The Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad was a railway company in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. It was incorporated in 1854 and began operation in 1862. The

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

leased the company from the beginning of operation. It was reorganized in 1867 as the Tyrone and Clearfield Railway.

History

The company was chartered on March 23, 1854. The backers were from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and the owners of a sawmill in Rush Township, on Trout Run, a tributary of

Moshannon Creek Moshannon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertl ...

. The route began in Tyrone, on the main line of the

. From the

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, the line ascended the

Allegheny Front The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia, USA. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the Rid ...

to the interior of

Centre County, Pennsylvania Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The lands ...

. The main line was completed from Tyrone to

Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania Sandy Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 407 at the 2010 census. G ...

, in January 1862, and then to Powelton, a mile and half north of Sandy Ridge, that July. Amid financial difficulties, the Pennsylvania Railroad leased the company on July 2. The line was completed to Philipsburg on October 21, 1863. In addition to its -long main line, the company constructed a branch from

Osceola Mills Osceola Mills is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,045 at the 2020 census. Geography Osceola Mills is located along the southeastern border of Clearfield County at (40.852870, -78.270455). It is on ...

along Moshannon Creek. This line, later known as the Moshannon Branch, was a major source of online coal traffic. The Pennsylvania Railroad foreclosed on the company in 1867 and reorganized it as the Tyrone and Clearfield Railway.

Presidents

James Tracy Hale James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810 – April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James T. Hale was born October 14, 1810, in Towanda, Pennsylvania, the son of Reuben & Wealthy Ann ...

(1956–1858) *

Andrew Gregg Curtin Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1815/1817October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War, helped defend his state during the Gettysburg Campaign, and led organization of the crea ...

(1858–1860) * Reuben Hale (1860–1863) * George Brooke Roberts (1863–1867)

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* * {{Coverdale & Colpitts 1 Companies affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Railway companies established in 1854 Railway companies disestablished in 1867 American companies established in 1854