North Shore Railroad
356 Priestley Avenue
Northumberland, PA, 17857
570.473.7949
Norfolk Southern Interchange
Northumberland, PA (FSAC 67545)
Canadian Pacific Interchange
Northumberland, PA (FSAC 67545) - via NS Haulage
LVRR, SVRR, UCIR Interchange
Northumberland, PA (FSAC 67545)
Stations
Northumberland, PA (FSAC 67545)
Danville, PA (FSAC 67726)
Bloomsburg, PA (FSAC 67728)
Lime Ridge, PA (FSAC 67729)
Berwick, PA (FSAC 67730)
Beach Haven, PA (FSAC 67731)
Hicks Ferry, PA (FSAC 67732)
Selinsgrove Branch:
Selinsgrove, PA (FSAC 67741)
Kreamer, PA (FSAC 67742)
Shamokin Dam, PA (FSAC 67743)
NSHR is rated to receive 286K gross weight shipments.
Selinsgrove Branch
Marketing
Joe Kantz
570.898.4910
Superintendent of Operations
Randy Ulrich
570.473.0935
Customer Logistics & Support
570.473.7949
““North Shore is more like a business partner than a service provider. They consistently go beyond expectations and, as a result, play a key role in the successful handling and delivery of raw materials to this plant.”
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Congratulations to the North Shore Railroad!
2025 “Jake Award with Distinction” from
the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association
2024 “Jake Award with Distinction” from
the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association
2022 “Jake Award with Distinction” from
the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association
2021 “Jake Award with Distinction” from
the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association
2020 “Jake Award with Distinction” from
the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association
Serving Customers from Northumberland to Berwick, PA | Since August 1, 1984
Serving Customers from Selinsgrove to Kreamer and Shamokin Dam, PA | Since April 28, 2022
Today, North Shore Railroad is a 49.8 mile short line that interchanges with Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific Railway (via NS Haulage) in Northumberland, PA. NSHR handles commodities that vary from grains and plastics to scrap metals and concrete vaults. The infrastructure is owned by SEDA-COG JRA.
NSHR, established August 1, 1984, is a short line serving 40.8 miles of railroad in Northumberland, Danville, Bloomsburg, and Berwick, Pennsylvania, as well as the “Selinsgrove Branch” which is 7.7 miles from Selinsgrove to Kreamer, PA and 1.3 miles from Selinsgrove to Shamokin Dam, PA.
The NSHR line parallels the North Branch of the Susquehanna River and the old North Branch Canal. The line was originally built by Lackawanna & Bloomsburg Railroad (L&B), incorporated in 1852 to serve the coal mines and iron industry between Scranton and Northumberland. The L&B became part of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) in 1873. DL&W became Erie Lackawanna in 1960 and then Conrail in 1976. Conrail abandoned the middle portion of the line between Hicks Ferry and Kinston, and then sold the western segment to the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority (JRA) in 1984. The JRA then contracted with NSHR to operate it.
In 2022, NSHR began operating the NSHR Selinsgrove Branch. The JRA purchased this branch from Norfolk Southern on April 28, 2022. Prior to the sale, Norfolk Southern had been operating the line since 1999, after acquiring it from Conrail. The majority of the line was originally built in 1871, by the Sunbury & Lewistown Railroad, where it was leased to and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).