Hungerford Station

Hungerford Station, formerly Turnpike Station, sits on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1925 and was part of the Stewartstown Railroad. It was a classic farmers railroad, and prospered in its time. Later, it went into the excursion business. In the picture above, you can get a glimpse of why there was a station in Hungerford: Anderson's feed mill on the left and some old commercial buildings on the right. There was a general store, a wire screen plant, a packing house, and a potato warehouse there as well - all served by the railroad. A history of the short line was printed by the Baltimore chapter of the NRHS. It's a good book, covering most of the railroad's history and that of the ill-conceived New Park & Fawn Grove Railroad.

 

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