The Muncy station was located on West Penn Street, with the Keystone Company on the other side of the tracks.
There were at least 3 railroad stations in the town of Muncy Pa, over the years.
The first station, a brick building, was destroyed in a storm in June of 1883. The roof was blown off, and the walls collapsed.
In 1855, the Sunbury & Erie Railroad built a station in Muncy.
The train station in Muncy was right across from Keystone Paint. This is a close up from the Fowler map for muncy - the buildings marked with the 9 are the Keystone company, and the train station is the flatter, longer, building diagonally down from the building with the 9 on it. (you can see the train coming in from the right) See the rest of the map here:
This photo of the train station in Muncy shows the Keystone logo on a building behind it.
August 12 1871
On June 17th 1883, The railroad station at Muncy was blown down by a cyclone, and a 13 year old boy was killed.
In this photo the window panes are broken out - it's possibly after the 1912 explosion?
1912, an engine exploded in front of Muncy Station, Killing 4
November 12, 1902
Passenger Train Collides With Coal Train, between Muncy & Halls Station
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On June 6th 1883, lightening struck a tank at Muncy Station, causing a fire, and "great excitement in the neighborhood".
The 1883 lightening strike was mentioned in papers across the nation.
The above article is from the Morning Democrat, Davenport Iowa
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