ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Leases, 1883-1939. Bankruptcy trustee from August 1974 to April 1976. Conversely, the other railroads' obligations to pay those fees to the Penn Central were not waived. (2 cu. (.55 cu. (.1 cu. (.2 cu. [11] Over the next dozen years the railroad acquired other large tracts of land: 13,000 acres (53km2) in 1870,[9] 5,800 acres (23km2) in 1872,[12] and acquisition of the Philadelphia Coal Company in 1873 with its large leases in the Mahanoy basin. ft.), Chambersburg Land and Improvement Company / Minute Book, 1890-1905. In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. Bridging Newark Bay proved difficult. (.3 cu. Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. Lehigh and New England Railroad - American-Rails.com (.1 cu. (.01 cu. The Easton and Amboy's operations were labeled the "New Jersey Division" of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. File : Lehigh Valley Railroad System Map.svg - Wikimedia Fowler's Panoramac Bird's Eye Maps, 1884-1905, recently added railroad maps that may not be included in the old topical sections (search for the word "rail" or "railroad"). The LVRR began construction of a series of railroads to connect the Easton and Amboy line (Easton and Amboy Railroad) to Jersey City. Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads. (2 cu. These were FAs with steam generators, but they were not designated as FPA-2 units. Lehigh Valley Railroad Maps | Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler File history. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Guide for the PRR with Extensive Map Including the Entire Route, 1855. (.25 cu. The LVRR operated several named trains in the post-World War II era. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Record of Transportation Lines, 1877-1959. 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. ft.), Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad / Minute Book, 1902-1911. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. The line's being downsized three times created two new rail lines: the Lehigh Secondary and the Lehigh Division, which was later sold to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) in 1996; the RBMN would later cut back the Lehigh Division from Mehoopany to Dupont, Pennsylvania. (.21 cu. Condition: Used. . ft.), West Chester Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Minute Books of the Real Estate Committee, 1869-1918. At Catasauqua, the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad transported coal, ore, limestone and iron for furnaces of the Thomas Iron Company, the Lehigh Crane Iron Company, the Lehigh Valley Iron Works, the Carbon Iron Company, and others. Cassat, 1893-1903. The railroad then set its sights northward. 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. East of the junction with the Reading Line in Allentown and in Bethlehem, the line serves as Norfolk Southern's main corridor in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey, and the New York Metro Area at large, as Norfolk Southern doesn't currently use the eastern half of its Southern Tier Line, which follows the Delaware River from Port Jervis north to Binghamton, New York, and which is now (2022) operated by the Central New York Railroad. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Annual Reports of Water Companies, 1914. At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the Belvidere Delaware Railroad connected to Trenton, New Jersey. Joy and Lancaster Railroad / Minute Book of the Committee on Real Estate and the Road, 1850-1855. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. (1.25 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.), Nescopec Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. No comprehensive finding aid exists for these records. In 1864, the LVRR began acquiring feeder railroads and merging them with its system. In the following years, the Pennsylvania quietly obtained more stock, both directly and through railroads it controlled, primarily the Wabash. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / President / Subject Index to Presidential Corr. ft.), Buffalo Creek Railroad / Valuable Papers Files, 1868-1967. 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}. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962. - Cornell University ft.), Bustleton Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. [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. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. (.53 cu. ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Minute Books, 1869-1940. [citation needed]. James Madison Porter was the first President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. (12 cu. 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. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Property Schedules, (BV 634, 635 and 636), 1936-1941. 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. 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]. Coverage includes locations in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. 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. [29] At the same time, the LVRR organized the Buffalo and Geneva Railroad to build the rest of the 97-mile Geneva to Buffalo trackage, from Geneva to Lancaster. | Library of Congress Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. (.2 cu. (.2 cu. (1.5 cu. The 1880s continued to be a period of growth, and the LVRR made important acquisitions in New York, expanded its reach into the southern coal field of Pennsylvania which had hitherto been the monopoly of the Reading, and successfully battled the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. (92 cu. (.1 cu. 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: The former Lehigh Valley tracks between Manville, New Jersey, and Newark are operated separately by Conrail Shared Assets Operations as their own Lehigh Line. At the end of that time period, the use rights would have to be re-negotiated, or full use and control would revert to the current property owner. 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. Photos not available for this variation. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. (11.9 cu. Oil and gas were supplanting coal as the fuel of choice. 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 purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven was the first step in expanding to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. 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.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of W.W. Atterbury, 1925-1935. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. [13] With these acquisitions, the LVRR obtained the right to mine coal as well as transport it. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Report to the Superintendant of the Tenth Census, 1880. Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway - Wikipedia 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library /Publicity Photographs, ca 1830-1960. (.1 cu. ft.), Erie-Lackawanna Railway / General Correspondence Files, 1953-1967, Erie Railroad / Land Record Books,[ ca 1831-1915]. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . ft.), Enola Realty Company / Property Sales Accounts, 1905-1914. Train Cars and Work Equip. (.1 cu. (.15 cu. ft.), Coxe Brothers and Company, Inc. / Appendix to Estimates of Coal on Properties Owned or Controlled, 1925. Lehigh Valley - Center for Railroad Photography & Art (.1 cu. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The two most popular reasons for wishing to consult railroad-related land records are property ownership investigations and historical research. Other resolutions: 320 240 pixels | 640 480 pixels | 1,024 768 pixels | 1,280 960 pixels | 2,560 1,920 pixels. [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. railroad archivist. Finally, in 1889, the LVRR gained control of the Geneva, Ithaca, and Sayre Railroad and completed its line of rail through New York. LV Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot (train station) at Andreas, Schuylkill In 1871, the LVRR leased the Morris Canal, which had a valuable outlet in Jersey City on the Hudson River opposite Manhattan. The series listed below contain scattered information and/or maps of PRR and Penn Central real estate holdings in Manuscript Group 286. The first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. Lehigh Valley Railroad - Etsy 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: BFA Series, ca 1905-1960. Please enable scripts and reload this page. This route became important to Conrail as an alternate route to avoid Amtrak's former PRR/PC Northeast Corridor electrified route. (.03 cu. It leased the CNJ and the LVRR, purchased the railroads' coal companies and arranged for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to cooperate with the combination, thereby controlling 70% of the trade. (.1 cu. Morgan. Canal, 1901. In 1895, the LVRR constructed the Greenville and Hudson Railway parallel with the national docks in order to relieve congestion and have a wholly-owned route into Jersey City. (5 cu. The LVRR found that the route of the Morris Canal was impractical for use as a railroad line, so in 1872 the LVRR purchased the dormant charter of the Perth Amboy and Bound Brook Railroad which had access to the Perth Amboy, New Jersey, harbor, and added to it a new charter, the Bound Brook and Easton Railroad. Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Pub.L. In 1941, the Pennsylvania placed its shares in a voting trust after reaching an agreement with the New York Central regarding the PRR's purchase of the Wabash. Due to declining passenger patronage, the Lehigh Valley successfully petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to terminate all passenger service. (.02 cu. The building shutdown in 1961 and was demolished. The Depression had been difficult for all the railroads, and Congress recognized that bankruptcy laws needed revision. Parts. ft.), Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (1 cu. [2] It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Ledgers, 1903-1925. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of George W.I. (.05 cu. Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library 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 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. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of M.W. (1 cu. Wilson, Chief Engineer, 1881-1884. (.1 cu. At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the line interchanges with its New Jersey side branch line, the Washington Secondary and the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway which also passes over the Belvidere and Delaware River after that. (.1 cu. The railroad was chartered on August 2, 1847, and elected James Madison Porter its president on October 21. ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. ft.), PRR / VP of Purchase / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. ft.), Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. 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. (3 cu. [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. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. The Geneva, Ithaca & Athens Railroad passed into the hands of the LVRR in September 1876, which extended from the New York state line near Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Geneva, New York, a distance of 75 miles. Railroad - Hemlock and Canadice Lakes [1][9] To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR purchased the Penn Haven & White Haven Railroad in 1864, and began constructing an extension from White Haven to Wilkes-Barre that was opened in 1867. (.1 cu. plaindealing From shop plaindealing. Construction commenced in 1872 as soon the Easton and Amboy was formed; coal docks at Perth Amboy were soon constructed, and most of the line from Easton to Perth Amboy was graded and rails laid. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. w/ Val. (1 cu. (1.34 cu. (.1 cu. Although the roads effectively ignored the Act and their sales agents continued to meet and set prices, the agreements were never effective for long. It opened a hotel in Glen Summit, Pennsylvania, called the Glen Summit Hotel to serve lunch to passengers traveling on the line. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. (.4 cu. (.1 cu. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. In 1892, the Reading Railroad thought it had a solution instead of attempting to maintain agreements among the coal railroads, it would purchase or lease the major lines and bring them into a monopoly. [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. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. LEHIGH VALLEY DEPOT - WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK - TrainWeb.org Bankruptcy trustee July 1970August 1974. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. [1], The LVRR's rolling stock was hired from the Central Railroad of New Jersey and a contract was made with the CNJ to run two passenger trains from Easton to Mauch Chunk connecting with the Philadelphia trains on the Belvidere Delaware Railroad. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps forPennsylvania, Aerial Photographs and Index of the 1940 Aerial Survey of Pennsylvania, 1937-1942. (1 cu. 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 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. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. ft.), Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad / Minute Books, 1903-1943. Although in 1870 the LVRR had invested in the 2-mile (3.2km) Buffalo Creek Railroad, which connected the Erie to the lakefront, and had constructed the Lehigh Docks on Buffalo Creek, it depended on the Erie Railroad for the connection from Waverly to Buffalo, New York.[9]. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 600 pixels. (bridge still exists today. [30] As a result of its leases and acquisitions, the Lehigh Valley gained a near-monopoly on traffic in the Finger Lakes region. (.15 cu. (17 cu. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. ft.), PRR / Secretary / One Hundredth Anniversary Historical Files, ca 1876-1946. [10] The LVRR recognized that its own continued prosperity depended on obtaining what coal lands remained. N Scale Lehigh Valley locomotive by Life-Like. The LVRR shareholders received shares of the now independent Lehigh Valley Coal Company, but the railroad no longer had management control of the production, contracts, and sales of its largest customer. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (2 cu. The train arrives from far away and passes the camera, while workers are waving their handkerchiefs.[37]. ft.), Williamsport and Elmira Railroad / Annual Reports, 1856-1858. (3 cu. linearly along particular rail lines. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Rules and Regulations, 1858-1925. (.1 cu. Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), PRR / VP Central Region / Blueprint Track Chart of Branch Lines, 1938. The CNJ, anticipating that the LVRR intended to create its own line across New Jersey, protected itself by leasing the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (L&S) to ensure a continuing supply of coal traffic. Then and now: Passenger railway stations and round houses in the Lehigh [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. ft.), Berkshire Land Company / Journal and Ledger, 1939-1955. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Reports on Coal and Coal Mines, 1861-1864. [18] For most of its length, it ran parallel to the LVRR. Among them: The primary passenger motive power for the LVRR in the diesel era was the ALCO PA-1 car body diesel-electric locomotive, of which the LVRR had fourteen. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. In order to document their corporate valuations to the ICC, American railroad companies had to submit detailed maps of their real estate holdings. In 1896 the very early film Black Diamond Express was produced by Thomas A. Edison's company Kinetoscope. This allowed the line's eastbound grade to be reduced and a shorter route for handling through traffic established. ft.), which was maintained by the Secretary's office. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Minute Books, 1905-1931. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's original and primary route between Easton and Allentown was built in 1855. This company became an important factor in the movement of anthracite, grain and package freight between Buffalo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, Superior and other midwestern cities. The Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad allowed the LV to reach White Haven. (1.25 cu. Although government-funded Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971, railroad companies continued to lose money due to extensive government regulations, expensive and excessive labor cost, competition from other transportation modes, declining industrial business and other factors;[49] the Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of them. 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. The original line retains its original route when it was first constructed and is served by Norfolk Southern Railway. (1 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. By controlling supply, the coal combination attempted to keep prices and profits high. By 1869, the LVRR owned a continuous track through Pennsylvania from Easton to Waverly. Initially, the LVRR contracted with the CNJ for rights from Roselle to Jersey City, but the LVRR eventually finished construction to its terminal in Jersey City over the Newark and Roselle Railway, the Newark and Passaic Railway, the Jersey City, Newark, and Western Railway, and the Jersey City Terminal Railway. (.3 cu. United States (except New York) States. During routine screening by Transportation Security Administration agents, Muffley's bag set off an alarm indicating it contained suspicious items, according to a criminal complaint.
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