Welcome to the Unofficial Internet Home of the Everett Railroad!

Today's Everett Railroad is a common carrier, class III short line stretching from Duncansville and Hollidaysburg, PA to Martinsburg, Curryville and Sproul, PA, a total of 25 miles, operating it's own trackage as well as trackage owned by the Hollidaysburg & Roaring Spring and Morrison's Cove Railroads under contract. Interchange service is provided three times per week by Norfolk Southern in Duncansville via their Cove Secondary.

The railroad has a fascinating past, from originating in 1954 as a three-mile remnant of the bankrupt century-old Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, through 1960s steam powered excursions and an early 1980s relocation, to today's prosperous shortline serving Blair County. This website is part of my effort to preserve and document the history of this half-century old railroad.

Through photograph, video, and text, it's my goal to create an online "Everett Railroad Historical Society" that will tell the story of not only the Everett Railroad, but that of the H&BTM, Bedford Branch, New Portage Secondary, Hollidaysburg and Petersburg Secondary and Cove Secondary. If you have any photographs, postcards, documents, or references that you could share, please feel free to contact me via the email address at the bottom of this page. I hope you enjoy your stay!

Keith Burkey
April 2002