Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad

Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	Sunbury
Locale	Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	1871–1957 (sections open to present)
Predecessor	Middle Creek Railroad (1868-1871)
Successor	Pennsylvania Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	50 miles

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Legend
Sunbury Selinsgrove Junction Northern Central Railway to Harrisburg Selinsgrove Bridge over Susquehanna River to Shamokin Dam US 15 Penns Creek Selinsgrove Clifford Pawling Middle Creek (Penns Creek) Kreamer Meiser Middleburg Paxtonville Beavertown Beaver Springs (Adamsburgh) Raub's Mill McClure ("Stuckton") Wagner Shindle Paintersville Maitland Kishacoquillas Creek Pennsylvania Railroad to Milroy Lewistown Juniata River Lewistown Junction

The Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad was a Class I Railroad connecting Lewistown, Pennsylvania with Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Completed in December 1871, the line was placed under an immediate lease by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), upon its completion. Although retaining its own board of directors and track maintenance, all locomotive traffic was owned by the PRR. For over eighty years, the line operated between Sunbury and Lewistown, serving as a relief line for both the Philadelphia Main Line and Bald Eagle Valley Railroad through Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The line was noteworthy as a proving ground for new railroad technology in the United States, such as the X-shaped railroad crossing signs in 1917 (now nearly ubiquitous in the United States) and Pulse Code Cab Signaling technology in 1925. It is now a fallen flag railway, the name "Sunbury and Lewistown" having been phased out in 1901 when the line became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Sunbury Division.