Railroads of the First
and Second Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania
By EARL J. HEYDINGER
RLHS Bulletin Vol 110,
Pages 62 - 63
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Magazines and
Newspapers:
Hazards Register, 1828-1836.
Niles Register, 1836-1840.
Berks and Schuylkill Journal,
of Reading, Pa.
Miners Journal, of
Pottsville, Pa.
Mauch Chunk, Pa., Courier.
Reports:
Second Pennsylvania
Geological Survey, Levels above Tide (1878), Maps, (1884)
Lehigh Valley R. R.
Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Co.
Catawissa R. R. C. W. &
E. R. R. Little Schuylkill & Susquehanna R. R.
Beaver Meadow R. R.
Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad
Schuylkill Navigation Canal
Co.
Penna. State Reports, 1863,
1869, 1870, 1895.
Report of Committee to
Investigate the P. & R. and the P. & R. Coal and Iron Co. 1885.
Pennsylvania Shareholders
Investigation, 1874.
Manuscript:
Loeser Papers at Historical
Society of Schuylkill County, Pottsville, Pa.
Histories and
Historical Society Publications:
Munsell's History of
Schuylkill County, 1883.
Kelker's History of
Dauphin County.
History of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1899.
Henry's History of the Lehigh
Valley, 1860.
Publications of the
Historical Society of Northumberland County, Sunbury, Pa. Vols. V, XV.
Publications of the Sugar
Loaf Historical Society, Hazleton, Pa. Vol. 1.
P. & R. Pilot.
H. V. Poor. History of
American Railroads and Canals. 1860.
R. & L. H. S. Bulletins
Nos. 62 and 67.
Secondary Works:
Harrison's The Locomotive
and Philadelphia's Share in its Early Development.
Harlow, Old Towpaths.
Smith, ed., A Practical Treatise of Railroads etc. By
Nicholas Wood, First American Edition from the Second British Edition.
(Philadelphia, 1832)
Correspondence:
Ltr., Miss Lila Brady,
Reference Librarian, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis,
Ind.
Interview:
Mr. J. J. Neifert, retired
Lehigh Valley employee, Hazleton, Pa. August 8th, 1948.
SOME PRINCIPAL ELEVATIONS
Lykens Valley R. R Elevation Miles
Millersburg 397 0
Lykens 677 14
Williamstown 1127 20
Northern Central R. R.
Harrisburg 320 0
Dauphin 349 9
aarks Ferry 366 15.5
Millersburg 396 27.75
Herndon(Treverton jct.) 430 43
Sunbury 450 54.5
Schulykill & Susquehanna R. R.
Auburn jct. 463 0
Summit 723 7
Pine Grove jct. 517
Leb. & Trem. Jct. 517 18
Ellwood 670 24
Gold Mine 796 26
Rausch Gap 906 30
Cold Spring 871 33
Yellow Spring 774 35
Rattling Run 689 38
Forge 432 46
Dauphin 346 51
Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven R. R.
Schuylkill Haven 526
Westwood jct. 668
Minersville 697
Mine Hill Gap 827
Glen Carbon 1121
Head of Plane 1 1524
Foot of Plane 2 8(Y7
Locustdale 1091
Ashland Depot 856
S. V. N. & R. R. Co.
Mt. Carbon 603 0
Port Carbon 636 2.5
Middleport 721 8
Tuscarora 906 12.5
Newkirk 909 14.5
Tamaqua 800 16.5
Shamokin Valley & Pottsville
Sunbury jct. 442
Shamokin 738
Lancaster Br. jct. 831
Mt. Carmel 1054
End of rail 1090
East Mahanoy R. R.
Tunnel south end 1322
Tunnel north end 1345
Mahanoy City 1240
Little Schuylkill, and Catawissa Railroads.
Port Clinton 407
Ringgold 555
Tamaqua 800
Barnsville 1064
East Mahanoy jct. 1106 5.5
Tamanend 1305
Quakake jct. 1353 9.0
Summit Station 1536 12.0
S. end, SS tunnel 1541
Shumans Tunnel 803
McAuley Station 759 38.
Catawissa 476 47.
Danville 494 56.
Milton 465 72.
Muncy 495 88.5
Williamsport 520 101. (From Tamaqua)
Mahanoy & Shamokin R. R.
Mt. Carbon 603 0
Mill Creek jct. 630 2
Port Carbon 631 2.5
St. Clair 749 4.5
New Castle 873 6.0 End of Mill Creek & Mine Hill.
Head of grade 9.5
and Frackville 1476 10.5
New Boston (proposed) 1525
Foot‑Mahanoy Pl. 1129
Shenandoah Depot 1249
St. Nicholas Coll 1160 Eastward
Mahanoy City 1240 ditto
East Mah Tunnel 1345 ditto
Ashland Depot 856 westward
Gordon 807
Ashland Summit 1160 Above
and back of Ashland, on M.B.&M.
Head of Big Run Mine Plane 1280
Locust Gap jct. 1034
Greenback Coll'y 900
Shamokin Depot 730
Treverton Coll'y 765
Zerbe Summit 1073
Herndon jct. 428
Shamokin, Sunbury & Lewisburg R. R.
Shamokin 730
Sunbury 441
Lewisburg 458
Williamsport 506
Beaver Meadow R. R.
Parrysville 433
Mauch Chunk 544
Coal Port 584
Glen Onoko 591
Penn Haven jct. 708
Penn Haven 723
Black Creek jct. 1015
Weatherly 1090
Hazle Creek Jct. 1325
Beaver Meadow 1355
Audenreid 1735
Sunbury, Hazleton & Wilkes‑Barre R. R,
Sunbury jct. 436
Catawissa 463
Mainville 582
Summit 1030
Rock Glen 914
Tomhickon 1221
Nescopec R. R.
Nescopec 500 From
U. S. Topo. Maps.
Tank 680 do
Rock Glen 914
Lehigh & Susquehanna R. R.
Mauch Chunk 532
Coal Port 584
Penn Haven jct.* 7(Y7
Penn Haven 723
Rockport 882
Sandy Run jct. 1025
White Haven 1120
Ashley** 634
Nesquehoning Railroad. (Old Room Run)
Mauch Chunk 532 0
Nesquehoning 801 5
Hauto (tunnel) 1005
Hometown 1175 15
Tamanend 1287 18
E. Mah. Tunnel 1325 21.5
Sandy Run Branch. (Miles from Mauch Chunk)
Sandy Run 1025
Buck Mountain 1620
Eckley 1663
Jeddo 1618
Drifton 1633
Tamaqua Branch
Hauto 1005
Coaldate 962
Tamaqua 987
Nescopec Branch.
White Haven 1005 0
Upper Lehigh 1802 8.7
Lehigh Valley R. R.
Mauch Chunk (Lousy Bay) 544
Penn Haven Jct. 705
Summit 1728
So. Wilkes‑Barre 546
Branch Roads
Quakake jct. 1315
Delano 1665
Mahanoy jct. 1552
Ashland 856
Shenandoah 1268
Centralia 1484
Mt. Carmel 1056
Locust Gap 1027
All levels in this paper, unless otherwise specified,
are from Levels Above Tide,Pennsylvania Geological Survey.