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The North Shore Railroad Company is comprised of six short lines that serve the central Pennsylvania area.
For more information on each of the lines, please click on the links below.




Interchange and Route Information

All of our railroads are switching carriers and Norfolk Southern handling line carriers. NS shipments can be routed NS direct.

We also have restricted access to the Canadian Pacific Railway on LVRR, NBER, NSHR, SVRR and UCIR. CPRS shipments should be routed CPRS to Sunbury, PA. For specific CPRS routing, please contact our marketing department.


Congratulations to:

Juniata Valley Railroad for
General Managers “Operating Achievement Award”
at the 2012 Norfolk Southern Annual Shortline Meeting

Lycoming Valley Railroad and Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad for
Platinum Award for 250 Squared program new business over 1,000 carloads
at the 2012 Norfolk Southern Annual Shortline Meeting

Shamokin Valley Railroad for
Bronze Award for 250 Squared program new business 251-300 carloads
at the 2012 Norfolk Southern Annual Shortline Meeting

AND

To the Lycoming Valley Railroad for the
"2010 ASLRRA Marketing Award"
recognizing that it has a “…unique, special, and appropriate…” role in developing new business, identifying a customer’s needs, and developing services to meet those needs

AND

Lycoming Valley and North Shore Railroads for their
"2009 Jake Award with Distinction"
from the American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association,
for outperforming the industry safety average!


356 Priestley Avenue ~ Northumberland, PA 17857 ~ 570.473.7949
Dedicated to safely and efficiently serving our region's industires for over 28 years.
NBER JVRR LVRR SVRR NSHR UCIR