The Roundhouse At West Milton
The roundhouse was located just off old 15, right above West Milton. It's where the Milton trolley was brought in to for the Sesquicentennial, in 1967. It was closed shortly after that. During the 200th anniversary celebration in New Columbia in 1975, tours of the roundhouse were held.
"But the heart of the village was the railroad. About seventy-five of its residents were employed in the roundhouse and shops. There were section and work train gangs and yard men; also ash and coal dock men, air men and oilers, train men and telegraphers. Four of the latter were employed at the West Milton tower, one each, at New Columbia and White Deer, three at Allenwood, and forty between West Milton and Newberry.
1930 Aerial View
In the course of a day as many as seventeen to nineteen passenger trains required servicing in addition to the freight trains. There was also an annex, a short line connecting the station with the Pennsylvania railroad terminal in Milton - the last of its four daily runs returning at midnight.
In May of 1967, a group of historians formed a non profit LLC and bought the old #20 car from the Lewisburg, Milton & Watsontown Trolley Line.
They stored the car in the West Milton Roundhouse, and displayed it at the Sesquicentennial in Milton in June of that year.
Map of the Roundhouse
Located roughly where "PA Distribution" is on this map.
Along old 15
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Employees
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William Huff, Lester Chesholm, William Haupt, Melvin Drum, James Keister [Reading Railroad Employees, at West Milton]
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Passenger Station At West Milton
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The Railroad Station at West Milton was torn down in 1983.
Location of the passenger and freight station in West Milton
West Milton R.R. Station, 1981
West Milton Train Station, 1959
I never knew there was a round house in West Mlton, a really intersting read. You do have the most intersting facts about the area.
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