Duncannon

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Duncannon was the eastern terminus of the Perry County Railroad and subsequently served as the end of the line for the Susquehanna River and Western as well.

It was in Duncannon where the connection to the Pennsylvania Railroad was made between Shermans Creek and the Little Junaita creek, near the Susquehanna River. The SR&VRR's station was on South High Street, where the New Bloomfield road curved to enter town and became South Market Street.

The SR&WRR exited town to the northeast, roughly along the same track as Highway 15 takes now. The site of the former station is now occupied by the north ramp of the Highway 15 overpass and the southbound exit ramp to New Bloomfield Road (State Road 274).

Nowadays the only tracks in Duncannon are owned by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. No trace of the Susquehanna River and Western Railroad remains.

Something Completely Different

I am a big fan of the show Bullrun, mostly because I just like cars.

One of the episodes was a bit interesting because it had two railroad-related checkpoints. The first was Stove Pipe Wells, which caught my interest because Tom Knapp models it in Nn3 as part of his Carson and Colorado Railroad, although I don't know if the actual Stove Pipe Wells had rail service or not.

The second was Durango, of which no explanation is necessary.

There wasn't anything train related in the episode, but I found it interesting nonetheless.