| 05/27/1890 |
The ALTOONA &
WOPSONONOCK RR CO. chartered |
| 10/01/1891 |
Completed from Juniata to
Wopsononock |
| 06/11/1891 |
First train operated to the top
of the mountain |
| 07/02/1891 |
Formal Opening |
| 09/31/1891 |
Extension to Daugherty started |
| 1891 |
Extension to Daugherty completed
and the name of the road changed to ALTOONA, CLEARFIELD
& NORTHERN RR CO |
| 02/1893 |
Two opposing boards elected. S.
P Langdon chosen president of one board and F. G. Patterson chosen
president of the other. Litigation followed and each party in turn gained control |
| 12/04/1893 |
F. G. Patterson and S.P. Langdon
appointed co-receivers |
| 07/06/1896 |
F. G. Patterson and S.P. Langdon
discharged as co-receivers, control of the road passes to the Patterson
party and F. G. Patterson is elected president |
| 09/28/1896 |
F. G. Patterson is appointed
receiver in anticipation of default |
| 10/01/1896 |
Road defaulted |
| 02/29/1897 |
Road sold under foreclosure, bid
in by W. L. Shellenberger |
| 03/17/1897 |
The ALTOONA & BEECH
CREEK RR chartered to operate the road |
| 10/02/1897 |
The PITTSBURGH,
JOHNSTOWN, EBENSBURG & EASTERN RR chartered |
| 12/08/1897 |
S. P Langdon leases the A&BC
on behalf of the PJE&E |
| 12/27/1901 |
Court returns the A&BC to
stockholders |
| 06/04/1909 |
W. L. Shellenberger appointed
the receiver of the A&BC |
| 03/30/1910 |
A&BC sold to H. A. Davis |
| 1911 |
The ALTOONA, JUNIATA
& NORTHERN RR incorporated to operate the road |
| 11/06/1912 |
The ALTOONA NORTHERN RR
chartered |
| 01/16/1913 |
The AJ&N merged into the AN |
| 02/1916 |
The Wopsy Railroad standard
gauged |
| 07/16/1919 |
The last passenger train operated |
| 07/30/1919 |
The last freight train operated |
| 08/08/1919 |
The road went into receivership.
W. F. Vaughn and J. B. Denny appointed receivers |
| 1920 |
Abandoned |
| Chronology information from 'The Alley Popper' A History of the
Pittsburgh & Susquehanna and Its Predecessor Companies by Richard D. Adams, 1980. |