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The Northern Central Railway of York (reporting mark NCRA) is a non-profit, Civil War themed heritage railroad based in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.A reproduction 4-4-0 steam locomotive hauls passengers over 10 miles of Northern Central Railway track between New Freedom and Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. [1]
The Northern Central Railway of York, a heritage railway, operates on former Northern Central track between New Freedom and Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. The route between York, Pennsylvania, and the Maryland-Pennsylvania line is now the York County Heritage Rail Trail, much of which is side-by-side with still-functioning track.
New Freedom is a historic railway station located at New Freedom, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1870 by the Northern Central Railway, and is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular frame building with a gable roof and overhanging eaves. The building ceased to be used as a railway station in 1960. [2]
The section of the line between York and New Freedom was acquired by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in June 1973 and by 1978 the trail was in use. [8] [9] The rails-with-trails was built alongside the York County-owned former PRR line, currently in use by heritage railway Steam into History. [10] [4]
The Northern Central Railway, built in 1832, ran between Baltimore, Maryland, and Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and was one of the oldest rail lines in the country.The railway serviced the growing Baltimore, York and Harrisburg industries, had 46 stops, 22 of which were in Maryland, and operated for 140 years.
The railroad was organized by a group of local citizens in 1884 to connect Stewartstown and its agricultural base with the Northern Central Railway's Harrisburg–Baltimore route at nearby New Freedom. The 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) route posed many obstacles, including steep grades and sharp curves, and took nearly a year to complete, opening in ...
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The borough of Railroad owes its existence, and its name, to what became the Northern Central Railway, which was built to connect Baltimore, Maryland and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Railroad Borough Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [4]