Mifflin and Centre County Railroad Company stock certificate circa 1860 (Pennsylvania)

Another short line railroad! Perfect center vignette of a steam train and passenger cars passing over a bridge with town scenes in the background. Unissued and not cancelled. Light wrinkling at the bottom. Dated 18__ but circa 1860 from corporate records.  Measures approximately 10.75 x 7 inches.   

Mifflin & Centre County Railroad, which was incorporated April 2, 1860, to build from Lewistown to a point near Milesburg in Centre County. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company invested in the new railroad and construction began in February 1863. The line reached Reedsville, a distance of seven miles, by May 1 1865. The line entered into a 999-year operating lease with the Pennsylvania Railroad, dated May 27 1865. The Mifflin and Centre County Railroad, extended north to the villages of Burnham, Reedsville and Melroy at the base of the Seven Mountains.

Under PRR management, the Mifflin & Centre County and the Sunbury & Lewistown, effective December 1 1871, were formed into a separate operational unit known as the Lewistown Division. The Sunbury & Lewistown met the Mifflin & Centre County about two miles east of the main line at Lewistown as its western terminus.

With an effective date of October 1 1896, the shareholders of the Mifflin & Centre County Railroad Company and the Sunbury & Lewistown Railway Company approved the consolidation of the two companies into the Sunbury & Lewistown Railway Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company executed a new 79-year operating lease.

Effective June 1 1900, the Sunbury & Lewistown Railway Company and four other PRR-affiliated railroads merged into a new entity, the Schuylkill & Juniata Railroad Company. It was immediately leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad under a 20-year operating agreement.

Effective April 1 1902, the Schuylkill & Juniata Railroad Company was merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 

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