Harmony Route / Harmony Line
Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Railway
(P.H.B. & N.C.)
In operation June 28, 1908 - August 15, 1931
Route 588 at Pine Run Road
The main focus of this page concerns the Harmony Line
between Zelienople and Ellwood City, PA
Accidents
Harmony Short Line or Harmony Line?
Some local people today refer to the old trolley line as the Harmony Short Line, which is actually incorrect.
The Harmony Route, or more commonly referred to as the Harmony Line, was an electric Trolley railway which operated from Pittsburgh to terminals in Butler and New Castle. The route came from Pittsburgh to Evans City, where the routes split to Butler & New Castle. The route coming through the Fombell area (from Evans City, through Harmony to Ellwood City and then on to New Castle) was known as the Harmony Line.
The Pittsburgh - Butler Short Line was a separate route which reached Butler from Pittsburgh on a route that passed through Mars and Valencia.
Harmony Short Line Motor Transportation Co., commonly known as the Harmony Short Line, began operating supplemental bus service in 1922 and operated until 1961.
The maps on the following link further explains the different routes: Interurban Railways
Stops Between Zelienople and Ellwood City
(If you can identify the location of the Pflugh & Goehring stops please let us know)
Special thanks to Mark Barnes for his assistance!
Benvenue - West end of Wilson's Bridge on Route 588 next to Airport
Pflugh
Pine Run - Intersection of 588 and Pine Run Road
Spruce Hill - Intersection of 588 and Spruce Hill Lane
Fombell - Intersection of 588 and Hartzell School Road
Goehring
Eckert - Intersection of 588 and Herman Road
Marion - Intersection of 588 and Nagel Road
Riverview / Celia - At the Celia Bridge abutments on the Riverview side
Willow Grove - Intersection of Country Club Drive and Willow Grove Road behind Chapel Valley Estates
Rustic Park - Intersection of Country Club Drive and Rustic Park Road
Jackson - Somewhere near the Jackson Farm
Ellwood Country Club - South side of the Creek at the North Sewickley Trolley Bridge
North Sewickley - Miller's Store. Intersection of Mercer Rd and Harmony Fisher Rd.
Hazen - Vicinity of Harmony Fisher Rd and the driveway that leads up to the Word Alive Church
Frisco - Intersection of Old Route 288 and Frisco Ave
Knox - Where the trolley tracks crossed over the Pittsburgh & Western tracks on River Road, right at Knox Bridge
Wurtemburg - Intersection of Railroad St. and Wurtem Way in Ellport
Pittsburgh Harmony Butler & New Castle Railway Bridge over the Connoquenessing Creek.