History & local legend
Stanley, south of DuBois in Clearfield County, once had a railroad station built in 1912. Its name remains associated with the rail crossing on Stanley Road, a point identified in federal records along the Buffalo & Pittsburgh line.
A short local account describes a driver approaching that crossing one evening and seeing a white train with open boxcar doors. By the time the driver reached the tracks, it had disappeared. A second observer reportedly saw a similar vanishing train.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Pennsylvania collection, Stanley / Clearfield County / Railroad Tracks
- Dan West, Clearfield County railroad stations, Stanley entry and historical photograph of the station
- Federal Railroad Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Stanley Road crossing 148722U, named timetable station and surveyed coordinates
- GeoNames, Stanley in Brady Township
