Does anyone know which railroad company owned the line that went through Highspire, and its railway station? Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Dora Smith wrote: > Does anyone know which railroad company owned the > line that went through Highspire, and its railway > station? > > Yours, > Dora Smith et al::}~ SEVERAL railroads were involved in the old Highspire area, so you would need to know more about the person you are tracking. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD's main line went through Highspire. Bethlehem Steel operated their own railroad, known as the S & H Railroad (presumably for Steelton-Highspire). The P and R (Philadelphia and Reading RailRoad) had terminals in Middletown, Highspire, Steelton AND Harrisburg. Employees in all locations, so if someone worked for the railroad in those localities, DO NOT overlook the smaller, less known railroads. Perhaps you could contact some railroad buff for more details if you need them to track down ancestors. I knew a guy who worked in the Steelton office for the P&R. My mother worked in the Middletown P&R office building. My wife's Uncle Jake was killed in Royalton by a falling rail at age 37. What railroad company? We don't know, and haven't found that documentation. The newspaper obit didn't say. Regards, -- CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN lacks source data