Abandonments

	The Alexandria Branch (Donohoe to New Alexandria) Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Allegheny Portage Railroad (Hollidaysburg to Johnstown) Railroads: APRR
	The Atglen and Susquehanna Branch (Parkesburg to Creswell) Railroads: PRR, RRR
	Auburn to Dauphin Railroads: PRR, RRR, A&SB
	The Auburn Branch (Sayre, PA to Auburn, NY) Railroads: CR, LV, NY&OM
	The Bachman Valley Railroad (Lineboro to Ebbvale) Railroads: WM, BVRR
	The Bellwood Branch (Altoona to Bellwood) Railroads: PRR
	The Blacklegs Creek Branch (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Boswell Branch (Friedens to Boswell) Railroads: B&O
	The Bradenville Branch (Bradenville to Atlantic) Railroads: PRR
	Bradford to Mount Jewett Railroads: CR, EL, ERR, K&K, NYLE&W
	The Brandywine Summit Branch (Chadds Ford to Brandywine Summit) Railroads: PRR
	The Bridgeville and McDonald Branch (Bridgeville to Cecil) Railroads: PRR, CR, PCC&StL
	The Butler Branch (Callery to Ribold) Railroads: B&O, B&P
	The Canoe Creek Branch (Canoe Creek Junction to Moores Mills) Railroads: PRR
	Carlisle to Carlisle Junction Railroads: RRR
	The Catawissa Branch (Catawissa to Rock Glen Junction) Railroads: PRR
	Chambersburg to Shippensburg Railroads: B&O, WM, CSX, CS
	The Chester Creek Branch (Chester to Chadds Ford) Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Chester Valley Branch (Downington to Bridgeport) Railroads: CR, RRR, P&CV
	The Clermont Branch (Coryville to Clermont) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P
	The Coal Lick Run Branch (Uniontown to Hoover) Railroads: PRR
	Coatesville to Birdsboro Railroads: PRR, CR, PC, P&R, W&N, W&R
	Abandoned Rails of Coatesville Railroads: PRR
	The Cornwall Ore Banks Branch (Cornwall to Ore Banks) Railroads: PRR
	The Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad (Coudersport to Port Allegany) Railroads: C&PA, WA&G
	Crane Junction to Catasauqua Railroads: L&NE
	Croyland to Hallton Railroads: PRR, CRRy
	The Crum Creek Branch (Chester to Crum Creek) Railroads: B&O, B&P
	The Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad (French Creek Junction to Saint Peters) Railroads: DR&L
	The Dunbar Branch (Ferguson to Pechin) Railroads: PRR
	The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad (Dunkirk, NY to Titusville, PA) Railroads: NYC, CR, PC, NYC&HR, DAV&P, WPGRR, DW&P
	The Easler Branch (Saunders, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The East Brady Branch (East Brady, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The East Broad Top Railroad (Mount Union to Alvan) Railroads: EBTRR
	The Ellsworth Branch (Cokeburg Junction to Marianna) Railroads: PRR, CR, PC
	The Fairbrook Branch (Stover to Fairbrook) Railroads: PRR
	The Fort Washington Branch (Fort Hill to Cresheim) Railroads: PRR, CRy
	The Frazer Branch (Frazer to Phoenixville) Railroads: PRR, CR, NS, PC
	Frederick, MD to Hanover, PA Railroads: PRR, PC
	Freeport to Butler Railroads: PRR, CR, PC
	The Grindstone Branch (Grindstone to Chestnut Ridge) Railroads: PRR
	The Hickman Branch (Hickman Run Junction to The Cora Mines) Railroads: B&O
	The Hunker Branch (Hunker, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad (Huntingdon to Mount Dallas) Railroads: H&BTM
	The Keating Summit Branch (Wharton to Keating Summit) Railroads: B&O, B&S
	The Keister Branch (Waltersburg to Kiesterville) Railroads: PRR
	The Kinzua Branch (Kinzua to West Line) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P, BNY&P
	The Knickerbocker Spur (Knickerbocker to Frazer) Railroads: PRR
	The Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad (Summerville to Clarion) Railroads: LEF&C, PNRR, PSRR, PC&F, PS&C
	The Lancaster Branch (Lancaster Junction to Natalie) Railroads: PRR, SV&P
	The Landenburg Branch (Hockessin, DE to Landenburg, PA) Railroads: B&O, D&W, B&P
	The Leiper Railroad (Crum Creek to Ridley Creek) Railroads: LRy
	Lewis Run to Taylors Railroads: ERR, B&WP
	The Lewistown Branch (Maitland to Kreamer) Railroads: PRR
	The Ligonier Valley Railorad (Latrobe to Ligonier ) Railroads: PRR, NS, PC, LVRR
	The Little Muddy Run Branch (Smoke Run to Almaden) Railroads: PRR
	The Llanfair Branch (Sidman to Krayn) Railroads: PRR
	The Lykens Valley Rail Road (Millersburg to Williamstown) Railroads: PRR, LVRR
	The Lyons Run Branch (Sanders to Pleasant Valley) Railroads: PRR
	The Mahoning Branch (Dunbar to Mahoning Works) Railroads: PRR
	The Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad (Baltimore, MD to York, PA) Railroads: M&P, MC, PBRy, B&D, B&L
	The Mayes Branch (Irvona to McGees) Railroads: PRR, P&NW
	Mechanicsburg to Dillsburg Railroads: PRR, CR, PC, DMRR, CVRR
	The Mercersburg Branch (Marion to Mercersburg) Railroads: PRR
	The Millers Run Extension (Cecil to Bishop) Railroads: PRR, PCC&StL
	The Minersville Branch (Pottsville to Minersville) Railroads: PRR
	The Mount Carmal and Natalie Railroad (Mount Carmel to Natalie) Railroads: RRR, MC&N
	The Nescopeck Branch (Rock Glen to Nescopeck) Railroads: PRR
	The New Castle Branch (New Castle to Stoneboro) Railroads: PRR, PC, NC&F, WNY&P, NC&OC, OC&C, BNY&P
	New Freedom, PA to Ashland, MD Railroads: PRR, PC, B&S, NCRR
	The New Holland Branch (Lancaster to Downington) Railroads: PRR, PC, EB&W, D&L
	The New Park and Fawn Grove Railroad (Stewartstown to Fawn Grove) Railroads: NP&FG, SRR
	The New Portage Railroad (Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg) Railroads: PRR, CR, PC, NPRR
	Newark, DE to Landenburg, PA Railroads: PRR
	The Newtown Branch (Fox Chase to Newtown) Railroads: CR, RRR
	The Newtown Square Branch (Yeadon to Newtown Square) Railroads: PRR, PW&B, P&DC
	The Niver Branch (Kreitzburg to Niverton) Railroads: B&O
	NYC's Franklin Division (Franklin, PA to Cleveland, OH) Railroads: PRR, NYC, PC, LS&MS, MCRR, J&F, CP&A, JRR, OCRR, CRR, NC&BV, LSRy, CTRy, NC&F, WNY&P, NYC&HR, JCRR, F&C, JF&C, AC&J
	The Octoraro Banch (Nottingham, PA to Octoraro, MD) Railroads: PRR, PW&B, PB&W, P&BC
	The Opossum Run Branch (Dunbar to Vance's Mill) Railroads: PRR
	The Penfield Branch (Penfield, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Pennville Branch (Grampaign, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Perkiomen Branch (Perkiomen Junction to Emmaus) Railroads: RRR, P&R, N&F, N&A, PRR
	The Peters Creek Branch (Clairton to Snowden) Railroads: PRR
	The Philadelphia and Thorndale Branch (Frazer to Thorndale) Railroads: PRR, CR, PC
	The Pickering Valley Railroad (Phoenixville to Byers) Railroads: RRR, P&R, PVRR
	The Pomeroy Branch (Newark, DE to Pomeroy, PA) Railroads: PRR, CR, PC, N&P, PB&W
	Quinsonia, PA to Edgemont, MD Railroads: WM
	The Reading and Columbia Railroad (Columbia to Reading) Railroads: R&C
	The Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad (Marietta Junction to Chickies) Railroads: R&C, RM&H, HJ&S
	The Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad (Falls Creek to Reynoldsville) Railroads: B&O, BR&P, R&FC, FCRR
	The Richards Colliery Branch (Mount Carmel to Richard Colliery Mine) Railroads: PRR, SV&P
	The Salisbury Viaduct (West Meyersdale, Pennsylvania) Railroads: WM
	The Schuylkill Branch (Philadelphia to Delano Junction) Railroads: PRR, LV, P&M
	The Sewickley Branch (Youngwood to Mammoth) Railroads: PRR
	Shamokin to Port Trevorton Railroads: CR, P&R, T&S
	The Shamrock Branch (Shamrock, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR, MRy
	Shippensburg to Isle Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Smith's Ferry Branch (Smith's Ferry, PA to Negley, OH) Railroads: PRR, NYC, P&LE, Y&S
	Smithfield to Point Marion Railroads: B&O, WM, CSX, FM&P
	The Snow Shoe Branch (Wingate to Snow Shoe) Railroads: PRR
	The South Pennsylvania Railroad (Pittsburgh to Harrisburg) Railroads: SPRR
	The South Witmer Branch (Irvona, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	Sproul to Mount Dallas Railroads: PRR, CR, PC
	The Streets Run Branch (Hays Station to Willock) Railroads: PRR
	The Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad (Sonestown to Masten) Railroads: S&EM, EMRR
	The Susquehanna Connecting Railroad (Old Forge to Hillside Junction) Railroads: ERR, SCRR, NYS&W, W-B&E
	The Tearing Run Branch (Homer to Tearing Run Mine) Railroads: PRR
	Torrance to Blairsville Railroads: PRR
	Tremont to Lebanon Railroads: CR, RRR
	The Unity Branch (Latrobe to Whitney) Railroads: PRR
	The Warwick Branch (Elverson to Saint Peters) Railroads: RRR, P&R, W&N, W&R
	The Waynesboro Branch (Scotland to Waynesboro) Railroads: PRR, PC
	West Catasauqua to Lehighton Railroads: LV
	The West Chester Branch (West Chester to Frazer) Railroads: PRR, WC&P
	The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (Stroudsburg to Kingston) Railroads: ERR, NYS&W, W-B&E
	The Williamsport and North Branch Railroad (Halls to Bernice) Railroads: PRR, W&NB, MCRR
	Williamsport, PA to Elmira, NY Railroads: PRR, PC, ERR, S&NY
	The Winfield Railroad (Winfield Junction to West Winfield) Railroads: PRR, WRR
	The Wolf Creek Branch (Leesburg Station to Slippery Rock) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P
	The Yellow Creek Branch (Wandin Junction to Heilwood) Railroads: PRR
	The York Branch (Columbia to Wrightsville) Railroads: PRR, NCRR

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Other Sites and Information

Old EMD SW1 in Pennsylvania

Abandoned C&O Rockwood Connector bridge over the Cassleman River, Rockwood, PA

Some pictures and accounts of abandoned railroads in northeast region of the Keystone State

Mike Guzzi's site on Northeast Pennsylvania Abandoned Railroads

East Broad Top Railroad website by Ben Sullivan

The South Pennsylvania Railroad (surveyed, but never built)

Webpage depicting the Allegheny Portage Railroad on the NPS Website

Expedition to the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Ore Mines (Part I)

Expedition to the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Ore Mines (Part II)

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