Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad

Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad
Depot in Newport
Locale	Perry County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	1890–1935
Track gauge	3 ft  (914 mm)
Length	30.67 miles
Website	Big Spring State Park [1]

The Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad was a nineteenth century, narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania.^[1] It ran from Newport, Pennsylvania to New Germantown, Pennsylvania. It carried lumber, and transferred it to the standard gauge Pennsylvania Railroad at Newport. The right of way was extended to an uncompleted tunnel through Conococheague Mountain, started in an attempt to connect with the Path Valley Railroad. This right of way was later used by the Perry Lumber Railroad.

Restored depot in Blain, Pennsylvania

References

1. ^ Pennsylvania Bureau of Industrial Statistics, Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs (1907) (web facsimile). Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania: Dept. of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Industrial Statistics. p. 181. http://books.google.com/books?id=Af8VAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2008-12-31. 

See also

• Photo of uncompleted tunnel [2]