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 #895606  by Statkowski
 
The C&C originated in Cresson, Pa., ran northward to Mahaffey via the Chest Creek valley, and then looped southward via the West Branch Susquehanna River valley to serve Burnside, Glen Campbell and a multitude of mines in the area. Its Susquehanna Extension Branch forked off and dropped into the West Branch Susquehanna River valley to head north to Cherry Tree, again with a multitude of mines in the area.

Part and parcel to its operation were occasional crossings of and physical connections with the New York Central and its predecessors. Both joined at Cherry Tree to head westward on the jointly-owned Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad, each operating their own trains.

The New York Central had trackage rights over the PRR/C&C tracks from Cherry Tree southward to Spangler, then operated on its own Cambria County Railroad to Carrolltown, where it entered the PRR's Patton No. 1 Branch down into Patton. From Patton northward to Mahaffey the New York Central also had trackage rights.

The preceding background data may or may not be relevant to the following question: "Did the New York Central originally own the trackage from Patton, Pa. northward to Mahaffey, Pa.?"

The question comes from the 1904 U.S.G.S. map of Patton showing the trackage northward up the Chest Creek valley being "N.Y.C. & H.R. R.R." Additionally, a plaque commemorating a long-gone building in downtown Patton mentions the sandstone used in the building's construction coming from quarries on the Beech Creek Railroad, a New York Central subsidiary.

Was the map wrong? Is the plaque wrong? My Beech Creek expert says they are.