In the Winter 2025 issue of the History Quarterly, readers were informed that, when the name of Reeseville was changed to the Welsh name of Berwyn, it was at that time the only railroad station with that name in the United States. But, there was already one in Wales, and other stations were later given the same name in this country—three of which were connected with Berwyn, Pennsylvania—and in Canada.

These other communities known as "Berwyn" with railroad connections have been identified:

• Berwyn, Wales, United Kingdom
• Berwyn, Alberta, Canada
• Berwyn, Illinois
• Berwyn, Maryland
• Berwyn, Oklahoma

Photo of a 5600 class 5643 arriving at Berwyn station on the Llangollen Railway. Berwyn is a settlement in Denbighshire, Wales situated a mile north-west of Llangollen and adjacent to the River Dee in southeast Wales.23 February 2008 photo by G. Dobbs. More images and details may be found on the Berwyn, Denbighshire Wikipedia webpage.

Berwyn, Wales, United Kingdom

This is a modern photograph of the station in Berwyn, Wales. It is located considerably south of the mountain range from which Berwyn, Pa., takes its name, so is not directly connected with the renaming of Reeseville. The station originally opened in 1865, on the new Llangollen & Corwen Railway, which was operated by the major Great Western Railway. The rail line was abandoned and the track removed after nationalization of the railways by the British government. However, enthusiasts were later successful in restoring it, and it is now operated as a heritage railway.

Early 1900s photo of the Berwyn, Alberta, Canada station.

Berwyn, Alberta, Canada

A station was constructed in the early 1900s on the former Northern Alberta Railways Company line in a village named after Berwyn, Denbighshire in Wales, UK. The post office opened there on March 15, 1915.

More images and details may be found on the prairie-towns.com webpage

Berwyn Depot — This Metra station was built in 1890 as the Burlington Suburban Station. Photo by Brandon Bartoszek (© 2012 Eridony). More images and details may be found on his flickr.com webpage.

Berwyn, Illinois

In 1890, developers purchased land for a new village west of Chicago, along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and requested that the railroad provide a station. The railroad declined, because it had already established stations relatively closely on either side. The developers then had a frame station building constructed at their expense, with the understanding that the railroad would provide service.  They needed a name, searched railroad timetables for a good one, and settled on the name of a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad: Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Berwyn, Illinois, is now a city of more than 57,000 people. It is served by 25 trains each way daily, 9.5 miles from Chicago Union Station, provided by Metra, a regional government-sponsored commuter rail authority serving the Chicago area and Northeastern Illinois.

Early 1900s “real photo” post card showing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Berwyn, Maryland (Writer’s Collection).

Berwyn, Maryland

During the late 1880s, developers surveyed a site for a new town in Maryland along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s branch that served Washington, D.C., and called it Charlton Heights after one of the founders. A small parcel of land was conveyed to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for use in erecting a passenger station building, but the railroad failed to proceed. Residents reportedly then subscribed $7,000 to have it built themselves, requesting the railroad reimburse them if service proved profitable (but there is no record of repayment). The building was built in 1888, according to Baltimore & Ohio records, and the station stop was initially called “Charlton Heights,” according to local sources. In 1890 a church was established called Charlton Heights Mission.

Subsequently, a resident, originally from Berwyn, Pa.—according to local sources in Maryland—offered a large donation to the church on condition that it be renamed after his invalid son, named “Berwyn,” who had died at a young age. [This writer has been unable, as yet, to locate primary source confirmation of any of these events at the Pennsylvania end.] The church was accordingly renamed Berwyn Memorial Chapel in 1892. New owners resurveyed the town and changed the name to “Berwyn Heights.” The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad changed the name of the station to “Berwyn” (no “Heights”) in the wake of the town’s renaming, and that name remained for the duration of service.The building was demolished about 1960 and, although there is still passenger service over the rail line, Berwyn is no longer a stop (it now is served by Metro, the D.C. region subway system).

Postcard image of the old railroad bridge across the Washita River, between Berwyn (now Gene Autry) and Big Canyon, Oklahoma. Image Link. Source: "This & That" Newsletter Vol 10 Issue 475, March 2006
Inset: Photo of the Berwyn station bulding. Image Link Quote from image contributor: "I found this in my old pictures. It was probably taken in the late 1920s. Long before it became Gene Autry. My grandfather L. L. Franklin was the 'Station Agent' there for many years. He was telegrapher, and ticket agent, whatever was needed for the old A T and Santa Fe." Source: This & That" Newsletter Vol 19 Issue 977, October 2015

Berwyn, Oklahoma

When a subsidiary of the famed Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was built through Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1887, residents of a very small nearby village, which had gone under two previous names, relocated to trackside. It was then renamed “Berwyn,” after the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line station, as were others along that stretch of line. (The next two stations west of Berwyn were Ardmore and Overbrook, Okla.) In 1941, Berwyn, Okla., was renamed “Gene Autry,” after the famous singer and movie actor, and retains that name today.