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List of lines[edit]

NS trackage rights (Reading Line): Reading - CP Belt
- NS trackage rights (Reading Line): CP Belt - Temple
- Pennsy Line: Temple - Hamburg
CP Belt - Port Clinton
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (RDG), 1842
Port Clinton - Haucks
Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company (RDG), 1831
- Tremont Branch: Port Clinton - Good Spring
  Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (RDG), 1842; Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad (RDG), 1831-1847; Swatara Railroad (RDG), 1842-1851
  - Blue Mountain - Auburn
  - Pottsville Branch: Schuylkill Haven - Pottsville
    Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (RDG), 1842; Mount Carbon Railroad (RDG), 1831
    - Middleport Running Track: Pottsville Junction - Middleport
      Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad (RDG), 1844; Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company (RDG), 1830
      - Lager Junction - Mill Creek (formerly St. Clair?)
        Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company (RDG), 1829
  - Minersville Branch: Westwood - Minersville
    Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad (RDG), 1854
  - Swatara Junction - Swatara
    Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad? (RDG)
- Greenwood Running Track: Tamaqua - Coaldale (formerly Lansford?)
- Mahanoy and Shamokin Branch: East Mahanoy Junction - Mt. Carmel Junction (Enterprise)
  East Mahanoy Railroad (RDG), 1860s; ? (RDG); Mahanoy and Broad Mountain Railroad (RDG), 1861-1862; Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad (RDG), 1854-1860; ? (RDG)
  - Shenandoah Junction - Rappahannock (formerly Susquehanna?)
    ? (RDG)
Haucks - Lofty
Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad (RDG), 1860; RBMN, 1987

(CR Camp Running Track, Shimer Running Track, New Boston Running Track?): Oneida Junction - Shimer - Laurel Junction - Morea
- NS trackage rights (CR Camp Running Track, Hazleton Secondary; now NS Hazelton Running Track): Oneida Junction - Hazleton - Ashmore Junction
  - (CR Freeland Running Track): Ashmore Junction - Jeddo
- Delano Running Track (CR Delano Industrial Track): Laurel Junction - Delano

Lehighton Branch (CR Nesquehoning Secondary): Haucks - Packerton Junction
- Nesquehoning Bridge: Nesquehoning Junction - Coal

Lehigh Main Line: Lehighton - Dupont (joint with NS Lehighton - Independence?)
- Crestwood Running Track: Penobscot - Crestwood Industrial Park
- Susquehanna Branch (CR Lehigh Main Line): Dupont - Mehoopany
  - (CR Dunmore Running Track): Duryea Junction - Hillside Junction
  - Scranton Branch (CR Taylor Secondary): Pittston Junction - Taylor?
    - Scranton Running Track: ?

--NE2 01:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

STB dockets and other history[edit]

30305, 1990: mentioned in 33512, related to transfer from Anthracite Railway to Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad (went to to East Penn Railways in 1995) of operation of state-owned (since 1982) lines:
- Perkiomen Branch, USRA Line No. 906: Pennsburg (22.38) - Emmaus Junction (38.23)
- Colebrookdale Industrial Track (Boyertown Branch), USRA Line No. 909: Colebrookdale Junction (Pottstown) (0.00) - Boyertown (8.60) (history)
- Kutztown Branch, USRA line No. 910: Topton (0.17) - Kutztown (4.29)
- Mt. Hope Industrial Branch, USRA Line No. 916: Manheim (0.36-1.0)
32076, 1992: East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad acquired form Conrail:[1]
- Freeland Running Track: Ashmore Junction (141.0) - Pink Ash Junction (144.0)
- Ebervale Running Track: Pink Ash Junction (144.1) - Route 940 (148.7)
- Eckley Industrial Track: Freeland Running Track connection (143.1) - end (144.4)
- Camp Running Track: York Junction (148.3) - Oneida Junction (147.4)
- overhead trackage rights: Oneida Junction (147.4) - Ashmore Junction (141.3)
1995: Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad operations ended (had operated since 1983 - when was the Pennsy Line sold to RBMN?) [2]
33004, 1996: acquired from Conrail:
- Lehigh Line: Packerton Junction - Lehighton Yard, 0.1 mi overhead trackage rights; Lehighton Yard (119.4) - M&H Junction (130.5), track 1 only; M&H Junction (130.5-130.6), overhead trackage rights; M&H Junction (130.6) - Frazer (147.1); Frazer (143.8) - Laurel Run (161.2); Laurel Run (164.2) - Mehoopany (212.2)
- Taylor Secondary: Taylor (136.7) - Pittston (142.5)
- Taylor Yard between acquired lines, 0.8 mi overhead trackage rights
- Taylor Yard (136.7) - east of Bridge 60, Scranton, 1.8 mi overhead trackage rights
- Keyser Valley Industrial Track: Taylor (136.37) - Cayuga (140.7)
- Dunmore Running Track: Duryea Junction (0.0) - Topps Gum (0.7)
- Kerr-McGee Lead: Avoca (0.0) - end (0.3)
33020, 1996: acquired overhead trackage rights on C&S Railroad between Mauch Chunk Junction and Packerton Junction
33335, 1997: merged East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad (10 mi) [3]
?: D&H acquired Taylor Yard - Bridge 60 from Conrail
33595, 1998: D&H acquired tracks in Taylor Yard from Conrail
33599, 1998: D&H assigned Conrail overhead trackage rights through Taylor Yard to connect Taylor Secondary at Minooka Junction with Keyser Valley Industrial Track and existing Taylor Yard - Bridge 60 rights; to be assigned to RBMN
34048, 2001: acquired lease from NS of line owned by Pennsylvania Lines LLC near Mehoopany, 212.2 - Robinson's Crossing (213.5)
34225, 2002: NS acquired overhead trackage rights over Lehigh Line, Lehighton Yard (119.3) - Dupont (175.5); simultaneously over D&H freight main line, Sunbury (752.0) - Mechanicville (467.40)
NOR_42078, 2003: NS interchange location moved from Lehighton (here per 1996 Conrail agreement) to Penobscot (NS moved overhead traffic away from RBMN to Delaware Lackawanna Railroad in 2001)
34785, 2005: to operate Locust Valley Line, Laurel Junction (Morea Junction) (0.0) - Newton Junction (5.5) (more history available here)
AB_996_0_X, 2006: abandon Minersville Running Track, 7.6-8.8 - withdrawn 2008
39505, 2008: Lehigh Railway to lease from NS Athens (269.5) - Mehoopany (213.5)

According to [4] RBMN had (unused) trackage rights over Conrail between Hazleton and M&H Junction. --NE2 02:56, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lehigh Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad[edit]

Does anybody know the story between this and the name Lehigh Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, which I stumbled over yesterday as a vandalized and uncategorized article. Clearly, they have overlapping coverages. Question being whether the 'Lehigh Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad' was a legal entity so a predecessor if the RBMN name is in fact the proper legal name today. Insights? // FrankB 19:40, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]