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The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (reporting mark OCTL) is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (reporting mark OCTL) is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as the freight carrier on the line.
The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad will take riders back over 150 years into oil country during a vintage train ride. The 3-hour round trip will take passengers through Oil Creek State Park to ...
In 1862, the Oil Creek Railroad Company completed a line that connected Titusville to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad and the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in Corry, Pennsylvania. [11] The new railroad brought more people into the Oil Creek Valley and provided a safer alternative to the freshets for transporting barrels of crude.
The charter authorized the construction of a railroad from any point on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad to Titusville, Pennsylvania, along the Oil Creek to Oil City and Franklin. The largest individual stockholder was Dr. Worthy S. Streator of Cleveland, Ohio. [1] The OCRR first connected to Titusville in 1862, then Miller Farm in 1863, and ...
Oil Creek in the park. The park offers picnicking, canoeing, fishing, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and bicycling (the last along a paved 9.4 miles (15.1 km) rail-trail). The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad, a diesel tourist excursion train, runs through the park from Oil City to Titusville, with stops throughout the park. [2]
Other connections include the B&P at Salamanca, NY and Corry, PA, the New York and Lake Erie Railroad at Waterboro, NY and the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad at Rouseville, PA. [2] The NYLE connection has been out of service for decades; as it stands, the NYLE stops at a dead end several miles north of the WNY&P track.
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Oil Creek Railroad: PRR: 1860 1868 Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway: Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway: PRR: 1868 1875 Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway: Oil Creek Junction Railroad: NYC: 1870 1871 Junction Railroad: Oil Creek and Titusville Mining and Transportation Company: PRR: 1865 1866 Union and Titusville Railroad