Condition: Used. (17.5 cu. The railroad was chartered on August 2, 1847, and elected James Madison Porter its president on October 21. ft.), Nescopec Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. On April 1, 1976, the LVRR, including its main line, was merged into the U.S. government's Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) ending 130 years of existence and 121 years of operation of the LVRR. The LVRR was approved for such a restructuring in 1940 when several large mortgage loans were due. I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JimIrwin, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad_System_Map.svg&oldid=460606778, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The production of the entire Middle Coal Field came to the LVRR over feeders to the Beaver Meadow: the Quakake Railroad, the Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad, the Hazleton Railroad, the Lehigh Luzerne Railroad and other smaller lines. 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. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / General Correspondence Files, 1972-1976. 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. (.3 cu. (.1 cu. 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). ft.), Western Pennsylvania Railroad / Minute Books, 1860-1903. Post Conrail ownership and secondary lines. These locomotives were also used in freight service during and after the era of LVRR passenger service. Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey, News Printing Co., 1889, p.85. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Minute Book of the Road Committee, Finance Comm. The Easton and Amboy was used as a connection to the New York metropolitan area, with a terminus in Jersey City, New Jersey. [38] Through bonds issued by the D&H, he obtained 30% of the LVRR stock, and won the support of nearly half the stockholders. VDOMDHTMLtml> Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. No comprehensive finding aid exists for these records. (.3 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Finance / Treasurer / Treasurer's Cash Books, 1847-1863, 1865-1925. 985, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:09, Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad, Pennsylvania and New York Canal & Railroad Company, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, "Lehigh Valley Railroad to Retires $2,489,000 in 66-Year-Old Bonds", "Pennsylvania Railroad Seeking all the Stock of Lehigh Valley", http://www.parailfan.com/NS/ns_lehigh_line_ett.pdf, "Last of the Railroad - Era Passes Tonight as Lehigh Ends Service", "E. E. Loomis is Dead. (.2 cu. Summary Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. (11 cu. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. [1] In the 1870s the LVRR acquired other large tracts of land starting at 13,000 acres (53km2) in 1870,[9] with an additional of 5,800 acres (23km2) in 1872,[12] and turned its eye toward expansion across New Jersey all the way to the New York City area. Some lines were subsequently abandoned and even dismantled long before the expiration date came up. The owners still owned the property, but the railroad was allowed to conduct agreed-upon activities on the swath in question. (1.25 cu. (2006) You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. (.1 cu. [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. (.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]). Winning bid: US $15.00. In order to handle the additional new ocean traffic, the LVRR created a large new pier at Constable Hook, which opened in 1915, and a new terminal at Claremont which opened in 1923. (.5 cu. (.03 cu. On June 21, 1970, the Penn Central declared bankruptcy and sought bankruptcy protection. (.02 cu. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. Names Alter, R. H. Pennsylvania Railroad. (59 cu. In the years leading to 1973, the freight railroad system in the northeast of the U.S. was collapsing. V2A en:Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway; V2B en:Greenville and Hudson Railway; V2C en:National Docks Railway; V2D en:National Docks and New Jersey Junction Railway; V2E en:Irvington Railroad; Short lines . The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. The economic depression following 1893 was harsh, and by 1897 the LVRR was in dire need of support. 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. 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.), Chambersburg Land and Improvement Company / Minute Book, 1890-1905. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. [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. Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). A long segment west from Van Etten Junction to Buffalo was included in the Conrail takeover, but was mostly torn-up not long afterward. In 1883, Hartshorne retired to allow Harry E. Packer, Asa's 32-year-old youngest son, to assume the Presidency. (21 cu. - Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway . 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). In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. Photo by Doug Lilly. It also continued to grow and develop its routes in Pennsylvania. The 23 miles between Mauch Chunk and White Haven through the Lehigh Gorge, now the D&L Trail, was opened in 1864. While the records are primarily legal documents rather than maps, information provided includes the effective date, purpose, names of interacting parties, terms, financial arrangements, and description of principle right or property conveyed. Oil and gas were supplanting coal as the fuel of choice. 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. of F. Thomson and A.J. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Roll Books, 1918-1967. The Lehigh Valley Railroad remained in operation during the 1970 bankruptcy, as was the common practice of the time. {#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. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. (2 cu. [53] The only daylight New York-Buffalo train, the "Black Diamond", was discontinued in 1959. The lists were constructed by doing word searches of the narrative series descriptions for the designated words: maps, tracks and real estate. ft.), Penn Central Corp. / General Correspondence Files, 1955-1976. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of A.J. The majority of passenger equipment is believed to have been scrapped some time after February 1961. Another series relating to PRR real estate holdings, rights of way and agreements is the Valuable Papers File, [ca. 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.), PRR / Secretary / Pennsylvania Railroad and Long Island RR Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1947. (.1 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (2 cu. 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. In 1882, the LVRR began an extensive expansion into New York from Waverly to Buffalo. (.16 cu. In order to document their corporate valuations to the ICC, American railroad companies had to submit detailed maps of their real estate holdings. ft.), Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad / Minute Book, 1902-1918. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the Belvidere Delaware Railroad connected to Trenton, New Jersey. (.4 cu. 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. [1], Throughout the 1920s the railroad remained in the hands of the Morgan / Drexel banking firm, but in 1928 an attempt was made to wrest control from it. 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 . Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. [24] The marshalling yard is now the residential area known as Harbortown. Packer brought additional financing to the railroad, installed Robert H. Sayre as chief engineer, and renamed the company the "Lehigh Valley Railroad." [30] As a result of its leases and acquisitions, the Lehigh Valley gained a near-monopoly on traffic in the Finger Lakes region. [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. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. (1.1 cu. For more and perhaps more easily obtainable maps and aerial photographs, you may also want to consult the following sources: 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. 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.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of George W.I. ft.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / List of Roadway Completion Reports (BV 586), 1919-1927. Parts. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Poor's Railroad Manuals, 1923-1949. Small party privacy and fantastic views! (.2 cu. James Madison Porter was the first President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. (.1 cu. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. 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. The LVRR, wanting to capitalize on the tourist appeal of the cataract and to extend its anthracite coal business to the Midwestern United States, entered an agreement with the New York Central to use . ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: BFA Series, ca 1905-1960. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. (.1 cu. The railroad also published a monthly magazine promoting travel on the train called the "Black Diamond Express Monthly". ft.), Erie-Lackawanna Railway / General Correspondence Files, 1953-1967, Erie Railroad / Land Record Books,[ ca 1831-1915]. Conrail abandoned most of the route in New York State to Buffalo after 1976, considerably shortening the line. By 1869, the LVRR owned a continuous track through Pennsylvania from Easton to Waverly. 1835-1925]. 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. 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. Right-of-way agreements might be attached to or referenced in the chain of title (i.e. ft.), which was maintained by the Secretary's office. ft.), Suquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad - Ledger, 1902-1904. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Lease and Agreement Book, 1858-1889. The line makes notable connections with other Norfolk Southern lines such as the Reading Line and independent shortline railroads. Asa Packer was elected President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad on January 13, 1862. 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. [1] Operations continued until the LVRR's bankruptcy in 1976. (143 cu. In 1856, the "E. A. Packer" 4-4-0 was purchased from William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Press Copy Plan Book, 1899-1907. From the beginning, the LVRR's New York City passengers had used the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry at Jersey City, but in 1913 the PRR terminated that agreement, so the LVRR contracted with the CNJ for use of its terminal and ferry, which was expanded to handle the increased number of passengers. The images on the film are arranged geographically, i.e. Throughout that decade, expansions continued into New York by taking over smaller lines and building new railroad. In many cases the Rights of Way were not perpetual, but were granted for, say, 99 years. Other resolutions: 320 240 pixels | 640 480 pixels | 1,024 768 pixels | 1,280 960 pixels | 2,560 1,920 pixels. A final attempt to establish a coal cartel took place in 1904 with the formation of the Temple Iron Company. (11.9 cu. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Condition of Frt. 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}. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. In 1896 the very early film Black Diamond Express was produced by Thomas A. Edison's company Kinetoscope. (.02 cu. of Law / Miscellaneous Interstate Commerce Commission Case Files, 1927-1935. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. (35 cu. (.01 cu. 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. In the following years, the Pennsylvania quietly obtained more stock, both directly and through railroads it controlled, primarily the Wabash. After the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads were nationalized in order to prevent strikes and interruptions. This microfilm, such as it is, is our best and most comprehensive source of PRR maps at this time. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1887 Place: Philadelphia? 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 (.1 cu. (12 cu. [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]. (MP 13/MP 13a/MP13c), 1896-1920. (.5 cu. 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. 1905 - Hojack swing bridge built at Charlotte. In 1928, he attempted to seat a new president and board. (3 cu. Lehigh Valley Railroad System Map.svg. [1], The length of the line from Mauch Chunk to Easton was 46 miles of single track. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Record of Track Material Loaned for Construction of Lumber Branches, 1895-1906. 1902 - NYC introduces The 20th Century Limited. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's original and primary route between Easton and Allentown was built in 1855. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. 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. A daily freight train was put into operation leaving Easton in the morning and returning in the evening. 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. Finally after settling the legal issues, the Newark Bay was bridged in 1892 by the Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway and connected to the National Docks Railway, which was partly owned by the LVRR and which reached the LVRR's terminal. Countries. Please enable scripts and reload this page. 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. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. (43 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). The line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day, with traffic peaking at the end of the week. 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. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. (152 cu. (.15 cu. (.25 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Studies, 1950-1970. It was followed by the "Catasauqua" 4-4-0 and "Lehigh" 4-6-0, which were also Norris & Sons engines. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. (.1 cu. (.1 cu. ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. 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. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Testimony and Exhibits, 1962-1967. (17 cu. ft.), Finley Company / Minute Books, 1945-1959. 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. (1.34 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. The company was a subsidiary of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N), but for much of its lifetime leased by the Central Railroad of New Jersey.It was founded in 1837 to carry coal from the North Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Canal to the . ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1937. The railroad then set its sights northward. (.2 cu. ft.), Williamsport and Elmira Railroad / Annual Reports, 1856-1858. (3 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Imprint File, 1904-1968. ft.), Peoria and Eastern Railway / Annual Reports, 1928-1936, 1938-1961, 1963-1966, 1970-1973, 1976.
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