…Winemiller of the Stewartstown Historical Society. Hart joined the Stewartstown company in 1969, during the final years of the Stewartstown line’s fading glory, and offered his expertise. The railroad continued…
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…Mundis, who sells tickets, are spending their third summer in Stewartstown. Except for the professionally-trained engineers, the volunteers who make up the Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad operate and maintain…
This timetable shows stations on the Stewartstown Railroad during its heyday when it ran from Fawn Grove to New Freedom on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The hub was Stewartstown and thus…
The Stewartstown Railroad Co. and preservationists Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad are seeking to raise funds and preserve the historic southeastern York County rail lines and station. Here, Don Matthews…
…happened in Stewartstown, a busy railroad and market center for decades. For example, in 1917, the bands binding the town’s elevated 45,000-gallon wooden water tower snapped. According to “Stewartstown, Pennsylvania,…
Stewartstown Historical Society’s Doug Winemiller explained a recent discovery in that southeastern York County borough: ‘We recently found a photograph of the Stewartstown Chapter of the IOH (Improved Order of…
…1960s. Stewartstown was the next-to-last exchange to convert to automatic dial service in June 1961, with Fawn Grove slated later in that year. “No longer will a Stewartstown subscriber be…
…present-day Route 851 and West Pennsylvania Avenue in Stewartstown. This photo came from the estate of John Denney of Columbia. Also of interest: ‘Yesteryears’ Stewartstown-area York County sites – Part…
…Freedom. Update: The Stewartstown Railroad has since regained a measure of financial footing, avoid auction. Background posts: Stewartstown Railroad: ‘Truly a unique entity in the state, and possibly, the nation’…
A maintenance train works on the Stewartstown Railroad in southeastern York County, Pa., recently. The non-profit, Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad, is starting its capital campaign with a Web donation…