The Blue Jay Southern was created in 1947 to prevent the demises of the Tionesta Valley and the Sheffield & Tionesta Railroads. The Blue Jay Southern is currently operating a 72 mile main line connecting West hickory to Hallton.

The Blue Jay Southern also has a number of branch lines consisting of Tionesta Industrial, Ridgway, Bear Creek, Kane, Warren, Kellettville and Hearts Content branches. these branch line provide the bulk of the buisness for the Blue Jay Southern.

Below is a list of the towns and the millage. we have also provided a list of the current industries that we service.

 

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Mainline
Miles From        
West Hickory Town Industry/Junction Inbound Outbound All Bark is bound for Tannery in Ridgeway
0.0 West Hickory JCT Allegheny River Valley Railroad    
    Passauer Excavation    
1.3 East Hickory JCT Tionesta Industrial    
    Hickory Coal Tipple   Finished Coal
    JHS Hardwoods    
2.0 Endeavor Shrader Logging and Oil    
    Endeavor Lumber    
3.5 Queen      
11.5 Coal Bed      
19.2 Mayburg JCT Kellettville Industrial     Shingle mill, planing mill
    Tionesta Chemical Company Chemical Wood, Coal/Charcoal Ethalene, Charcoal Plant Converted to Make mostly Ethalene (Gasoline Subsitute)
21.9 Balltown       Mass amounts of oil fields
22.7 Porkey      
24.8 Trumans      
25.9 Sheriff      
30.0 Lynch JCT Salmon Creek Railroad    Logs
    Blue Jay Lumber Company   Wooded Shingles
32.8 Henry's Mills      
36.4 Barnes JCT Warren Branch     Pipe Factory, Shingle Factory, chem plant, tannery and glass plant
41.2 Brookston JCT Kane Branch    
45.8 Sheffield Junction JCT Knox and Kane Railroad     Yard for interchange 3-4 tracks
47.0 Watson Farm      
47.6   Route 66    
49.4 Pebble Dell      
51.5 Duhring      
52.3 Straight JCT Loleta Branch    
52.9 Parrish      
57.0 Big Run JCT Bear Creek Branch     Car Repair Shop
    Passing Siding    
60.2 Hallton JCT Miola Central Railroad    
    Clawson Chemical Company Chemical Wood, Coal/Charcoal Charcoal, Ethanol, Acetic Acid
65.2 Arroyo      
69.9 Portland Mills      
71.2 Carmen JCT B&P Railroad    
72.2 Croyland JCT Falls Creek Railroad   Bark
Tionesta Industrial
Miles From        
West Hickory Town Junction Inbound Outbound
1.3 East Hickory JCT Mainline    
7.1 Tionesta      
Ridgway Branch
Miles From        
Big Run Town Junction Inbound Outbound
0.0 Big Run JCT Mainline    
4.2 Owl's Nest Team Track Any Any
    Passing Siding    
    Oil Loading   Crude Oil
    Log Loading   Logs
6 Ott-Sch      
         
         
         
7 Ridgway      
Bear Creek Branch
Miles From        
Big Run Town Junction Inbound Outbound
0.0 Big Run JCT Mainline    
4.2 Owl's Nest Team Track Any Any
    Passing Siding    
    Oil Loading   Crude Oil
    Log Loading   Logs
5.5 Bear Creek Bear Creek Tipple   Finished Coal
    Oil Loading   Crude Oil
         
Kane Branch
Miles From        
Brookston Town Junction Inbound Outbound
0 Brookston JCT Mainline    
7.9 Coon Run JCT       Chemical plant saw mill at Nansen
10.4 James City Pittsburgh Plate Glass/Owens Illinois Sand Plate Glass
11.1 Crystal Mineral Springs      
13.3 Kane JCT Allegheny Railroad / B&P Railroad    
    Highland Forest Resources Inc     Plywood Manufaturing
    E&J Distributing     Wholesale Dairy Products
    Wolverine Hardwoods     Lumber Wholesaler
Warren Branch
Miles From        
West Hickory Town Junction Inbound Outbound
36.4 Barnes JCT Mainline    
38.2 Sheffield Central PA Lumber Mill Logs Finished Lumber, Sawdust, Bark
    Sheffield Container Corp     Box Manufacturing 311 Horton Ave
    Mead Oil Company    
    Eagle Petrolium Incorporated     Wholesale Petrolium Equipment Forestry Road 117
    Azco Oil Company Inc     Oil Extraction HC 1
    McMillen Lumber Company Finished lumber   203 N Center Street
    RSM Enterprises     Pottery Manufacturing 407 Radecker Street
    Yard    
    Engine Facility    
40.0 Saybrook      
41.8 Tiona       Oil Refinery Saw Mill
43.7 Old Clarendon JCT Salmon Creek Railroad (Vandergriffs)   Logs
44.5 Clarendon Allegheny Tool Company    
    Light Bulb Factory     Lighting Supply MFG 14 Fullerton Road
45.6 Clarendon Heights      
46.2 Stoneham      
47.9 Rogerstown      
48.3 Warren JCT Allegheny Railroad    
Kellettville Industrial
Miles From        
West Hickory Town Junction Inbound Outbound
19.2 Mayburg JCT Mainline    
23.2 Kellettville Salmon Creek Lumber Mill Logs Finished Lumber, Sawdust, Bark chermical plant for tanning extract and a tannery
23.4 Kellettville JCT Salmon Creek Railroad   Logs machine shop for locomotive maintance and car
25.4 Newtown End of Line    
Hearts Content Branch
Miles From        
West Hickory Town Junction Inbound Outbound
11.5 Coal Bed JCT Mainline    
14.3 Dunham Siding JCT Salmon Creek Railroad    
    FPA - Forest Protection Agency    
17.5 Hearts Content PLW Chemical Research Plant    
   
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