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| • | The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central Pennsylvania and western New York. The line was financially troubled for its entire life span and declared bankruptcy after just six years of operation. It would spend the remaining 42 year of its existence in receivership, one of the longest bankruptcy proceedings in American railroading history.
The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad is often confused with the similarly named Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad which was a spinoff company from the PS&N. Further adding to the confusion is the fact that both were nicknamed the Shawmut Line, both operated in roughly the same geographic area, and both used nearly identical logos during their history. In fact the two were completely separate companies after their 1916 split.
The main line consisted of approximately 190 miles (306 km) of track extending from Brockway, Pennsylvania to Olean, New York with several spurs. The main shops were located in Angelica, New York until 1939. New shops were opened in St. Marys, Pennsylvania in 1941.
The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad began life on August 2, 1899 with the merger of five small financially troubled regional railroads in New York and Pennsylvania. Most of the original track from these railroads was narrow gauge and the company put forth an ambitious and costly plan to completely convert the line to standard gauge by 1903. The financial burden of conversion to standard gauge combined with lackluster freight service forced the company to declare bankruptcy in 1905. The company would continue to operate in receivership until 1947. The more lucrative Brockway to Freeport route was spun off in 1915 as the Brookville & Mahoning route. The next year it became a completely separate entity and was renamed the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.
Coal was the principle commodity for the line during its entire existence though Hoodlebugs and passenger trains also ran on the route until they were discontinued in 1935.
The spelling of Pittsburgh as Pittsburg in the company name derives from the companyࢀ&#-2509; original 1899 charter. At the time, the official spelling of the name of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: [wikipedia: pittsburg, shawmut and northern railroad]
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