Conrail provided an Office Car Special train for the opening ceremony on North Shore in August 1984

Conrail locomotive #9343 was borrowed for the first two weeks of our operations in 1984

Three Santa Fe CF7s arrived in the third week of August 1984

Santa Fe #2444 became North Shore #44 in 1985

During the first month of operation of new shortline North Shore Railroad in August 1984, Ex-ETSF 2444 (CF7) passes the Danville State Hospital grounds en-route to Magee Carpet in Bloomsburg, PA

Photo courtesy of Mike Herman

Picture courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

A unit coal train is being loaded in the LVRR Newberry Rail Yard in Williamsport, PA. Unit coal trains of up to and over 100 rail cars at a time are loaded for export several times a year at this location.

New Jackson Tamper passes by our office, on our tracks in Williamsport, PA

Tie Inserter

Ballast Regulator followed by a high-rail dump truck

Paving contractor milling the pavement at a North Shore customer siding

Building a track panel to install in the crossing

Prentice truck laying out ties to build panel

Picture courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

MoE assists in the transitioning of North Shore Railroad Company's first piece of passenger equipment from a storage track to an active track on September 1, 2010

Picture courtesy of Gary Shields

Chris Girio helps put our new caboose on the tracks

Picture courtesy of Gary Shields

NSHR 1940 SW1500 locomotive receiving a rebuilt main generator, following low-voltage rewiring

Picture courtesy of Ray O'Brien

Recently purchased, NSHR 2010 GP38 locomotive, begins its rebuild with a new main generator

Picture courtesy of Ray O'Brien

Two North Shore EMD locomotives sit outside the Northumberland enginehouse

Three locomotives are lined up in Newberry yard with paint schemes representing the JVRR, LVRR, and NSHR

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

NSHR 2004 (GP38) travels South along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on the UCIR, South of Lewisburg, PA

Photo courtesy of Chris Marks

A good example of what railroads can haul is this 100 ton rubber tire crane sold to a customer in Mexico. Rail was the cheapest and easiest method of transportation for this customer.

Two LVRR pups on the Williamsport based Muncy Turn train local cross over the west branch of the Susquehanna River near Muncy, PA

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

NBER crew arrives at the tiny isolated hamlet of Driftwood, PA with a trainload of aggregate and awaits the BPRR Dubois, PA based crew to finish their work before handing train off to BPRR. NBER has trackage rights for aggregate shipments to the BPRR over a portion of the NS Buffalo line. Driftwood is now an interchange point for NBER, WNY&P, BPRR, and NS.

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

LVRR Based train KH25 heads south on NS Buffalo line with interchange traffic for NS and CPRS at Northumberland

Photo courtesy of Ron Kouf

Two Nittany & Bald Eagle Geeps cross over Spring Creek in downtown Bellefonte, PA

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

Ex C&NW Hi-hood NBER Geep pulls the twice daily stone shuttle. Now no longer in operation, this shuttle provided an alternative to many trucks hauling aggregate between Pleasant Gap, PA and Bellefonte, PA.

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

NBER 2427 (CF7) leads a trainload of aggregate destined for the Allentown area

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

LVRR “Avis Turn” crosses Pine Creek and is headed back to Newberry Yard. Pine Creek cuts through the famous PA Grand Canyon

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

LVRR 239 (SW9) meets NBER 1804 (GP10) near Maynard Street in Williamsport. LVRR 239 is returning from downtown Williamsport, on LVRR, while NBER 1804 hauls railcars from Muncy, PA

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

NBER 1602 (GP10) and LVRR 9050 (GP20) travel by the Con-Agra Foods Plant in Milton, PA on the UCIR

Photo courtesy of Chris Marks

JVRR 2106 (SW9) pulls loaded boxcars past a small pond after serving customers in Burnham, PA

Photo courtesy of Jim Miller

LVRR 5510 and 5514 (GP35R "Bumble Bees") Head back to Newberry Yard after serving customers in Avis

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

NSHR 2004 (GP38) leads LVRR 9052 (GP20) back into the Newberry Yard

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch

Welcome to the newest member of the North Shore Family, Caboose NSHR 61312.

In May of 2012, we recieved an awesome picture from a future railroader

Photo courtesy of Gabrielle, age 7

On January 12, 2012 engine JVRR 2106 was dedicated in memory of James E. Miller, the late General Manager of the Juniata Valley Railroad

Photo courtesy of Todd Hunter

Photo courtesy of Kent Young

JVRR customer Standard Steel ships railroad wheels all over North America. NSHR employee Tom Avery spotted one such shipment in Anchorage on the Alaska RR while on vacation. Cars interchanged to the ARR move over the ocean on barges as there is no direct rail connection to the USA or Canada.

Looking up the North Shore track, on a tangent

NSHR Train sits in WNY&P’s Olean NY Rail yard while guests enjoy a BBQ meal during a joint NBER/WNYP Office Car special train in October 2008 that originated in Lock Haven, PA on NBER.

Photo courtesy of Bonnie Zollitsch

Photo courtesy of Todd Hunter

Photo courtesy of Mike Zollitsch