Shamokin Valley Railroad

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Shamokin Valley Railroad
logo_filename=Shamokin Valley Railroad Herald.gif
logo_size=
marks=SVRR
locale=Pennsylvania
start_year=1989
end_year=present
old_gauge=
hq_city=Northumberland, PA

The Shamokin Valley Railroad reporting mark|SVRR is a short line that operates 27 miles of track in southern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System.

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.

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.

History

The line operated by the Shamokin Valley Railroad was formerly part of Conrail. SEDA-COG JRA (Susquehanna Economic Development Association - Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority) 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.

See also

* List of Pennsylvania railroads
* Stourbridge Railroad (also operated by Robey Railroads)

External links

* [http://www.nshr.com/SVRR/svrr.shtml Shamokin Valley Railroad]