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Williams Valley Railroad
Map
Overview
HeadquartersTower City, Pennsylvania
LocalePennsylvania
Dates of operation1891–1947
SuccessorReading Company
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Williams Valley Railroad was an anthracite-hauling railroad that operated in Schuylkill and Dauphin Counties, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 1971. For most of that time, it was a subsidiary of the Reading Railroad. It extended the Reading's Brookside Branch at Brookside 11 miles (18 km) down the Williams Valley to Lykens.

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