Saint Anthony’s Wilderness is one of the most beautiful wilderness areas within the state of Pennsylvania. It once stretched from the Susquehanna River to the Schuylkill River, but now only encompasses Stoney Creek Valley being part of the largest roadless wilderness tract in Southeastern Pennsylvania. However, in the heart of Saint Anthony’s Wilderness and Stoney Creek Valley lies the Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad, stretching 54 miles from Rockville, Dauphin County (on the Susquehanna River), to Auburn, Schuylkill County (on the Schuylkill River).

Along those 54 miles the railroad worked its way through mining country, iron industries, and farmlands. It connected twenty-six stations, each one supporting some kind of community. The stations, each having a special history of their own, have almost all but disappeared through the years of the railroad’s existence.

In Schuylkill County the stations in existence were: Auburn, Jefferson, Aucheys, Roeders, Hammon, Stonemont, Moyers, Rock, Stanhope, Auchenbach, Pine Grove, Beuchler, and Outwood.

In Lebanon County the stations were: Gold Mine, Rausch Gap, Cold Spring, and Yellow Spring.

In Dauphin County the old stations included: Rattling Run, Water Tank, White Spring, Ellendale Forge, Stone Glen, Singersville, Dauphin, Hecks, and Rockville.