Sunbury Line (Norfolk Southern)
| Sunbury Line | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | Sunbury Subdivision |
| Owner | Norfolk Southern Railway |
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| Service | |
| Type | Freight |
| System | Harrisburg Division |
| Operator(s) | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| History | |
| Opened | 1851 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad), 1869 and 1871 (Danville, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad), 1880s (North and West Branch Railway), 1915 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad- Nicholson Cutoff) |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 1-2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Sunbury Line, formerly known as Sunbury Subdivision, is a rail line owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway which in turn is owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The rail line travels from Sunbury, Pennsylvania via Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Binghamton, New York. It connects with NS Buffalo Line at Sunbury and NS Southern Tier Line at Binghamton.
The Sunbury Line's trackage consists of former trackage that belonged to the rail systems of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western's well-known Nicholson Cutoff railroad segment. The Tunkhannock Viaduct is one of the components of the Nicholson Cutoff/Sunbury Line.