 The piece from Haucks east to Nesquehoning Junction near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania opened in 1870 as the Nesquehoning Railroad, and the final piece from Nesquehoning Junction southeast to Packerton Junction was part of the 1868 extension of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad.The line from Port Clinton to Haucks was part of the Reading Company, while from Haucks to Packerton was part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey.The lines were taken over by Conrail in 1976, and the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad bought them in 1990.