Abandonments

	The Bellwood Branch (Altoona to Bellwood) Railroads: PRR
	Auburn to Dauphin Railroads: RRR, PRR, A&SB
	The Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad (Baltimore, MD to York, PA) Railroads: MC, PBRy, B&D, B&L, M&P
	The Bradenville Branch (Bradenville to Atlantic) Railroads: PRR
	The Bridgeville and McDonald Branch (Bridgeville to Cecil) Railroads: CR, PRR, PCC&StL
	The Butler Branch (Callery to Ribold) Railroads: B&P, B&O
	The Canoe Creek Branch (Canoe Creek Junction to Moores Mills) Railroads: PRR
	Carlisle to Carlisle Junction Railroads: RRR
	The Catawissa Branch (Catawissa to Rock Glen Junction) Railroads: PRR
	The Millers Run Extension (Cecil to Bishop) Railroads: PRR, PCC&StL
	The Brandywine Summit Branch (Chadds Ford to Brandywine Summit) Railroads: PRR
	Chambersburg to Shippensburg Railroads: CSX, B&O, WM, CS
	The Chester Creek Branch (Chester to Chadds Ford) Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Crum Creek Branch (Chester to Crum Creek) Railroads: B&O, B&P
	The Peters Creek Branch (Clairton to Snowden) Railroads: PRR
	Coatesville to Birdsboro Railroads: CR, PRR, W&N, W&R, P&R, PC
	The Abandoned Rails of Coatesville (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Ellsworth Branch (Cokeburg Junction to Marianna) Railroads: CR, PRR, PC
	The Columbia and Reading Railroad (Columbia to Reading) Railroads: C&R
	The York Branch (Columbia to Wrightsville) Railroads: PRR, NCRR
	The Cornwall Ore Banks Branch (Cornwall to Ore Banks) Railroads: PRR
	The Clermont Branch (Coryville to Clermont) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P
	The Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad (Coudersport to Port Allegany) Railroads: WA&G, C&PA
	Crane Junction to Catasauqua Railroads: L&NE
	Croyland to Hallton Railroads: PRR, CRRy
	The Leiper Railroad (Crum Creek to Ridley Creek) Railroads: LRy
	The Alexandria Branch (Donohoe to New Alexandria) Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Chester Valley Branch (Downington to Bridgeport) Railroads: CR, RRR, P&CV
	The Mahoning Branch (Dunbar to Mahoning Works) Railroads: PRR
	The Opossum Run Branch (Dunbar to Vance's Mill) Railroads: PRR
	The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad (Dunkirk, NY to Titusville, PA) Railroads: NYC, CR, NYC&HR, DAV&P, WPGRR, DW&P, PC
	The East Brady Branch (East Brady, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Warwick Branch (Elverson to Saint Peters) Railroads: RRR, W&N, W&R, P&R
	The Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad (Falls Creek to Reynoldsville) Railroads: B&O, R&FC, FCRR, BR&P
	The Dunbar Branch (Ferguson to Pechin) Railroads: PRR
	The Fort Washington Branch (Fort Hill to Cresheim) Railroads: PRR, CRy
	The Newtown Branch (Fox Chase to Newtown) Railroads: CR, RRR
	NYC's Franklin Division (Franklin, PA to Cleveland, OH) Railroads: NYC, PRR, CTRy, NC&F, WNY&P, NYC&HR, JCRR, F&C, JF&C, AC&J, PC, LS&MS, J&F, CP&A, JRR, OCRR, CRR, NC&BV, LSRy, MCRR
	The Frazer Branch (Frazer to Phoenixville) Railroads: CR, PRR, NS, PC
	The Philadelphia and Thorndale Branch (Frazer to Thorndale) Railroads: CR, PRR, PC
	Frederick, MD to Hanover, PA Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad (French Creek Junction to Saint Peters) Railroads: DR&L
	The Boswell Branch (Friedens to Boswell) Railroads: B&O
	The New Portage Railroad (Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg) Railroads: NPRR, CR, PRR, PC
	The Pennville Branch (Grampaign, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Grindstone Branch (Grindstone to Chestnut Ridge) Railroads: PRR
	The Williamsport and North Branch Railroad (Halls to Bernice) Railroads: PRR, W&NB, MCRR
	The Streets Run Branch (Hays Station to Willock) Railroads: PRR
	The Hickman Branch (Hickman Run Junction to The Cora Mines) Railroads: B&O
	The Landenburg Branch (Hockessin, DE to Landenburg, PA) Railroads: B&O, D&W, B&P
	The Allegheny Portage Railroad (Hollidaysburg to Johnstown) Railroads: APRR
	The Tearing Run Branch (Homer to Tearing Run Mine) Railroads: PRR
	The Hunker Branch (Hunker, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad (Huntingdon to Mount Dallas) Railroads: H&BTM
	The Mayes Branch (Irvona to McGees) Railroads: PRR, P&NW
	The South Witmer Branch (Irvona, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Kinzua Viaduct (Kane to Bradford) Railroads: P&W, B&O, K&K, ERR
	The Kinzua Branch (Kinzua to West Line) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P, BNY&P
	The Knickerbocker Spur (Knickerbocker to Frazer) Railroads: PRR
	The Niver Branch (Kreitzburg to Niverton) Railroads: B&O
	The New Holland Branch (Lancaster to Downington) Railroads: PRR, EB&W, D&L, PC
	The Lancaster Branch (Lancaster Junction to Natalie) Railroads: PRR, SV&P
	The Ligonier Valley Railorad (Latrobe to Ligonier ) Railroads: PRR, LVRR, NS, PC
	The Unity Branch (Latrobe to Whitney) Railroads: PRR
	The Wolf Creek Branch (Leesburg Station to Slippery Rock) Railroads: PRR, WNY&P
	The Bachman Valley Railroad (Lineboro to Ebbvale) Railroads: BVRR, WM
	The Lewistown Branch (Maitland to Kreamer) Railroads: PRR
	The Mercersburg Branch (Marion to Mercersburg) Railroads: PRR
	Mechanicsburg to Dillsburg Railroads: CR, PRR, PC, DMRR, CVRR
	The Lykens Valley Rail Road (Millersburg to Williamstown) Railroads: PRR, LVRR
	The Mount Carmal and Natalie Railroad (Mount Carmel to Natalie) Railroads: RRR, MC&N
	The Richards Colliery Branch (Mount Carmel to Richard Colliery Mine) Railroads: PRR, SV&P
	The East Broad Top Railroad (Mount Union to Alvan) Railroads: EBTRR
	The New Castle Branch (New Castle to Stoneboro) Railroads: PRR, NC&F, WNY&P, NC&OC, OC&C, BNY&P, PC
	New Freedom, PA to Ashland, MD Railroads: PRR, PC, B&S, NCRR
	Newark, DE to Landenburg, PA Railroads: PRR
	The Pomeroy Branch (Newark, DE to Pomeroy, PA) Railroads: PC, N&P, CR, PRR, PB&W
	The Octoraro Banch (Nottingham, PA to Octoraro, MD) Railroads: P&BC, PB&W, PW&B, PRR
	The Susquehanna Connecting Railroad (Old Forge to Hillside Junction) Railroads: SCRR, NYS&W, W-B&E, ERR
	The Atglen and Susquehanna Branch (Parkesburg to Creswell) Railroads: RRR, PRR
	The Penfield Branch (Penfield, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Perkiomen Branch (Perkiomen Junction to Emmaus) Railroads: RRR, N&F, N&A, PRR, P&R
	The Schuylkill Branch (Philadelphia to Delano Junction) Railroads: PRR, LV, P&M
	The Pickering Valley Railroad (Phoenixville to Byers) Railroads: RRR, PVRR, P&R
	The South Pennsylvania Railroad (Pittsburgh to Harrisburg) Railroads: SPRR
	The Minersville Branch (Pottsville to Minersville) Railroads: PRR
	Quinsonia, PA to Edgemont, MD Railroads: WM
	The Nescopeck Branch (Rock Glen to Nescopeck) Railroads: PRR
	The Blacklegs Creek Branch (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Lyons Run Branch (Sanders to Pleasant Valley) Railroads: PRR
	The Easler Branch (Saunders, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR
	The Auburn Branch (Sayre, PA to Auburn, NY) Railroads: CR, LV, NY&OM
	The Waynesboro Branch (Scotland to Waynesboro) Railroads: PRR, PC
	Shamokin to Port Trevorton Railroads: CR, P&R, T&S
	The Shamrock Branch (Shamrock, Pennsylvania) Railroads: PRR, MRy
	Shippensburg to Isle Railroads: PRR, PC
	The Llanfair Branch (Sidman to Krayn) Railroads: PRR
	The Smith's Ferry Branch (Smith's Ferry, PA to Negley, OH) Railroads: NYC, PRR, Y&S, P&LE
	The Grassy Run Branch (Smithfield to Point Marion) Railroads: B&O
	The Little Muddy Run Branch (Smoke Run to Almaden) Railroads: PRR
	The Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad (Sonestown to Masten) Railroads: S&EM, EMRR
	Sproul to Mount Dallas Railroads: CR, PRR, PC
	The Fairbrook Branch (Stover to Fairbrook) Railroads: PRR
	The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (Stroudsburg to Kingston) Railroads: NYS&W, W-B&E, ERR
	Torrance to Blairsville Railroads: PRR
	Tremont to Lebanon Railroads: CR, RRR
	The Coal Lick Run Branch (Uniontown to Hoover) Railroads: PRR
	The Keister Branch (Waltersburg to Kiesterville) Railroads: PRR
	The Yellow Creek Branch (Wandin Junction to Heilwood) Railroads: PRR
	West Catasauqua to Lehighton Railroads: LV
	The West Chester Branch (West Chester to Frazer) Railroads: PRR, WC&P
	The Salisbury Viaduct (West Meyersdale, Pennsylvania) Railroads: WM
	The Keating Summit Branch (Wharton to Keating Summit) Railroads: B&S, B&O
	Williamsport, PA to Elmira, NY Railroads: PRR, PC, ERR, S&NY
	The Snow Shoe Branch (Wingate to Snow Shoe) Railroads: PRR
	The Newtown Square Branch (Yeadon to Newtown Square) Railroads: PRR, P&DC, PW&B
	The Sewickley Branch (Youngwood to Mammoth) Railroads: PRR

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Other Sites and Information

Mike Guzzi's site on Northeast Pennsylvania Abandoned Railroads

East Broad Top Railroad website by Ben Sullivan

The South Pennsylvania Railroad (surveyed, but never built)

Some pictures and accounts of abandoned railroads in northeast region of the Keystone State

Abandoned C&O Rockwood Connector bridge over the Cassleman River, Rockwood, PA

Old EMD SW1 in Pennsylvania

Webpage depicting the Allegheny Portage Railroad on the NPS Website

Expedition to the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Ore Mines (Part I)

Expedition to the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Ore Mines (Part II)

Do you know of any abandoned rails in Pennsylvania? Please . You will get credit for anything you contribute.