Lewistown Train Station: Oldest Remaining Pennsylvania Railroad Building

Lewistown's Train Station is the oldest remaining building of the old Pennsylvania Railroad. It dates back almost to the founding of the entire company. While the other remaining stops of the old PRR mainline have stunning train stations, they mostly represent the late 1800s and early 1900s when the railroad was at its peak. The building dates all the way back to 1849, is staffed by dedicated volunteers from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historic Society, that work to keep the heritage of this station alive. 

We had the good fortune of passing through at the same time as the Amtrak Pennsylvanian's Eastbound trek that day. From here the eastbound trains head to Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Philadelphia, amongst other points, en route to New York City. It sees one eastbound train a day, and one westbound train, which goes to Tyrone, Altoona, Johnstown, Latrobe, and Greensburg, en route to Pittsburgh. The station also sees endless freight traffic on Norfolk Southern trains 24/7. 

I would like to spend some more time here trainwatching sometime. It is a pretty cool spot, located on the banks of the Juniata River. 

 For more history and insights on the Lewistown Train Station, check out this prior article we wrote on it.