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HISTORIC 1881 Muncy Creek Railway Receiver Receipt signed Woodrop Hughesville Pa
HISTORIC 1881 Muncy Creek Railway Receiver Receipt signed Woodrop Hughesville Pa

HISTORIC 1881 Muncy Creek Railway Receiver Receipt signed Woodrop Hughesville Pa

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    Description

    Here is a
    historic, original
    item you need for your collection.
    "Muncy Creek Railway July 5, 1881 Receiver Receipt to the Philadelphia & Reading Express
    for charges charges "
    Written in fountain pen ink.
    MINT, PERFECT condition.
    Signed by C. W. Woodrop (later important in building the Eagles Mere RR.)
    Muncy Creek Railway
    Muncy Creek Railway
    Overview
    Headquarters
    Hughesville, Pennsylvania
    Locale
    Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
    Dates of operation
    1872–1882
    Successor
    Williamsport and North Branch Railroad
    Technical
    Track gauge
    4 ft
    8
    +
    1
    ⁄
    2
    in
    (
    1,435 mm
    )
    standard gauge
    The railroad was originally chartered as the
    Muncy Creek Railway
    on May 21, 1864. It was intended to provide a railroad outlet for
    Laporte
    , the newly established
    county seat
    of Sullivan County, via the valley of
    Muncy Creek
    .
    Some surveying, and possibly even grading, was done, but the new corporation ran out of money around 1867 and remained quiescent for several years. Interest in the railroad did not resume until 1871, when the
    Catawissa Railroad
    , later part of the
    Reading
    system, completed its line up the east bank of the
    West Branch Susquehanna River
    , passing through
    Muncy
    and
    Halls
    . Muncy, near the mouth of Muncy Creek, was an established town and would have been the logical terminus of the railroad. However, residents of Muncy feared the railroad would compete with an existing
    plank road
    to
    Hughesville
    and refused it permission to enter the town. Accordingly, the railroad was built from Halls to Hughesville in 1872, but money for further work was again lacking.
    The railroad was extended to
    Picture Rocks
    in 1875 using wooden rails to save money. However, the wooden rails could not withstand the weight of trains and the extension was abandoned in early 1876.
    The Muncy Creek Railway continued to struggle along until 1881, when the bondholders petitioned to have it placed in
    receivership
    . It was foreclosed on August 9, 1882, and reorganized on September 1, 1882 as the
    Williamsport and North Branch Railroad.