The Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad owned a 17-mile (27 km) railroad that operated between Philipsburg and Fernwood, Pennsylvania, with a 2-mile (3.2 km) branch to Beaver Run.
The main line of this railroad was built by the Altoona and Philipsburg Connecting Railroad (nicknamed the "Alley Popper"[1]), and was incorporated in July 1892.
[2] The line was abandoned in 1936;[1] it had been placed in receivership in April 1931 and ceased operations on August 8, 1931 due to poor track condition.
The receiver was unable to raise money for repairs, despite authorization from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to issue $20,000 of receiver's certificates, and the ICC approved abandonment in October 1936.
[3] The railroad staged a train wreck in 1914 for the film The Valley of Lost Hope, a Western directed by Romaine Fielding.