The Bedford Branch, previously the Bedford Division and then the Juniata Division, was a rail line owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Middle Division in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
The line ran from the Morrisons Cove Branch at Brookes Mills south via Bedford to the Maryland state line. The PRR had trackage rights south to Cumberland over the Western Maryland Railway's State Line Branch.Pennsylvania Railroad, 1941 Division Accounting Maps Only the line from Brookes Mills south to Sproul is still in use, as a line of the Everett Railroad.
History The Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad opened from the state line north via Bedford to Mount Dallas (at the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company) in 1871; , January 2005 Edition the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad built a connecting branch in Maryland. , February 2005 Edition The Dunnings Creek Branch, later part of the main line, opened from Dunnings Creek Junction (near Bedford) north, through Cessna, to ore mines at Holderbaum in 1873., February 2005 Edition The Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland was chartered in 1876 to build an independent connection from the state line to Cumberland. The road opened in 1879 and in 1888 was merged into the Georges Creek and Cumberland RailroadHicks, W. Raymond. "Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland." The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin 85 (1952): 9-10. and later became part of the Western Maryland Railway. , April 2006 Edition
In 1891, the Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad opened an extension from Cessna north to near Imler,PRR Corporate History: Pennsylvania Railroad and completed the line to Brookes Mills in 1910. This connected it to the rest of the PRR system via the Morrisons Cove Branch; it had formerly only been connected via the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company. , March 2005 Edition
Infrastructure Two editions of the Pennsylvania Railroad's CT 1000, Lists of Stations and Sidings and Instructions for Making Reports to the Superintendent Car Service, (1923, 1945) serve as the basic guide for the line.
Brookes Mills, Pa to Dunning's Creek Junction, Pa +StationCT-1000 EditionNoteLineside Facilities Dist. from Brookes Mills5115Brookes Mills, Pa1923/1945Jct. Morison's Cove BranchTelephone Office0.01923Passing Siding0.2BROOKBlock-Limit Station0.04070Brookes Mills, Pa1923StationNo siding1923/1945Passing SidingNo carload delivery0.21923Interchange SidingSiding - No carload delivery0.41945Standard Oil Co. No. 3Siding for individual use1.14071East Freedom, Pa1945StationTelephone Office1.51923E. R. Baldridge & Co. No. 1Siding for individual use5.44072Claysburg, Pa1923/1945General Refractories Co. No. 6Siding for individual use1923/1945StationTelephone Office Water towerPhotographic evidence6.11945L. H. DiehlSiding for individual use6.21923/1945Passing SidingNo carload delivery6.34074Sproul, Pa1923/1945General Refractories Co. No. 3 ('23), No. 7 ('45)Siding for individual use7.41923StationTelephone Office7.64075Queen, PaPrior to 1923Passing Siding1923StationTelephone Office9.21945Telephone Office4076Summit, Pa1923Passing SidingNo carload delovery10.24078Imler, Pa1923/1945Passing SidingNo carload delivery13.01923StationTelephone Office13.34080Osterberg, Pa1923Passing SidingNo carload delivery15.61923StationTelephone Office15.71945Telephone Office4081Reynoldsdale, Pa1923Passing SidingNo carload delivery18.01923StationTelephone Office18.11945Telephone Office4082Fishertown, Pa1923/1945StationTelephone Office20.34084Cessna, Pa1923/1945Passing SidingNo carload delivery22.040851923StationTelephone Office22.61945Telephone Office1923Blackburn Milling Co.Siding for individual useSmith's Crossing, Pa1923StationNo siding24.1Hughes, Pa1923StationNo siding25.94090Younts, Pa1923Station27.3194540911923Passing sidingNo carload delivery27.5Chalybeate, Pa1923StationNo siding29.9CREEKBlock-Limit Station30.44092Dunning's Creek Jct1945No siding30.5
Mt. Dallas Branch, Pa +StationCT-1000 EditionNoteLineside FacilitiesDistance From Mt. DallasDistance From Brookes MillsCREEKBlock-Limit Station7.030.44092Dunning's Creek Jct1923/1945Jct Mt. Dallas BranchNo siding6.930.54150Cliffs, Pa1923StationNo siding6.431.0Tate Ganister Rock Co.For individual use6.231.24148Hartley, Pa1923StationNo siding4.233.2PassingNo carload delivery4.333.14147Lutzville, Pa1923Station3.334.119454146Ashcom, Pa1923J. E. Thropp No. 4For individual use1.735.71945New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. No. 2For individual use1923Station4145Earlston, Pa1923Barclay Gannister Rock Co. For individual use0.337.1J. E. Thropp No. 1For individual use/Switch connection with H&BTMRR0.3MDMt. Dallas, Pa1923/1945Jct H&BTMRRTelephone Office37.4Passing SidingNo carload deliveryDALLASBlock-Limit Station37.4
Dunning's Creek Junction, Pa to Cumberland, Md +StationCT-1000 EditionNoteLineside FacilitiesDistance From Mt. DallasDistance From Brookes Mills1923Allen C. BlackburnFor individual use7.330.94152Bedford, Pa1945Kund Cabinet Co.For individual use1923/1945Davidson Bros.For individual use7.831.41923Bedford Electric Light, Heat, & Power CoFor individual use1923/1945Public DeliveryFor individual use7.931.51923Blackburn-Russell Co, and Public DeliveryFor individual use1923Public Delivery and H. C. Metzger Supply Co.For individual use1945Blackburn-Russell Co. and Freight HouseFor individual use1945FORD - Block-Limit Station1945W. R. Lysinger and May & BigleyFor individual use8.031.61923/1945StationTelephone OfficeWater towerTurntable and Engineshed1923/1945Carlton HeckermanFor individual use8.331.91945Sinclair Refining Co. No. 5For individual use1945Public deliveryFor individual use1923/1945Supplee-Wills-Jones Co. No. 2For individual use8.432.01945The Texas Co.For individual use1945Petroleum Economy Products Co.For individual use8.532.14155Wolfsburg, Pa1923StationTelephone Office10.834.519454155AAtlantic Refining Co. No. 91923/1945For individual use11.535.24156E. R. Baldridge & Co. No. 21923/1945For individual use11.735.44157Napier, Pa1923Station12.936.54160Manns Choice, Pa1923Passing SidingNo carload delivery15.639.21923/1945StationTelephone Office15.939.51923John M. Egolf & H. F. W. MillerFor individual use16.339.9Elk Tanning Co. No. 10For individual use4164Sulphur Springs1923Station18.141.74165Buffalo Mills, Pa1923/1945StationTelephone Office21.144.7Passing SidingNo carload delivery21.344.94167Bard, Pa1923Station22.546.14169Madley, Pa1923Station24.848.419454169ALeap Ganister Rock Co.1945For individual use25.248.84170Fossilville Gravel Pit1923For individual use26.450.1HYHyndman, Pa1945StationTelephone Office31.054.61945Jct. B&O RR31.254.81945Penna. Post & Lumber Co.For individual use31.254.8STATEBlock-Limit Station37.160.74182State Line, PaTelephone Office38.462.01945ShopsRoundhouse https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME00596A38.662.3TurntableCoalingWater https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME00592AYard https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME00595A1945Passing SidingNo carload delivery38.662.31945Jct. Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR38.762.3CUCumberland, Md1945Jct. Western Maryland Railway38.462.01945Pennsylvania-Maryland State LineNo siding38.662.31945City Jct. B&O RRTelephone Office44.167.71945StationTelephone Office45.068.61945Ridgley Yard46.069.6
References