Auburn & Susquehanna Bridge RR (Abdandoned)

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This 51-mile section was built in the 1800s and was knows as the Auburn & Susquehanna Bridge RR. It ended up at part of the Reading. It extended from Auburn to Summit and on through Pine Grove where it intersected the West End Branch of the Reading. The line then proceeded further SW through Grantville, Manada, and Linglestown to Dauphin on the Susquehanna River where it intersected the Pennsylvania RR. The line was abandoned in stages between 1937 and 1959. A remnant across Swatara Creek to a power plant in Pine Grove survived the longest. Sections of the old ROW can be made out in Pine Grove and in areas SW of Pine Grove if you know what you are looking for. The old raised ROW as it crosses Tulpehocken Street in Pine Grove played a big part in the Hurricane Agnes floods of 1972, and the ROW served to dam up water from the flooded Swatara Creek and created worse problems.

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Coordinates:   40°28'46"N   76°30'27"W

Comments

  • The info on this line seems a little off. There is an abandoned line running west of Pine Grove, PA BUT it does not go through any of the towns listed west of that area (Manda, Linglestown or Grantville), nor can a ROW be found for a railroad through those towns. The old railine that runs to Dauphin runs pretty much by itself, isolated through a very narrow valley. It is even marked on the google map as "old railroad bed".
  • This was known as the Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad, which was absorbed into The Reading.
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