The Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad was a logging railroad operating from 1902 to 1930 in Sullivan and Lycoming Counties in

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. The railroad was originally built from the

Eagles Mere Railroad The Eagles Mere Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, built in 1892 to connect the resort of Eagles Mere with the standard gauge Williamsport and North Branch Railroad at Sonestown, away by rail. It was leased t ...

near Eagles Mere to the lumber mill at Sonesville on Kettle Creek. Because the Eagles Mere Railroad was a

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, the Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad was built to a gauge as well. The line was extended in 1904 down Kettle Creek to Ogdonia, then along

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to the village of Hillsgrove and the tannery there, a total of of new track. In 1905 and 1906, the railroad was extended one last time northwest from Hillsgrove to the lumber

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and McNett Townships in Lycoming County. ''Note'': shows the "Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad", ''as cited in'' The Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad was abandoned in sections between 1922 and 1930, as the lumber it was built to transport was depleted.

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