North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)

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The North Shore Railroad is a short line railroad that operates 44 mile (71 km) of track in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The line runs generally northeast between Northumberland (in Northumberland County) and the unincorporated village of Beach Haven in Salem Township (in Luzerne County). Other communities served include Danville (in Montour County), Bloomsburg, and Berwick (both in Columbia County). The rail line runs generally northeast along the north shore of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, roughly following U. S. Route 11. There are 10 mile (16 km) of SEDA COG Joint Rail Authority track in Northumberland County, 12 mile (19 km) in Montour County, and 15 in Columbia County. Beach Haven is just east of Berwick and the Columbia County Luzerne County line. The corporate offices are located in Northumberland, where there is a connection to the Norfolk Southern Railway line.

The North Shore Railroad's line first was built in 1852 as part of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad. This was in turn acquired by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1873. The DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad in 1960, forming the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, and was absorbed into Conrail in 1976. SEDA COG JRA was formed in July, 1983 to continue to provide rail service to communities whose rail lines Conrail had decided to abandon. In 1984 the JRA took over the line along the north shore of the Susquehanna River from Northumberland to Beach Haven and renamed it the "North Shore Railroad".