Pittsburg Shawmut and Northern Railroad Historical Society

03/21/2026

enjoy

02/24/2026

02/23/2026

John Muchler ho scale Shawmut train with an 0-6-0 switch engine #105 and 5 St. Marys
Brewing cars. followed by a P7S Caboose.

09/19/2025

The September issues of the Cannonball is in the mail and should be arriving (or has arrived) to your home, soon.

The Cannonball is the official magazine published by the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Historical Society. Your $20 annual Membership fee delivers five issues to your door throughout the year. This issue includes:

• Member Information by John M. Muchler
• A Message from the President by Ken J. Clark
• The Tenders Behind: Parts 2 & 3 By Nick D'Amore
• Railroad History
• Squire Travels 98 Miles to Home 12 Miles Away
• B & S Trains in 1906
• Excursion Rates to Coudersport
• The New B & S Purchase
• Bridge Girders Arrive
• Shawmut Has a Bad Wreck
• Customers Served by the Shawmut in Hornell
• The Great Additions to the McConnell Mills
• Machines For Mill in Friendship Wrecked in Explosion
• Organizer Is Arrested for Arson
• Clara Smith: The Generous Philanthropist Who Helped Shape Allegany County's Legacy

Visitors to this page who are not members of the Society are encouraged to invest your $20 in a membership. For the amount of material that continues to be published, it is well worth it.

http://psnrrhs.org/join.html

08/26/2025

The Hornell Erie Railroad Museum will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the museum. They are asking anyone interested in this celebration to try and come. I will be operating on a train layout in out of the area. The PS&N have a small exhibit at the museum. All are invited. I will attach there notice. John M Muchler

07/18/2025

Here's some photos of our museum taken Thursday, July 17th, during our week-long open house. Descriptions on each photo.