in Ralpho Township), and the borough of Shamokin.

The rail line runs east from Sunbury, then turns south through Paxinos and Weigh Scales to Shamokin, where it turns east again, always along or near Shamokin Creek and roughly following the route of Pennsylvania Route 61.

The corporate offices are located in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. There are connections to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway lines at Sunbury.

1 North Shore Railroad System
2 History
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] North Shore Railroad System

The Shamokin Valley Railroad is part of the North Shore Railroad System, which includes the following short lines:

The first five railroads (those marked with an asterisk, *) are owned by SEDA-COG JRA (Susquehanna Economic Development Association - Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority) and operated under contract by Robey Railroads, a private company. Robey Railroads also operates the other two railroads (UCIR and WCOR). As of 2006, there are plans by Robey to consolidate these seven lines as the Susquehanna Railroad Corporation, a non-operating holding company.

The system has trackage rights via the Norfolk Southern line. These allow the Shamokin Valley Railroad to connect to the north and west with the North Shore Railroad (at Northumberland), the Union County Industrial Railroad (at Milton), the Lycoming Valley Railroad at Muncy and the village of Linden (in Woodward Township, Lycoming County, and to the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (at Lock Haven).

[edit] History

The line operated by the Shamokin Valley Railroad was formerly part of Conrail. SEDA-COG JRA was formed in July, 1983 to continue to provide rail service to communities whose rail lines Conrail had decided to abandon. In 1989 the JRA took over the line when Conrail abandoned it, and the Shamokin Valley Railroad was born as its third railroad.