Someone in either of those two offices or perhaps in the County Planning Commission Office might also know the general status of the different rail lines in the county -i.e. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Rules and Regulations, 1858-1925. This series primarily represents agreements that the PRR entered into with individuals, companies, and local governments. (.1 cu. Following Federal legislation which stopped the operation of such service, the lake line was sold to private interests in 1920. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Press Copy Plan Book, 1899-1907. Finally in 1900, the LVRR purchased the National Docks Railway outright. ft.), PRR / VP of Finance / Treasurer / Treasurer's Cash Books, 1847-1863, 1865-1925. An sample frame of this film appears to the right of this paragraph, though not all frames show the names of property owners. Map of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad, the predecessor to the Schuylkill Branch The abandoned Schuylkill Branch bridge over the Schuylkill River at Lower Pottsgrove, photographed in 2011 The Schuylkill Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The original line retains its original route when it was first constructed and is served by Norfolk Southern Railway. It fronted the Morris Canal Basin with a series of 600-foot (180m) piers angling out from the shoreline but was too narrow for a yard, so the LVRR built a separate yard at Oak Island in Newark to sort and prepare trains. (3 cu. The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society maintains this website in the memory of Ed Schaller, a kind man with a wonderful personality, who served many years as treasurer on the Board of Directors. [13] With these acquisitions, the LVRR obtained the right to mine coal as well as transport it. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962. ft.), Western Pennsylvania Railroad / Minute Books, 1860-1903. The hotel remained with the company until 1909, when it was bought by residents of the surrounding cottages. The Beaver Meadow Railroad had been built in 1836, and it transported anthracite coal from Jeansville in Pennsylvania's Middle Coal Field to the Lehigh Canal at Mauch Chunk. The land that Asa Packer had obtained in 1872 was situated on the southern side of the Morris Canal's South Basin, but the CNJ already had its own facilities adjacent to that property and disputed the LVRR's title, which partly overlapped land the CNJ had filled for its own terminal.[33]. No comprehensive finding aid exists for these records. Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. (.1 cu. The owners still owned the property, but the railroad was allowed to conduct agreed-upon activities on the swath in question. (11 cu. Working in conjunction with the Allentown & Auburn Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society the three groups plan to restore the switcher back to operating condition wearing its original L&NE colors and number. The line is still owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway and the line still runs from Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey, to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.[52]. While researchers are welcome to come in and browse through the hundreds of boxes of rolled maps and drawings, Archives staff is not able to do research for non-visiting patrons in this series. Other resolutions: 320 240 pixels | 640 480 pixels | 1,024 768 pixels | 1,280 960 pixels | 2,560 1,920 pixels. (1 cu. Coal, steel, passengers, and various other freight could be carried via the Lehigh Valley Railroad to either the Great Lakes or . Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Agreement Book, 1853-1894. Cassat, 1893-1903. Order #20 of ICC, 1916-1921. The Lehigh Line still exists and still serves as a major freight railroad line that operates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. At first the incident was considered an accident; a long investigation eventually concluded that the explosion was an act of German sabotage, for which reparations were finally paid in 1979. The line later expanded past Allentown to Lehigh Valley Terminal in Buffalo and past Easton to New York City, bringing the Lehigh Valley Railroad to these metropolitan areas. (.3 cu. (.2 cu. . The Auburn Branch Sayre, PA to North Fair Haven NY, PA | CR, LV, NY&OM Batavia to Leroy, NY NY | LV Buffalo to Victor, NY NY | LV The Cayuga Lake Railroad Auburn to Lake Ridge, NY NY | CLRR, CR, LV The Cortland Branch East Ithaca to Camden, NY NY | LV Ithaca to . The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. The Easton and Amboy's operations were labeled the "New Jersey Division" of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Property Sales Accounts, 1905-1914. (.11 cu. The followingarethe primary series of railroad map records that are processed and readily available for use: For track maps of the Erie and D, L & W lines,seeTrack Maps of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1917-1976, Series {#300m164}. Ad vertisement from shop plaindealing. ft.), Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad / Minute Books, 1903-1943. Lehigh Valley Railroad Station was a beautiful building that dated back to 1890. ft.), Pennsylvania and Midland Railroad / Court Proceedings, 1895-1899. The Lehigh Valley Railroad (reporting mark LV) was a railroad built in the Northeastern United States to haul anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Pennsylvania. In the years leading to 1973, the freight railroad system in the northeast of the U.S. was collapsing. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Abstract and Opinion of the Acts of the Legislature and Casesin reference to the Title of the North Branch Division of the Penna. The line had a descending or level grade from Mauch Chunk to Easton and with the exception of the curve at Mauch Chunk had no curve of less than 700 feet radius. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Locality Files, 1918-1936. ft.) {#286m.254}. Although the heavy wartime traffic had left the railroad's plant and equipment in need of repair, the damage was partly offset by new equipment that had been purchased by the government. Following Loomis' death in 1937, the presidency went to Loomis' assistant Duncan J. Kerr,[40] but in 1940 he was replaced by Albert N. Williams,[41] and the road came under the influence of the PRR. President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. (.1 cu. For land and trackage owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the State Archives holds a series of 49 microfilm rolls, filmed in 1976 by the Penn Central, entitled: Real Estate Maps and Atlases (#RRV 1101 through 1148) {#286m.423} . ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Property Ledger, 1886-1916. [1], On May 17, 1879, Asa Packer, the company's founder and leader, died at the age of 73. The railroad then set its sights northward. (.12 cu. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. A massive proxy fight ensued, with existing President Edward Eugene Loomis narrowly retaining his position with the support of Edward T. Stotesbury of J. P. (.05 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Minute Book of the Road Committee, Finance Comm. In 1896 the very early film Black Diamond Express was produced by Thomas A. Edison's company Kinetoscope. [5], At Easton, the LVRR interchanged coal at the Delaware River where coal could be shipped to Philadelphia on the Delaware Division Canal or transported across the river to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, where the Morris Canal and the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) could carry it to the New York City market. Across the river in Easton, Pennsylvania, the line interchanges with its Pennsylvania side branch line, the Portland Secondary, which extends from Easton to Portland, Pennsylvania, connecting to the Stroudsburg Secondary, which was originally part of the Lackawanna Old Road (or simply Old Road); the Stroudsburg Secondary goes under the Lackawanna Cut-Off and connects with the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad. Lehigh Gorge Trains are located at 1 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 #570-325-8485 . to Glen Summit Springs [38] Through bonds issued by the D&H, he obtained 30% of the LVRR stock, and won the support of nearly half the stockholders. File history. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Annual Reports of Water Companies, 1914. (.1 cu. So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. ft.), PRR / V.P. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. The Reading, now out of receivership, purchased the company and brought the other coal railroads into the partnership, with the Reading owning 30%, the LVRR 23%, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 20%, CNJ 17%, Erie 6%, and New York, Susquehanna and Western 4 percent. Lehigh Valley Railroad. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR began constructing an extension from White Haven, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre. (3 cu. Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Collection Number: 3362 Abstract: Financial records, reports, schedules, blueprints, and other records of railway lines in central and western New York State. Now under ownership of the Norfolk Southern Railway, the Lehigh Line's route is now from Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey, to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania. Please enable scripts and reload this page. By 1970, this had dwindled to 927 miles of road and 1963 miles of track. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail along with several northeastern railroads that same year. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Stock Transfer Book, 1889-1931. Since 1896 the LVRR had run an important and prestigious express train named the "Black Diamond" which carried passengers to the Finger Lakes and Buffalo. [46] It managed to acquire more than 85% of all outstanding shares, and from that time the LVRR was little more than a division of the PRR. The first acquisitions were the Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company, which included a few hundred acres of coal land, and the Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad. The 1860s saw an expansion of the LVRR northward to the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, area and up the Susquehanna River to the New York state line. (.4 cu. By controlling supply, the coal combination attempted to keep prices and profits high. of Law / Miscellaneous Interstate Commerce Commission Case Files, 1927-1935. Due to declining passenger patronage, the Lehigh Valley successfully petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to terminate all passenger service. Please note: Not all of the Valuable Papers were deposited at the archives, so we may not hold all of the items referenced in the index. In 1891, the LVRR consolidated the Roselle and South Plainfield Railway into the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway, along with the other companies which formed the route from South Plainfield to the Jersey City terminal. ft.), Wilcox Railroad Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. The images on the film are arranged geographically, i.e. [14], The 1870s witnessed commencement of extension of the LVRR in a new direction. The first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. The LVRR decided to expand more to the Northeastern New Jersey in order to reach its freight yards without using the CNJ main line. how long the Rights-of-Way were for, when the track was laid, and when the time limit was or will be up. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Water Company Files, 1905-1956. [24] The marshalling yard is now the residential area known as Harbortown. :-) Disclaimers: The two most popular reasons for wishing to consult railroad-related land records are property ownership investigations and historical research. [6] To accommodate the 4ft 10in (1,473mm) gauge of the Belvidere, the cars were furnished with wheels having wide treads that operated on both roads.[7]. At the time of his death, the railroad was shipping 4.4 million tons of coal annually over 657 miles (1,057km) of track, using 235 engines, 24,461 coal cars, and over 2,000 freight cars of various kinds. (.01 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1937. Photo by Doug Lilly. He served as chairman of the board while the presidency was vacant until PRR takeover. In 1875, the holdings were consolidated into the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which was wholly owned by the LVRR. (5 cu. The LVRR first attempted to obtain a right of way at Greenville, but the Pennsylvania Railroad checkmated them by purchasing most of the properties needed. Lehigh Valley Trail Facts States: New York Counties: Monroe, Ontario Length: 16.4 miles Trail end points: W. River Road/County Road 84 (Scottsville) and Lehigh Crossing Park at Shallow Creek Trail and Victor Mendon Road (Victor) Trail surfaces: Crushed Stone Trail category: Rail-Trail ID: 6015034 Activities: Conversely, the other railroads' obligations to pay those fees to the Penn Central were not waived. Passengers preferred the convenience of automobiles to trains, and airlines much later provided faster long-distance travel than trains. Construction of a rail line to the New York state line started immediately and, in 1867, the line was complete from Wilkes-Barre to Waverly, New York, where coal was transferred to the broad gauge Erie Railroad and shipped to western markets through Buffalo, New York. [50] The "3R Act," as it was called, provided interim funding to the bankrupt railroads and defined a new "Consolidated Rail Corporation" under the AAR's plan. (.02 cu. Young, 1929-1943. The Pennsylvania Railroad in 1962 requested ICC authorization to acquire complete control of the LVRR through a swap of PRR stock for LVRR and elimination of the voting trust that had been in place since 1941. The two roads had entered a shared trackage agreement in this area in 1965 to reduce costs, as both had parallel routes from Wilkes-Barre virtually all the way to metropolitan New York, often on adjoining grades through Pennsylvania. (.4 cu. (.15 cu. (1 cu. The tracks from Dupont to Mehoopany became a new rail line called the Susquehanna Branch. [15] Asa Packer purchased additional land at the canal basin in support of the New Jersey West Line Railroad, which he hoped to use as the LVRR's terminal. In 1880, the LVRR established the Lehigh Valley Transportation Line to operate a fleet of ships on the Great Lakes with terminals in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Duluth. [2][13] By 1893, the LVRR owned or controlled 53,000 acres (210km2) of coal lands. [47][note 1]. In 1871, the LVRR leased the Morris Canal, which had a valuable outlet in Jersey City on the Hudson River opposite Manhattan. In the early part of October 1855, a contract was made with Howard & Co. of Philadelphia to do the freighting business of the railroad (except coal, iron, and iron ore). Finally, in 1889, the LVRR gained control of the Geneva, Ithaca, and Sayre Railroad and completed its line of rail through New York. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of J.C. Wilson, Assistant Chief Engineer and Real Estate Agent, 1876-1889. The railroad was authorized on April 21, 1846, for freight and transportation of passengers, goods, wares, merchandise and minerals[1] in Pennsylvania and the railroad was incorporated and established on September 20, 1847, as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. (.1 cu. Condition: Used. The LVRR was approved for such a restructuring in 1940 when several large mortgage loans were due. In 1973, the United States Congress acted to create a bill to nationalize all bankrupt railroads which included the LV. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. The majority of the Lehigh Line is now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and retains much of its original route in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, although it no longer goes into New York City. A long segment west from Van Etten Junction to Buffalo was included in the Conrail takeover, but was mostly torn-up not long afterward. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company - Ledger, 1907-1922. Most of the traffic along the line consists of intermodal and general merchandise trains going to yards such as Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey, and Croxton Yard in Jersey City. Coverage includes locations in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. (.1 cu. 1835-1925]. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company / Minute Book, 1907-1922. {#31.18}, MG-416 Aero Service Corporation Photographs, MG-425 Ebasco Environmental Company Aerial Photographs, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Other Record Holders, PHMC Collections Management Policy Standards, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access Policy, Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Bangor & Portland Division, including Martins Creek Branch, Limestone Spur, Wind Gap Branch, Atlantic BranchandBangor Branch, Valuation orders and related records, 1914-1934. (.01 cu. On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), which was maintained by the Secretary's office. [25] While the third rail on the Erie Railroad main line between Waverly and Buffalo gave the LVRR an unbroken connection to Buffalo, the road's management desired its own line into Buffalo. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Information Books, ca 1926-1954. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.5 cu. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. ft.), PRR / VP Eastern Region / Letter Books, 1924-1926. Keystone State. The Pennsylvania merged with the New York Central in 1968, but the Penn Central failed in 1970, causing a cascade of railroad failures throughout the East. Although the decade began with the completion of its terminals at Buffalo and Jersey City, and the establishment of a trunk line across New York, the company soon became entangled in costly business dealings which ultimately led to the Packer family's loss of control. V2 en:Roselle and South Plainfield Railway. (35 cu. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps forPennsylvania, Aerial Photographs and Index of the 1940 Aerial Survey of Pennsylvania, 1937-1942. (.02 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Valuable Papers Files, 1850-1966. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. (.1 cu. This allowed the line's eastbound grade to be reduced and a shorter route for handling through traffic established. File usage on other wikis. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. (10 cu. (.2 cu. ft.), Finley Company / Minute Books, 1945-1959. [13][35] Unfortunately, it overreached and in 1893 was unable to meet its obligations. The line and the rest of the Lehigh Valley Railroad was absorbed into Conrail in 1976 and was maintained as a main line into the New York City area. The first locomotive purchased by the LVRR was the "Delaware", a wood-burning 4-4-0 built by Richard Norris & Sons of Philadelphia in 1855. (.03 cu. In 1928, he attempted to seat a new president and board. :-)). The 1890s were a period of turmoil for the LVRR. James Madison Porter was the first President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. (.02 cu. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. In 1875, the LVRR financed the addition of a third rail to the Erie Railroad main line so that cars could roll directly from colliery to the port at Buffalo. (.3 cu. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. (12 cu. [30] As a result of its leases and acquisitions, the Lehigh Valley gained a near-monopoly on traffic in the Finger Lakes region. of Purchases / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. (.03 cu. Construction from Waverly to Buffalo was split into two projects, Waverly to Geneva, New York, and Geneva, which is located at the northern end of Seneca Lake), to Buffalo. The LVRR strove throughout the 1880s to acquire its own route to Jersey City and to the Jersey City waterfront. The 23 miles between Mauch Chunk and White Haven through the Lehigh Gorge, now the D&L Trail, was opened in 1864. ft.), PRR / President / Clement / Eastern Region Coordinating Committee Files, 1933-1936. The Easton and Amboy Railroad was a railroad built across central New Jersey by the Lehigh Valley Railroad to run from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to Bound Brook, New Jersey, and it was built to connect the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal-hauling operations in Pennsylvania and the Port of New York and New Jersey to serve consumer markets in the New York metropolitan area, eliminating the Phillipsburg connection with the CNJ that had previously been the only outlet to the New York tidewater; until it was built, the terminus of the LVRR had been at Phillipsburg on the Delaware River opposite Easton, Pennsylvania. [1] Morgan. Map of Lehigh Valley Railroad's terminal at Jersey City Map of Lehigh Valley Railroad's Roselle and South Plainfield Railway In 1880, the LVRR established the Lehigh Valley Transportation Line to operate a fleet of ships on the Great Lakes with terminals in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Duluth. The acquisitions in 1868 were notable because they marked the beginning of the LVRR's strategy of acquiring coal lands to ensure production and traffic for its own lines. ft.), Peoria and Eastern Railway / Annual Reports, 1928-1936, 1938-1961, 1963-1966, 1970-1973, 1976. (143 cu. ft.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. (.2 cu. The railroad would run parallel to the Lehigh River and break the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company's monopoly on coal traffic originating in the Wyoming Valley. (.2 cu. | Library of Congress Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. This took effect on February 4, 1961. (.1 cu. The State of New Jersey passed legislation that allowed the LVRR to consolidate its New Jersey railroads into one company; the Perth Amboy and Bound Brook and the Bound Brook and Easton were merged to form a new railroad company called the Easton and Amboy Railroad (or Easton & Amboy Railroad Company). 1906 Antique Lehigh Valley Railroad Map Vintage Lehigh Valley Railway Map Birthday Gift for Dad Anniversary 527 ad vertisement by plaindealing. Young, 1929-1943. At Perth Amboy, a tidewater terminal was built on the Arthur Kill comprising a large coal dock used to transport coal into New York City. Lehigh Valley Terminal DL&W Train Shed Metro Rail Stations: Light Rail Rapid Transit System Miami Street Freight House / Franklin Terminals Belt Line Railroad: Daniel Zornick,, Beltline Railroad Illustrated essay Map: 1894 City of Buffalo Atlas map (online Sept. 2020) Miscellany: Robert Holder, History of Early Railroads in Buffalo Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for LV Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot (train station) at Andreas, Schuylkill Co., PA at the best online prices at eBay! The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. [34] The LVRR obtained a 5-year agreement to use the CNJ line to access the terminal, which opened in 1889. In total, today's railroads in Pennsylvania operate just over 5,000 route miles, which is well under half the state's all-time high of more than 11,500 miles. . (.02 cu. The Vosburg Tunnel was completed and opened for service on July 25, 1886. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Roll Books, 1918-1967. ft.), PRR / VP of Purchase / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. The Shortsville to Victor segment became the Ontario Central Railroad in 1979 (the Ontario Central became part of the Finger Lakes Railway in October 2007[51]). To support the expected increase in traffic, the wooden bridge over the Delaware River at Easton was also replaced by a double-tracked, 1,191-foot (363m) iron bridge.[23]. Original file (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB). The line connects with Conrail Shared Assets Operations's Lehigh Line (the new rail line) and CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision at Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey, and connects with the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad's Reading Division at Packerton, Pennsylvania, and Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad's Lehigh Division at Lehighton, Pennsylvania (originally M&H Junction near Old Penn Haven, Pennsylvania). (17.5 cu. For 25 years the Lehigh Canal had enjoyed a monopoly on downstream transportation and was charging independent producers high fees. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Studies, 1950-1970. (.21 cu. Prior to that time, the Temple Iron Company was a small concern that happened to have a broad charter allowing it to act as a holding company. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / Cash Books for the Trust Created for Purchase of Securities, 1878-1939. (43 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Letter Books, 1926. 1 en:Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad; 2 en:Bay Shore Connecting Railroad; 3 en:Whippany River Railroad The purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven was the first step in expanding to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. After the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads were nationalized in order to prevent strikes and interruptions. In 1864, the LVRR began acquiring feeder railroads and merging them with its system. (.10 cu. The Easton and Amboy had already completed large docks and facilities for shipping coal at Perth Amboy upon an extensive tract of land fronting the Arthur Kill. (5.6 cu. Two final blows fell in the 1950s: the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956, better known as the Interstate Highway Act, and the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. (.5 cu. (.1 cu. Lehigh Valley Railroad Tracings and blueprints for buildings, bridges, and track routes of the Land and Tax Department for the Wyoming, Jersey City and Buffalo Divisions of the Lehigh Valley Railroad are included in Series {#274m.568}, Track and Structures Drawings, 1870-1976 . ft.), Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad / Annual Reports, 1890-1901. (.15 cu. (.4 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Record of Track Material Loaned for Construction of Lumber Branches, 1895-1906. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. Conrail abandoned most of the route in New York State to Buffalo after 1976, considerably shortening the line. (5 cu. ft.), Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad / Minute Book, 1902-1911. (.16 cu. He was also an enthusiastic member of the Society's modeling committee . (1.3 cu. The series listed below contain scattered information and/or maps of PRR and Penn Central real estate holdings in Manuscript Group 286. ft.), Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. In 1866, Master Mechanic Alexander Mitchell designed the "Consolidation", 1945: The first Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline diesels arrive in the form of.
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