The Everett Railroad (reporting mark EV) is a shortline and heritage railroad that operates on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrison's Cove Railroad, from Roaring Spring to Curryville and Martinsburg.
 Everett Railroad GP16 1712 passing Renaissance Nutrition near Martinsburg, PA. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Duncansville, Pennsylvania |
| Reporting mark | EV |
| Locale | Pennsylvania |
| Dates of operation | 1954–1982 1984–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The affiliated Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad (reporting mark HRS), which the Everett Railroad operates both under contract and via trackage rights, connects the two segments to each other and to the Norfolk Southern Railway (ex-Conrail) in Hollidaysburg. The Everett Railroad name refers to its former location near Everett, abandoned in 1982.[1]
History
editThe Everett Railroad was incorporated in April 1954 to take over a portion of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company (H&BT) near Everett, which was abandoned in May of that year.[2] The line, which extended north from the end of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Mt. Dallas Branch at Mount Dallas to a point near Tatesville, parallel to PA Route 26,[3] had been constructed from 1859 to 1863 by the Bedford Railroad, which was merged into the H&BT in 1864.[4]
Conrail discontinued service on the then-Mt. Dallas Secondary in October 1982, severing the Everett Railroad's ties to the outside world and forcing its abandonment.[1]
The company was revived in May 1984, when it acquired a part of Conrail's Bedford Secondary between Brooks Mill and Sproul. Completed in 1910 by the Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad, this line had connected to the Mt. Dallas Secondary near Bedford until 1982.[5]
A second line, the Morrison's Cove Secondary from Roaring Spring to Curryville, along with a short branch into Martinsburg, was acquired by the Morrison's Cove Railroad, organized by local shippers, in mid-1982.[6] The shippers initially contracted with the Allegheny Southern Railway (reporting mark ASRW), which operated the line from September 1982 to the end of 1984, but on January 1, 1985, the Everett Railroad took over operations.[1] This line had been constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad itself in 1871.[5]
Conrail continued to operate the remainder of the Morrison's Cove Secondary, from Roaring Spring through Brooks Mill to Hollidaysburg, until Alan W. Maples, owner of the Everett Railroad, organized the Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad (H&RS) and bought the line in March 1995.[1] Simultaneously, the Everett Railroad acquired trackage rights to Hollidaysburg,[7] and began operating the H&RS under contract.[8]
Rolling stock
editCurrently rostered locomotives
edit| Number | Type | Wheel Arrangement | Classification | Builder | Built | Serial Number | Former | Status | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Steam | 2-6-0 | 260-111 | American Locomotive Company (Cooke Locomotive Works) | 1920 | 62635 | Narragansett Pier Railroad | Operational | Yes | Purchased by the Everett Railroad in 2006. Restored to operating condition in October 2015. Converted to burn oil in March 2022. |
| 38 | Steam | 2-8-0 | Class 37 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1927 | 59946 | Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company | Undergoing restoration | No | Purchased at an auction from the Knox and Kane Railroad in 2008. |
| 4 | Diesel | B-B | GE 80-ton switcher | General Electric | 1943 | 18065 | United States Army Transportation Corps | In storage | No | Purchased in 1971. |
| 18 | Diesel | B-B | GE 65-ton switcher | General Electric | 1950 | 30497 | East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company | In storage | No | Purchased in 2019. |
| 1712 | Diesel | B-B | EMD GP16 | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1950 | 13538 | Clinchfield Railroad Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad CSX Transportation R.J. Corman Railroad Group |
Operational | Yes | Purchased in 2002. |
| 1828 | Diesel | B-B | EMD GP16 | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1952 | 17370 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Seaboard System Railroad CSX Transportation R.J. Corman Railroad Group |
Operational | Yes | Purchased in 2001. |
Formerly rostered locomotives
edit| Number | Type | Wheel Arrangement | Classification | Builder | Built | Serial Number | Current owner | Status | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Steam | 2-6-2 | Class 200 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1909 | 33333 | Everett Railroad Station Museum | Static display | No | Formerly Kanawha Glen Jean And Eastern (McKell Coal), then Morehead and Northfork, pulled excursion trains for the Everett from 1964 to 1971. It has remained on static display in Everett since 2000.[12] |
| 561 | Diesel | B-B | GE Dash 8-32B | General Electric | 1989 | 46516 | Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway | Operational | Yes | Served the Everett Railroad from 2017 to 2021. |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Lewis, Edward A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5th ed.). Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 118–119, 149.
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. "PRR Chronology". Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
- ^ United States Geological Survey (1959). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Map). 1:250,000 – via University of Texas Libraries' Map Collection.
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission (1928). "149 I.C.C. 273 - Valuation Docket No. 932, Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company" – via PennsyRR.com.[dead link]
- ^ a b Interstate Commerce Commission (1929). "22 Val. Rep. 1 - Valuation Docket No. 928, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company et al". Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2008-12-16 – via PennsyRR.com.
- ^ "Rail freight service to continue in Morrison". Lancaster Farming. June 12, 1982. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011.
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission (1995), Finance Docket Nos. 32631 and 32632
- ^ Railroad Retirement Board (1996). "Employer Status Determination: Hollidaysburg & Roaring Spring Railroad Company" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2016.
- ^ "HawkinsRails - Everett Railroad". hawkinsrails.net. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ Burkey, Keith (2018-02-22). "Equipment Roster". Everett Railroad. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Kanawha, Glen Jean & Eastern 2-6-2 "Prairie" Locomotives in the USA". www.steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "The Everett Railroad Website". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved 2022-08-18.