(1 cu. The Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad (DLS&S) was authorized by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on April 21, 1846, to construct a railroad from Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, now Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, to Easton, Pennsylvania. 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. ft.), Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad / Minute Books, 1903-1943. 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. (.1 cu. Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library ft.), Enola Realty Company / Ledgers, 1905-1932. Due to declining passenger patronage, the Lehigh Valley successfully petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to terminate all passenger service. Young, 1929-1943. 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. First, it purchased a large parcel of land in Buffalo, the Tifft farm, for use as terminal facilities, and obtained a New York charter for the Lehigh Valley Railway (a similar name to the LVRR, but with "railway" instead). Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1887 Place: Philadelphia? In many cases the Rights of Way were not perpetual, but were granted for, say, 99 years. ft.), Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Report to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. [47][note 1]. The economic depression following 1893 was harsh, and by 1897 the LVRR was in dire need of support. Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Secretary's Correspondence, 1860-1966 (1905-1966). [2][13] By 1893, the LVRR owned or controlled 53,000 acres (210km2) of coal lands. [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. From 1855 to 1879 the Lehigh Valley Railroad had grown from its original road between Mauch Chunk and Easton, to include 658 miles of track as far away as Buffalo and New York City. (.2 cu. Welcome to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler! By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. The purpose of the Temple Iron Company was to lock-up independent coal production and control the supply. By December 31, 1925, the railroad controlled 1,363.7 miles of road and 3,533.3 miles of track. [13][35] Unfortunately, it overreached and in 1893 was unable to meet its obligations. 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 company controlled 30,000 acres (120km2) of coal-producing lands and was expanding rapidly into New York and New Jersey. The line makes notable connections with other Norfolk Southern lines such as the Reading Line and independent shortline railroads. Abandoned Lines By mileage, no state comes close to the abandonments suffered in Pennsylvania, which now amounts to roughly 6,500 miles. That southern field held the largest reserves of anthracite in Pennsylvania and accounted for a large percentage of the total production. Records vary as to scope and nature, including pipe and wire, trackage and crossing rights, real estate, physical facilities, financial obligations, operations with affiliated companies, governmental authorizations, purchases, and so forth. Lehigh Valley Railroad Maps The maps on the following pages, based on the LVRR right-of-way as of September 24, 1936, were created by the ARHS: New Jersey Mainline - from Jutland to Jersey City M&H Area and Mainline - Mahanoy and Hazleton Division, as well as the mainline from Lizard Creek Jct. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. (.02 cu. (92 cu. ft.), Columbia and Port Deposit Railway / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Conrail maintained the line as a main line into the New York City area. (.1 cu. (2.25 cu. ft.), Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad / Acts of Assembly Relating to the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad, 1858. This route became important to Conrail as an alternate route to avoid Amtrak's former PRR/PC Northeast Corridor electrified route. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads. Ended: Mar 02, 2023. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Annual Statement of Charges and Credits to the Investment Account for Property (BV 589), 1917-1930. (6.05 cu. ft.), Kensington and Tacony Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.4 cu. The Lehigh Line still exists and still serves as a major freight railroad line that operates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). Other resolutions: 320 240 pixels | 640 480 pixels | 1,024 768 pixels | 1,280 960 pixels | 2,560 1,920 pixels. 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 LVRR first attempted to obtain a right of way at Greenville, but the Pennsylvania Railroad checkmated them by purchasing most of the properties needed. (3 cu. 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]. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. [1], On May 17, 1879, Asa Packer, the company's founder and leader, died at the age of 73. (11 cu. By controlling supply, the coal combination attempted to keep prices and profits high. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh This 5-railroad network will remain essentially unchanged for the first half of the 20th Century. ft.), Pittsburgh and Lake Erie / Railroad Annual Reports, 1967, 1969, 1972-1974, 1976-1977. In 1928, he attempted to seat a new president and board. (bridge still exists today. 1835-1925]. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. ft.), Wilcox Railroad Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / Cash Books for the Trust Created for Purchase of Securities, 1878-1939. (17.5 cu. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Rules and Regulations, 1858-1925. (.25 cu. 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. Joy and Lancaster Railroad / Minute Book of the Committee on Real Estate and the Road, 1850-1855. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / List of Roadway Completion Reports (BV 586), 1919-1927. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Lease and Agreement Book, 1858-1889. ft.), Western Pennsylvania Railroad / Minute Books, 1860-1903. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Statements of Additions and Betterments (GA-8), 1918-1929, 1931-1932. 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. 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. Some lines were subsequently abandoned and even dismantled long before the expiration date came up. The 46-mile-long (74km) LVRR connected at Mauch Chunk with the Beaver Meadow Railroad. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Information Books, ca 1926-1954. Bridging Newark Bay proved difficult. [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 interstate highways helped the trucking industry offer door-to-door service, and the St. Lawrence Seaway allowed grain shipments to bypass the railways and go directly to overseas markets. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate & Taxation / Reports on Coal and Coal Mines, 1861-1864. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. The LVRR strove throughout the 1880s to acquire its own route to Jersey City and to the Jersey City waterfront. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2097 decorated for the railroad's centennial and leading the second section of train 9, the "Black Diamond," with ten cars past the interlocking tower at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1946. [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. The majority of passenger equipment is believed to have been scrapped some time after February 1961. ft.), PRR / Secretary / One Hundredth Anniversary Historical Files, ca 1876-1946. Lehigh Valley Railroad Station was a beautiful building that dated back to 1890. (.53 cu. The L&S had been chartered in 1837 by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (the Lehigh Canal company) to connect the upper end of the canal at Mauch Chunk to Wilkes-Barre. (1.5 cu. This primarily consisted of the main line and related branches from Van Etten Junction, northwest of Sayre, Pennsylvania) to Oak Island Yard, the Ithaca branch from Van Etten Junction to Ithaca, New York, connecting to the Cayuga Lake line and on to the Milliken power station in Lake Ridge, New York (closed on August 29, 2019) and the Cargill salt mine just south of Auburn; and small segments in Geneva, New York (from Geneva to the Seneca Army Depot in Kendaia); Batavia, New York; Auburn, New York, and Cortland, New York. [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. (5 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Lines East Age Books (MP 308), ca 1900-1917. 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 . [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. At Three Bridges, New Jersey, in Readington Township, the line interchanges with Black River and Western Railroad. Engineering Drawings, [ca.1886-1940 (bulk: 1915-1930)]{#311m.284} will be of interest.
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