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The "Lewisburg and
Buffalo Creek Railroad" (LBCX) owns the track from Winfield north to West Milton. It is a non-operating railroad, although a tourist service operated on this track until the mid-1990s. As of 2006, this track is used by the UCIR for freight
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Robey
Railroads, a private company, operates the Union County Industrial Railroad. The Union County Industrial Railroad has no employees, instead they are provided by the North Shore Railroad. This led the
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The "West Shore
Railroad Corporation" (WSRC) owns the track from Milton, through West Milton north to New Columbia, terminating just north of Interstate 80. This track is also used by the UCIR.
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The "White Deer and
Reading Railroad" (WDRR, owned by SEDA-COG JRA) owns the track from just north of Interstate 80 north to the village of White Deer (across the river from
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Map of the Union County
Industrial Railroad (red), Norfolk Southern Railway (blue), and out of service (green) lines in Union County. Rail trail is purple.
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The "Union County
Industrial Development Corporation" owns the out-of-service track north of Allenwood (and perhaps further north to the county line).
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to find that "the Union County
Industrial Railroad is not an employer subject to the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts."
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The north-south former "Reading
Williamsport Line" along the river is divided into four sections with three owners:
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Branch" from West Milton east to Milton (east-west crossing the river);
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that operates on approximately 12 miles (20 km) of track in
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As of 2006, ownership of the lines in Union County is as follows:
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All of the lines in Union County passed into the possession of
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Line" from
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chapter also runs short excursions over this track.
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625:Lehigh Valley Rail Management: Bethlehem Division
686:Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
455:"Lewisburg agency will convert rails to trail"
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431:. North Shore Railroad System. Archived from
403:. North Shore Railroad System. Archived from
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993:Transportation in Union County, Pennsylvania
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895:Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
707:Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
247:), the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (at
779:Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
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666:New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
953:Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
872:East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
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711:R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines
696:Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
531:Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
235:The North Shore Railroad System has
900:Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
747:Towanda–Monroeton Shippers Lifeline
634:Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
760:Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad
703:Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad
691:Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad
401:"Union County Industrial Railroad"
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915:Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
700:Pennsylvania and Southern Railway
681:Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
521:Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
429:"North Shore Railroad System Map"
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595:Gettysburg and Northern Railroad
379:Union County Industrial Railroad
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141:Union County Industrial Railroad
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17:Union County Industrial Railroad
967:Former carriers in Pennsylvania
928:Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
841:Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad
743:Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
724:Steelton and Highspire Railroad
650:Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
618:Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
541:Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
536:Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
453:Telatovich, Anna (2008-07-12).
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774:Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
769:Wellsboro and Corning Railroad
654:New Castle Industrial Railroad
638:McKeesport Connecting Railroad
577:Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad
367:List of Pennsylvania railroads
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857:Allentown and Auburn Railroad
581:East Erie Commercial Railroad
207:West Branch Susquehanna River
175:West Branch Susquehanna River
132:http://www.nshr.com/UCIR.html
919:Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway
877:Electric City Trolley Museum
572:Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
563:Columbia and Reading Railway
551:Canadian Pacific Kansas City
218:Northumberland, Pennsylvania
40:Northumberland, Pennsylvania
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168:North Shore Railroad System
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559:Central New York Railroad
526:Allegheny Valley Railroad
505:Railroads of Pennsylvania
230:Railroad Retirement Board
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885:Johnstown Inclined Plane
881:Fayette Central Railroad
833:Cumberland Mine Railroad
738:Shamokin Valley Railroad
671:Norfolk Southern Railway
642:Maryland Midland Railway
629:Lycoming Valley Railroad
459:Williamsport Sun-Gazette
222:Norfolk Southern Railway
933:Rockhill Trolley Museum
890:Kiski Junction Railroad
608:Kiski Junction Railroad
600:Juniata Valley Railroad
555:Chestnut Ridge Railroad
255:Union County rail lines
998:Pennsylvania railroads
943:Tioga Central Railroad
862:Colebrookdale Railroad
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948:West Chester Railroad
646:Mittal Steel Railways
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720:Stourbridge Railroad
676:North Shore Railroad
622:Landisville Railroad
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815:SEPTA Regional Rail
733:Strasburg Rail Road
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191:White Deer Township
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585:East Penn Railroad
567:CSX Transportation
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385:References
331:Watsontown
310:rail trail
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160:U.S. State
323:services.
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