ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1937. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Guide for the PRR with Extensive Map Including the Entire Route, 1855. [26] The railroad had survived the economic depression of 1873 and was seeing its business recover. At Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the North Pennsylvania Railroad which was completed during the Summer of 1856, provided a rail connection to Philadelphia and thus brought the LVRR a direct line to Philadelphia. ft.), PRR / VP of Purchase / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. [38] Through bonds issued by the D&H, he obtained 30% of the LVRR stock, and won the support of nearly half the stockholders. The most important market in the east was New York City, but the LVRR was dependent on the CNJ and the Morris Canal for transport to the New York tidewater. ft.), A publication by Thomas Townsend Taber (Thomas T. Taber III) entitled, PRR / Comptroller / Confidential Annual Reports of Affiliated Corporations, 1892-1959. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: The Easton and Amboy's operations were labeled the "New Jersey Division" of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Some of the lines and branches covered in the series'twenty-four boxes include: For maps of the routes and land holdings of the Lehigh and New England Railroad, the series ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. Although the roads effectively ignored the Act and their sales agents continued to meet and set prices, the agreements were never effective for long. Conrail integrated former CNJ main line leased trackage into the line and kept the line in continuous operation (since 1855); however, it downsized the line in the northwest from the Buffalo area of New York State: first to Sayre Yard in Sayre, Pennsylvania; then to Mehoopany, Pennsylvania; and finally to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Today, this route continues as two lines, one that is considered the original line that served as the main line for the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the other that is considered a new line that was once part of the original line that served as the main line for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. (17 cu. (.12 cu. Subsequently, the LVRR favored engines from Baldwin Locomotive Works and William Mason, but tried many other designs as it experimented with motive power that could handle the line's heavy grades.[7]. Keystone State. The purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven was the first step in expanding to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 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. [18] For most of its length, it ran parallel to the LVRR. Original file (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB). (1.25 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Statements of Additions and Betterments (GA-8), 1918-1929, 1931-1932. Passengers were routed to the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry. (152 cu. (.02 cu. The railroad then set its sights northward. (.1 cu. (bridge still exists today. (.1 cu. The new line is also served by Norfolk Southern Railway, but it is served together with CSX Transportation in a joint ownership company called Conrail Shared Assets Operations. (.1 cu. (1 cu. In 1973, the United States Congress acted to create a bill to nationalize all bankrupt railroads which included the LV. (.02 cu. [17] In 1871, the entire line from Phillipsburg to Wilkes-Barre was leased to the CNJ. [28] LVRR subsidiary, Lehigh Valley Railway began constructing the main line's northern part from Buffalo to Lancaster, New York, in 1883, a total distance of ten miles. (2 cu. ft.), Penn Central Corp. / General Correspondence Files, 1955-1976. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Condition of Frt. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Secretary's Correspondence, 1860-1966 (1905-1966). to Glen Summit Springs ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler - Anthracite Railroads Historical Society ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Survey Books and Legal Papers of the Pennsylvania Canal Company, 1857-1922. (1 cu. (.5 cu. In many cases the Rights of Way were not perpetual, but were granted for, say, 99 years. 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. Maps of North America. The Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad allowed the LV to reach White Haven. 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. These engineering drawings consist primarily of maps and structure drawings, although other subjects such as bridges, grade crossings and equipments are also documented. Leadership of the company transferred smoothly to Charles Hartshorne, who had been vice president under Packer. ft.), Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad / Acts of Assembly Relating to the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad, 1858. (2 cu. 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]). Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh This 5-railroad network will remain essentially unchanged for the first half of the 20th Century. In some cases (yards, stations, repair facilities, etc.) In 1896 the very early film Black Diamond Express was produced by Thomas A. Edison's company Kinetoscope. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of Samuel Rea, 1913-1925. 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]. By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. [1], The port on Lake Erie at Buffalo was critical to the LVRR's shipments of coal to western markets and for receipt of grain sent by the West to eastern markets. 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 . (.1 cu. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. In 1920, the LVRR sold its lake line company, the Lehigh Valley Transportation Line, to private interests due to new federal legislation which stopped the practice of railroads owning lake lines. (43 cu. ft.), Riverfront Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Railroad Leader. [16] After the LVRR opened its line, the Lehigh & Susquehanna extended to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and connected with the CNJ and the Morris and Essex Railroad in 1868. The purpose of the Temple Iron Company was to lock-up independent coal production and control the supply. Ball, Chief Conveyancer and Benjamin W. Carskaddon, Assistant Real Estate Agent, 1876-1902. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Miscellaneous Motive Power Blueprints and Related Materials, ca 1900-1968. At Three Bridges, New Jersey, in Readington Township, the line interchanges with Black River and Western Railroad. :-) Disclaimers: (.1 cu. Asa Packer was elected President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad on January 13, 1862. Due to declining passenger patronage, the Lehigh Valley successfully petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to terminate all passenger service. (2 cu. Lehigh Valley Railroad Station was a beautiful building that dated back to 1890. (.11 cu. 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. (.3 cu. (2006) ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Green Sheet Leases, 1926-1957. 1905 - Hojack swing bridge built at Charlotte. 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. (.1 cu. An sample frame of this film appears to the right of this paragraph, though not all frames show the names of property owners. ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Property Schedules, (BV 634, 635 and 636), 1936-1941. In 1999, the Norfolk Southern Railway which is owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation acquired the Lehigh Line in the Conrail split with CSX Transportation but the tracks from Manville, New Jersey, to Newark, New Jersey, were kept with Conrail in order for both Norfolk Southern and CSX to have equal competition in the Northeast. Lehigh Valley - Center for Railroad Photography & Art 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Wire and Pipe Crossing Agreements, 1925-1957. (29 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Valuable Papers Files, 1850-1966. In 1892, the Lehigh Valley Railroad completed its main line and established a western terminus in Buffa-lo, New York.At the same time, Niagara Falls had begun to flourish as a tourist attraction. (.25 cu. The coal trade was always the backbone of the business but was subject to boom and bust as competition and production increased and the economy cycled. The best place to find out the current status of a particular piece of land would be the Recorder of Deeds and/or Tax Mapping office in the relevant county's courthouse. It was followed by the "Catasauqua" 4-4-0 and "Lehigh" 4-6-0, which were also Norris & Sons engines. 1902 - NYC introduces The 20th Century Limited. (.1 cu. Morgan. (92 cu. (6.05 cu. Lehigh Valley Railroad System Maps - Railfan Guides (.4 cu. The images on the film are arranged geographically, i.e. Then and now: Passenger railway stations and round houses in the Lehigh [43] The terms of the restructurings precluded dividend payments until 1953, when LVRR common stock paid the first dividend since 1931. The banking giant J. P. Morgan stepped in to refinance the LVRR debt and obtained control of the railroad in the process. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Penn Central Merger Files, 1963-1965. In 1870, the Lehigh Valley Railroad acquired trackage rights to Auburn, New York, on the Southern Central Railroad.[1]. Then in 1887 the Lehigh Valley Railroad obtained a lease on the Southern Central Railroad (the LVRR previously had trackage rights on the railroad starting in 1870), which had a route from Waverly northward into the Finger Lakes region. 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. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. how long the Rights-of-Way were for, when the track was laid, and when the time limit was or will be up. Lehigh Valley Railroad System Maps RAILFAN GUIDES HOME RAILROAD SIGNALS HOME More info at: http://www.lehighvalleyrr.com/ http://www.marjum.com/niagjct/index.html http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=1907 I wonder what it is with the name CHUNK that "they" wanted to use it twice? 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. In 1916, a horrendous explosion occurred at the facility, destroying ships and buildings, and breaking windows in Manhattan. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Post Office Files, 1923-1933. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pamphlet Description of Corporations in which PRR and Subs. Additionally, a segment from Geneva to Victor, New York, later cut back to Shortsville, New York, to Victor, remained with the Lehigh Valley Estate under subsidized Conrail operation. Most of the rail equipment went to Conrail as well, but 24 locomotives (units GP38-2 314-325 and C420 404415) went to the Delaware & Hudson instead. The building shutdown in 1961 and was demolished. Several combinations occurred, but each fell apart as one road or another abrogated its agreement. (2 cu. In 1856, the "E. A. Packer" 4-4-0 was purchased from William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. ft.), Finley Company / Minute Books, 1945-1959. (.03 cu. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. [1] ft.), PRR / Secretary / Notes for Centennial History of PRR Company, ca 1946-1949. The line gave the LVRR a route into Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and the Schuylkill Valley coal fields.[32]. The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The line was later extended out to the northwest past Jim Thorpe to the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, area and later it reached the Buffalo, New York, area and past Easton all the way to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and then switched direction to the northeast to Jersey City, New Jersey, later cut back to Newark, New Jersey. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Minute Books, 1870-1954. This microfilm, such as it is, is our best and most comprehensive source of PRR maps at this time. It was opened on June 11, 1855, between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, passing through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 600 pixels. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. Map showing the Lehigh Valley Railroad system in the anthracite coal Also, in 1914 the Panama Canal was completed, and the LVRR gained an important new market with ores shipped from South America to the Bethlehem Steel company. Train Cars and Work Equip. (3 cu. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. James Madison Porter was the first President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), Columbia and Port Deposit Railway / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (143 cu. Passenger traffic on the LVRR's Easton and Amboy connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at Metuchen, New Jersey, and continued to the PRR'S Exchange Place terminus in Jersey City (that connection was discontinued in 1891 after the LVRR established its own route to Jersey City from South Plainfield). ft.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. 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. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of M.W. Suspect accused of putting explosive in luggage at Pennsylvania airport ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Ledgers, 1903-1925. The United States Railroad Administration controlled the railroad from 1918 to 1920, at which time control was transferred back to the private companies. In order to document their corporate valuations to the ICC, American railroad companies had to submit detailed maps of their real estate holdings. In 1901, Morgan arranged to have the Packer Estate's holdings purchased jointly by the Erie, the Pennsylvania, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the DL&W and the CNJ, all companies in which Morgan had interests. File. Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Agreement Book, 1853-1894. It was located along the Hamilton Street Bridge in Allentown. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. (.4 cu. the succession of recorded deeds). [13][35] Unfortunately, it overreached and in 1893 was unable to meet its obligations. (.25 cu. Lehigh Gorge Trains are located at 1 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 #570-325-8485 . He was also an enthusiastic member of the Society's modeling committee . From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. (.2 cu. The remainder of the assets were disposed of by the estate until it was folded into the non-railroad Penn Central Corporation in the early 1980s. 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. The line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day, with traffic peaking at the end of the week. In 1866, the LVRR purchased acquired the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad (originally the Quakake Railroad) and the North Branch Canal along the Susquehanna River, renaming it the Pennsylvania and New York Canal & Railroad Company (P&NY). Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. Map showing the Lehigh Valley Railroad system in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania Names Von Rosenberg, Leo (Creator) Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (Publisher) Collection. {#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. The route across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Oak Island Yard remains important to the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation today, the only two Class 1 railroads that are based in the Eastern United States. [4] All this changed in October 1851, when Asa Packer took majority control of the DLS&S. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company / Journal Entries, 1919. - Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway . F. A . The LVRR's Newark and Roselle Railway in 1891 brought the line from Roselle into Newark, where passengers connected to the Pennsylvania Railroad. By 1869, the LVRR owned a continuous track through Pennsylvania from Easton to Waverly. (9 cu. Following Federal legislation which stopped the operation of such service, the lake line was sold to private interests in 1920. Other RBMN Train Rides . (.10 cu. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. ft.), North Penn Coal Company / Minute Book, 1913-1938. 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. 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. A pair of ALCO FA-2 FB-2 car body diesel-electric locomotives were also purchased to augment the PAs when necessary. 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. System Map (1940) An official, 1940 system map of the Lehigh & New England Railroad. Young, 1929-1943. Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway - Wikipedia
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