 Never successful, the company struggled along through foreclosures and reorganizations for a decade before abandonment in 1912.The turn of the century, however, was principally marked by the construction of the PRR's Atglen and Susquehanna Branch.This was part of the PRR's "Low-Grade Lines" project, which aimed to provide low-grade (slope) routes for freight which would bypass the congestion of major cities and the steeper grades of the Main Line.