Reading

Evansville PA to Slatington PA
Built by Berks County RR 1871
to Reading & Lehigh RR 1-6-1875
to Schuylkill & Lehigh RR 7-1-1880
to Philadelphia & Reading RR

Shippensburg PA to Bowmansdale PA
Built by Harrisburg & Potomac RR 1872-78
to Harrisburg & Shippensburg RR 7-22-1890
to Philadelphia Harrisburg & Pittsburgh RR 8-12-1890
to Philadelphia & Reading RR

Harrisburg PA to Reading PA
Built by Lebanon Valley RR 1857-58
to Philadelphia & Reading RR 3-20-1858

Harrisburg PA to Bowmansdale PA
Built by Philadelphia Harrisburg & Pittsburgh RR 1891
to Philadelphia & Reading RR

Harrisburg to Steelton

Hummelstown to Middletown PA
6.547 miles
Built by Middletown & Hummelstown RR 1890

Lancaster Jct to Lancaster PA
7.802 miles
Built by Reading & Columbia RR 1865-66

Lititz to Lancaster Jct
Built by Reading & Columbia RR 1861-64

Lancaster Jct to Salunga PA
Built by Reading & Columbia RR 1861-64

Raeding PA to Pottstown PA
Built by Philadelphia & Reading RR 1838
to Philadelphia & Reading Ry 11-16-1896
to Conrail 4-1-1976
to Norfolk Southern

Pottstown PA to Bridgeport PA
Built by Philadelphia & Reading RR 1838
to Philadelphia & Reading Ry 11-16-1896
to Conrail 4-1-1976
to Norfolk Southern

Bridgeport PA to Philadelphia PA
Built by Philadelphia & Reading RR 1839
to Philadelphia & Reading Ry 11-16-1896
to Conrail 4-1-1976
to Norfolk Southern

Philadelphia abandoned
to Conrail 4-1-1976?
abandoned

Port Richmond Branch

Reading PA to Port Carbon
to Norfolk Southern ?

Broad Mountain PA to Mahanoy Plane PA
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR 1861-62
to Mahanoy & Shamokin RR 9-17-1870
to Philadelphia & Reading RR 3-28-1871

Mahanoy Plane PA to Ashland PA
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR 1861-62
to Mahanoy & Shamokin RR 9-17-1870
to Philadelphia & Reading RR 3-28-1871
to Blue Mountain Reading & Northern

Untitled Path
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR
to Mahanoy & Shamokin RR 9-17-1870

Enterprise Colliery Spur

Dauphin PA to Rausch's Gap PA
Built by Dauphin & Susquehanna RR 1850-52
leased to Philadelphia & Reading RR 3-4-1857
to Schuylkill & Susquehanna RR 3-1-1859
see http://home.comcast.net/~StAnthonyWilderness/anthony.htm

Rausch's Gap to Auburn PA
Built by Dauphin & Susquehanna RR 1852-54
leased to Philadelphia & Reading RR 3-4-1857
to Schuylkill & Susquehanna RR 3-1-1859
see http://home.comcast.net/~StAnthonyWilderness/anthony.htm

Pine Grove PA to Lodberry Jct
Built by Union Canal RR 1830-33
leased to Philadelphia & Reading RR 7-26-1862
sold to Philadelphia & Reading RR 1-18-1866
See:

Lorberry Jct to Lorberry
Built by Lorberry Creek RR 1831-35
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 8-1862
transferred to Lebanon & Tremont RR 3-28-1871

Untitled Path
Built by Lorberry Creek RR 1831-35
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 8-1862
transferred to Lebanon & Tremont RR 3-28-1871
see:

Lorberry Jct to Rausch Creek Colliery
Built by Lorberry Creek RR 1852
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 8-1862
transferred to Lebanon & Tremont RR 3-28-1871
see:

Rausch Creek Colliery to Clarks Valley
Built by Lorberry Creek RR 1852-70
see:

Lincoln Colliery Spur
Built by Lorberry Creek Extension by 1870

Lorberry Spur
visible on 1939 aerial photo

Lodberry Jct to Tremont
Built by Swatara & Good Spring RR 1831-41
to Swatara RR 3-25-1841
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1-24-1863 and transferred to Good Spring RR
see

Spur
shown on 1858 map
visible in 1938 aerial photo

Colket Colliery Spur
Shown on 1858 map
abandoned

Marshfield Colliery Spur

Tremont to East Franklin
Built by Mount Eagle & Tremont RR 1853-56
controlled by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR

Donaldson PA to Good Spring Station
Built by Swatara RR 1842-51
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1-24-1863 and transferred to Good Spring RR
see

Tremont to Donaldson
Built by Swatara & Good Spring RR 1831-41
to Swatara RR 3-25-1841
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1-24-1863 and transferred to Good Spring RR
see

Good Spring Station to Good Spring Colliery
Built by Good Spring RR 1863

Good Spring Station to Brookside PA
Built by Good Spring RR 1868

Untitled Path

Schmoele Slope Spur

Eckert Colliery Spur

Williams Valley Jct to Lykens
Built by Williams Valley RR 1891-92

Middle Creek Branch
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR 1853

Swatara Branch
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR 1850

Schuylkill Haven to St. Nicholas
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR 1831

Westwood Jct to Tremont
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR 1845-47

Muddy Run Branch
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR 1836-37

Black Mine Colliery Spur

West West Branch

Minersville Spur

Wolf Creek Branch
Bought by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR from mine owners 1838

Oak Hill Colliery spur

Mill Creek Jct to Port Carbon
Built by Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation & Railroad 1829 as 40" gauge
to standard gauge 1844
to Norfolk Southern ?

Port Carbon to Broad Mountain
Built by Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation & Railroad 1829 as 40" gauge
to standard gauge 1844

Mill Creek Jct to Middleport PA
Built by Schuylkill Valley Navigation & Railroad 1829-30 as 40" gauge
to standard gauge 1844
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1843
to Norfolk Southern ?

Middleport PA to Tuscarora PA
Built by Schuylkill Valley Navigation & Railroad 1829-30 as 40" gauge
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1843
abandoned

Tuscarora PA to Newkirk
Built by Schuylkill Valley Navigation & Railroad 1859
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 1843

Franklin Iron Works spur

Eagle Hill Branch

Palmer Vein Branch

Silver Creek Branch

Cedar Hill Colliery spur

Kaska William Branch

Swift Creek Branch

Bell Colliery spur

Red Ash Slope spur

Tuscarora spur

Kentucky Branch

Buckville Branch

Wabash Branch

Newkirk Branch

Newkirk Old Branch

Pinedale Colliery Spur

Woodburn Colliery Spur

spur

Pine Forest Branch

Minersville Furnace Spur

St Nicholas to Mine Hill Gap

Mount Carbon PA to Palo Alto
Built by Mount Carbon & Port Carbon RR 1842-44
controlled by Philadelphia & Reading RR

Mine Hill Gap to Gordon
abandoned Aug 18, 1896

Peaked Mountain Branch

Richardson Colliery spur

Gordon Plane to Ashland PA

Gordon Plane to Locustdale
"Big Run Branch"

Centralia Branch
Built by Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR ca1860

Locustdale PA to Locust Gap

Hannons Colliery spur

Cambrian Colliery spur

Locust Run Colliery spur

Mahanoy Plane to Waste House Run
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR 1861-62
to Blue Mountain Reading & Northern

Shenandoah Branch
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR 1863
to Blue Mountain Reading & Northern

Shenandoah Branch
Built by Mahanoy & Broad Mountain RR 1863

Locust Spring Colliery spur

Mount Carmel Shaft Colliery spur

Reliance Colliery spur

Mt Carmel Jct to Natalie PA
5.864 miles
Built by Mount Carmel & Natalie RR 1891
to Mount Carmel RR 1907

Locust Gap to Shamokin
Built by Enterprise RR 1868-69

Helfenstein Branch
Built by Mahanoy Valley RR 1869

Herndon PA to Port Trevorton
Built by Susquehanna & Union Bridge Co 1850-54
to Trevorton & Susquehanna RR 4-22-1854
to Trevorton Coal & RR 4-28-1856
to Trevorton Coal Co. 12-8-1860
to Zerbe Valley RR 1867

Herndon PA to Trevorton PA
Built by Trevorton Mahanoy & Susquehanna RR 1850-54
to Trevorton & Susquehanna RR 4-22-1854
to Trevorton Coal & RR 4-28-1856
to Trevorton Coal Co. 12-8-1860
to Zerbe Valley RR 1867

Shamokin PA to Trevorton PA
Built by Shamokin & Trevorton RR 1850-54

North Franklin No 2 Breaker spur

Bear Valley Colliery spur

Burnside Colliery Spur

George Fales Colliery spur

Laurel Ridge Colliery spur

Gilberton Colliery spur

Draper Colliery spur

Boston Run Colliery spur

Ellen Gowan Colliery spur

Tunnel Ridge Colliery spur

Shamokin PA to Winfield PA
Built by Shamokin Sunbury & Lewisburg RR 1883
Leased to Philadelphia & Reading RR 7-2-1883

Winfield PA to West Milton PA
Built by Shamokin Sunbury & Lewisburg RR 1883
Leased to Philadelphia & Reading RR 7-2-1883

Port Clinton PA to Tamanend PA
Built by Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Co 1829-31
to Little Schuylkill Navigation RR & Coal Co 4-23-1839
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 4-1-1863

Tamarend PA to Roan
Built by Tamaqua Hazleton & Northern RR 1891-92
route uncertain near Tresckow due tomining

Tamarend PA to Milton PA
Built by Catawissa Williamsport & Erie RR 1854
to Catawissa RR 8-26-1860
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 4-1-1863

Tamaqua PA to Newkirk
Built by Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Co
to Little Schuylkill Navigation RR & Coal Co 4-23-1839
to Philadelphia & Reading RR control 4-1-1863

East Mahanoy Jct to Waste House Branch
Built by East Mahanoy RR 1854
leased to Little Schuylkill Navigation RR & Coal Co 1859

Mahanoy Tunnel Station to Haucks
Built by East Mahanoy RR
leased to Little Schuylkill Navigation RR & Coal Co 1859

Milton to West Milton PA
Built by Catawissa Williamsport & Erie RR 1854
to Catawissa RR 8-26-1860

West Milton PA to White Deer PA
Built by Catawissa RR 1871

White Deer PA to Montgomery PA
Built by Catawissa RR 1871

Montgomery to Williamsport PA
Built by Catawissa RR 1871

Rupert to Bloomsburg PA
Built by Rupert & Bloomsburg RR 1889

Muhlenberg PA to Allentown PA
Built by East Pennsylvania RR 1857-59

Temple PA to Evansville PA
Built by Berks County RR 1871
to Reading & Lehigh RR 1-6-1875
to Schuylkill & Lehigh RR 7-1-1880

Allentown wye

Allentown spur

Topton PA to Kutztown PA
Built by Allentown RR 1870

Alburtus PA to Metamora
Built by Catasauqua & Fogelsville RR 1857

Metamora to Catasauqua PA
Built by Catasauqua & Fogelsville RR 1857

Chapman Branch
Built by Catasauqua & Fogelsville RR 1906

Breinigsville Branch

Alburtus to Rittenhouse Gap

Gehman Branch

Emmaus Jct to Pennsburg PA
Built by Perkiomen RR 1868-75

Grater's Ford to Pennsburg PA
Built by Perkiomen RR 1868-75

Grater's Ford to Perkiomen Jct
Built by Perkiomen RR 1867-68

Perkiomen Jct

Lititz PA to Sinking Spring

Salunga PA existing

Salunga to Columbia PA

Lancaster abandoned

Manheim PA existing

Manheim PA to Mt Hope

Marietta Jct to

Lebanon PA to Lebanon-Schuylkill County Line
Built by Lebanon & Pine Grove RR 1869
to Lebanon & Tremont RR 3-28-1871

Lebanon-Schuylkill Co Line to Pine Grove PA
Built by Pine Grove & Lebanon RR 1869
to Lebanon & Tremont RR 3-28-1871

Pottstown PAto Boyertown PA
Built by Colebrookdale RR 1869

Boyertown PA to Barto PA
Built by Colebrookdale RR 1869

Byers PA to Phoenixville PA

to Gwynedd PA
Built by North Pennsylvania RR 1855

Gwynedd PA to Quakertown PA
Built by North Pennsylvania RR 1857

Quakertown PA to Freemansburg PA
Built by North Pennsylvania RR 1857

Wilmington existing

Wilmington to Elsmere Jct
Built by Wilmington & Reading RR 1869
to Wilmington & Northern RR 12-4-1876

Elsmere Jct DE to Coatesville PA
Built by Wilmington & Reading RR 1869
to Wilmington & Northern RR 12-4-1876

Birdsboro to Coatesville PA

Elverson PA to St. Peters PA

Joanna PA spur

Bridgeport PA to Downington PA
construction started by Norristown & Valley RR
to Chester Valley RR 10-26-1850
completed 1853
to Philadelphia & Chester Valley RR 1-17-1888

Cedar Hollw to Devault

Exton spur

Montchanin DE to Rockland DE

Kentmere Jct to Kentmere DE

Newbridge to Hagley Yard DE

Wilmington spur

Lansdale PA to Doylestown PA

Lansdale PA to Norristown PA
Built by Stony Creek RR 1871-74

New Hope PA to Hartsville PA
Built by North East Pennsylvania RR 1891

Bucks County Line to Hartsville PA
Built by North East Pennsylvania RR 1874

Glenside PA to Bucks County Line
Built by North East Pennsylvania RR 1872

Oreland existing

Oreland PA to Carson's Lime Kilns
Built by Plymouth RR 1868

Plymouth Jct to Carson's Lime Kilns
Built by Plymouth RR 1836-40

Philadelphia PA to

Philadelphia to Germantown PA
Built by Philadelphia Germantown & Norristown RR 1832

Germantown abandoned
Built by Philadelphia Germantown & Norristown RR 1832

Norristown PA
Built by Philadelphia Germantown & Norristown RR 1835

16th St Jct to Norristown PA

Norristown bridge

Industrial spur

Port Kennedy spur

Germantown to Chestnut Hill
Built by Chestnut Hill RR 1870

Jenkintown PA to Yardley PA

Yardley PA to Manville NJ
Built by Delaware & Bound Brook RR 1876

Manville abandoned

Manville to Bound Brook Jct
Built by Delaware & Bound Brook RR 1876

Manville NJ to Bound Brook NJ
out of service

Bound Brook NJ to Port Reading

Port Reading

West Trenton NJ existing
Built by Delaware & Bound Brook RR

West Trenton to Trenton NJ
Built by Delaware & Bound Brook RR

Trenton to East Trenton NJ
Built by East Trenton RR 1884

Wayne Jct to Tabor Jct

Olney to Cheltenham PA
Construction started by Philadelphia & Newtown RR 1872
to Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR 1-29-1873
completed 1875

Newtown Jct to Olney PA
Built by Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR 1892

Olney to Philadelphia
Construction started by Philadelphia & Newtown RR 1872
to Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR 1-29-1873
completed 1875

Cheltenham PA to Fox Chase PA
Built by Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR 1876

Fox Chase to Newtown PA
Built by Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR 1878

Freight main

Cheltenham to Neshaminy Falls
Built by New York Short Line RR 1906

Eastwick to Essington
Built by Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore RR 1836
to Pennsylvania RR control 3-1881
new route built 11-1872 and old route sold to Philadelphia & Reading RR 1873

Essington PA to Chester PA
Built by Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore RR 1836
to Pennsylvania RR control 3-1881
new route built 11-1872 and old route sold to Philadelphia & Reading RR 1873

Chester PA to Marcus Hook PA
Built by Chester & Delaware River RR 1876

Marcus Hook

Edison NJ branch

Gettysburg Jct to Carlisle Jct
Built by South Mountain Iron Co 1868-69
to South Mountain Ry and Iron Co 7-14-1877
to Gettysburg & Harrisburg Ry 7-30-1891

Carlisle Jct to Hunters Run PA
Built by South Mountain Iron Co 1868-69
to South Mountain Ry and Iron Co 7-14-1877
to Gettysburg & Harrisburg Ry 7-30-1891

Hunters Run to Pine Grove Furnace PA
Built by South Mountain Iron Co 1868-69
to South Mountain Ry and Iron Co 7-14-1877
to Gettysburg & Harrisburg Ry 7-30-1891

Hunters Run to Gettysburg PA
Built by Gettysburg & Harrisburg RR 1884
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Ry 7-30-1891

Gettysburg PA to Round Top
Built by Gettysburg & Harrisburg RR 1884
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Ry 7-30-1891

old route

Ore Bank to Cleversburg Jct PA

Shippensburg PA to Lurgan

Klapperthall Jct to Belt Line Jct
Built by Reading Belt RR 1900-1902
controlled by Philadelphia & Reading RR

Reading wye

Reading to Blandon
Built by East Pennsylvania RR 1857-59

Birdsboro to Cumru

Reading spur

Pottsville existing
Built by Mount Carbon RR 1829-31

Mount Carbon East Branch
Built by Mount Carbon RR 1829-31

Mount Carbon West Branch
Built by Mount Carbon RR 1829-31

Lofty to Silver Brook

Atlantic City RR

South Camden to Winslow Jct
Built by Philadelphia & Atlantic City Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
to Philadelphia & Atlantic City RR 2-24-1883
to Atlantic City RR 4-1-1889
controlled by Philadelphia & Reading RR
to Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 7-15-1933

Winslow Jct to Atlantic City
Built by Philadelphia & Atlantic City Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
to Philadelphia & Atlantic City RR 2-24-1883
to Atlantic City RR 4-1-1889
to Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 7-15-1933

Williamstown to Glassboro
Built by Williamstown & Delaware River RR 1883-84
to Atlantic City RR 4-1-1889
to Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 7-15-1933

Atco to Williamstown
Built by Williamstown RR 1874
to Williamstown & Delaware River RR 10-6-1883

Glassboro to Mullica Hill NJ
Built by Williamstown & Delaware River RR 1888

Pal to Ocean City NJ
Built by Ocean City RR 1897-98

Ocean City Jct to Pal NJ
Built by Ocean City RR 1897-98

Ocean City Jct to Sea Isle City
Built by South Jersey RR 1894
to Seacoast RR 4-28-1898

Winslow Jct to Ocean City Jct
Built by South Jersey RR 1894
to Seacoast RR 4-28-1898

Camden to South Camden
Built by Philadelphia & Atlantic City RR

Tuckahoe to Cape May NJ
Built by South Jersey RR 1894
to Seacoast RR 4-28-1898

Wildwood Jct to Wildwood
Built by Wildwood & Delaware Bay RR
to Atlantic City RR

South Camden abandoned
Built by Philadelphia & Atlantic City Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
to Philadelphia & Atlantic City RR 2-24-1883

Camden
2nd Atlantic City RR terminal

Gloucester to Mount Ephraim NJ
Built by Camden Gloucester & Mount Ephraim Ry 1874

Mount Ephraim NJ to Bellmawr
Built by Camden County RR 1891

Bellawr NJ to Grenloch NJ
Built by Camden County RR 1891

Camden Station Lead

Camden to Gloucester
Built by Camden County RR 1891
to Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

Atlantic City Station East

Atlantic City Station west

Brigantine Branch

Stone Harbor Branch

Philadelphia

Crescent spur

Reading Sidings & Spurs

1916 Sanborn Maps

Mainline W From Vol 1 2 and 3 1916

Philadelphia & Reading RR

Reading Turntable

Reading Turntable
Not shown on Sanborn map but is shown on 1922 Hopkins Map

Callowhill to Riverfront from Vol 3 and 4

Front St spur

Yard

Erie Ave Yard

Philadelphia Newtown & New York RR

From 1919 Sanborn Vol 9

From 1921 Sanborn Vol 12

From 1925 Hopkins

Existing 2016

Mainline

Existing

Abandoned

From 1925 Bromley Maps

From 1916 Sanborn Vol 3

Philadelphia & Reading RR
not on Sanborn, but does appear on 1922 Bromley Map

Philadelphia & Reading RR
Not on Sanborn, but does appear on 1922 Bromley Map

Mainline 16th St to Norristown

"Bellevue Branch"