Private company
Panther Creek Railroad
Defunct Pennsylvania railroad
The Panther Creek Railroad was a six-mile railroad constructed in 1849 to connect rich coal mines in the Panther Creek region of Pennsylvania to eastern markets. The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) constructed the railroad between Lansford, PA and the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road (P&R), then operating as the Little Schuylkill Railroad, in Tamaqua, PA. LC&N further developed the project in 1871, constructing the Hauto Tunnel in collaboration with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Panther Creek Railroad was a six-mile railroad constructed in 1849 to connect rich coal mines in the Panther Creek region of Pennsylvania to eastern markets. The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) constructed the railroad between Lansford, PA and the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road (P&R), then operating as the Little Schuylkill Railroad, in Tamaqua, PA. LC&N further developed the project in 1871, constructing the Hauto Tunnel in collaboration with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ).2
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