The majority of passenger equipment is believed to have been scrapped some time after February 1961. (.1 cu. (.4 cu. 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. Conversely, the other railroads' obligations to pay those fees to the Penn Central were not waived. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. [1] Operations continued until the LVRR's bankruptcy in 1976. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. of Purchases / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. 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. 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. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of W.W. Atterbury, 1925-1935. 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. The Easton and Amboy was used as a connection to the New York metropolitan area, with a terminus in Jersey City, New Jersey. (.5 cu. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company / Journal Entries, 1919. Wilson, Chief Engineer, 1881-1884. In 1875, the holdings were consolidated into the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which was wholly owned by the LVRR. Original file (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB). (4 cu. In 1972, the Lehigh Valley Railroad assumed the remaining Pennsylvania trackage of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, a competing anthracite railroad which had entered bankruptcy as well. ft.), Northern Central Railway / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. (1 cu. 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. :-) Disclaimers: ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. 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. The restructuring allowed the LVRR to extend the maturity of its mortgages, but it needed to repeat the process in 1950. (1.25 cu. The Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway was a Lehigh Valley Railroad company organized in 1891 through the consolidation of the companies that formed the Lehigh Valley's route from South Plainfield through Newark to Jersey City via its bridge across Newark Bay.Until 1895, when the Greenville and Hudson Railway was constructed, the Lehigh Valley depended on the National Docks Railway to reach the . ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Journals, 1903-1925. 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. Ousting President Elisha P. Wilbur and several directors in 1897, the Morgan company installed W. Alfred Walter as president and seated its own directors. The Lehigh Valley Railroad remained in operation during the 1970 bankruptcy, as was the common practice of the time. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. However, the route required a 4,893-foot (1,491m) tunnel through/under Musconetcong Mountain near Pattenburg, New Jersey (about twelve miles east of Phillipsburg),[21] and that proved troublesome, delaying the opening of the line until May 1875,[22] when a coal train first passed over the line. The railroad was chartered on August 2, 1847, and elected James Madison Porter its president on October 21. Keystone State. In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. Order #20 of ICC, 1916-1921. (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. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail along with several northeastern railroads that same year. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Imprint File, 1904-1968. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Property Schedules, (BV 634, 635 and 636), 1936-1941. (5 cu. By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. ft.), Penn Central Corp. / General Correspondence Files, 1955-1976. Leadership of the company transferred smoothly to Charles Hartshorne, who had been vice president under Packer. Photos not available for this variation. Parts. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Statements of Additions and Betterments (GA-8), 1918-1929, 1931-1932. 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). 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. 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. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Studies, 1950-1970. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Ledgers, 1903-1925. For 25 years the Lehigh Canal had enjoyed a monopoly on downstream transportation and was charging independent producers high fees. ft.), Katharine Water Company / Minute Book, 1904-1925. Train Cars and Work Equip. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. 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. 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. Full Promotional Video: Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway The line gave the LVRR a route into Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and the Schuylkill Valley coal fields.[32]. ft.), North Penn Coal Company / Minute Book, 1913-1938. (.1 cu. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. ft.), PRR / Secretary / One Hundredth Anniversary Historical Files, ca 1876-1946. Oil and gas were supplanting coal as the fuel of choice. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Wire and Pipe Crossing Agreements, 1925-1957. (.12 cu. [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. (.5 cu. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: (.1 cu. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. (12 cu. (2 cu. The line is part of Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Division and it is part of Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor, a railroad corridor. [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]. Passengers preferred the convenience of automobiles to trains, and airlines much later provided faster long-distance travel than trains. (.1 cu. In many cases the Rights of Way were not perpetual, but were granted for, say, 99 years. (.4 cu. The images on the film are arranged geographically, i.e. 1948: ALCO PA passenger diesels replace steam on all passenger runs. The Lehigh Line is a railroad line in central New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.It is owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway.The line runs west from the vicinity of the Port of New York and New Jersey via Conrail's Lehigh Line to the Susquehanna River valley at the south end of the Wyoming Valley Coal Region. [14] A year later, Harry Packer died of illness, and Asa's 51-year-old nephew Elisha Packer Wilbur was elected president, a position he held for 13 years.[27]. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of Samuel Rea, 1913-1925. (.02 cu. (17 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pamphlet Description of Corporations in which PRR and Subs. 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. No comprehensive finding aid exists for these records. ft.), Suquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad - Ledger, 1902-1904. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library / Library Reference Materials, ca 1834-1963. 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). (.11 cu. The project section runs from the city of Santa Clara, through San Jos at Diridon Station to Gilroy, across the Pacheco Pass, and including the Central Valley Wye extending north to . On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. F. A . (.1 cu. Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. 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. {#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. ft.), Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad / Minute Book, 1902-1918. The section between Allentown and Mauch Chunk opened on September 12. Following Federal legislation which stopped the operation of such service, the lake line was sold to private interests in 1920. (1.5 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. After the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads were nationalized in order to prevent strikes and interruptions. ft.), Pennsylvania and Midland Railroad / Court Proceedings, 1895-1899. [2][13] By 1893, the LVRR owned or controlled 53,000 acres (210km2) of coal lands. 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. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Property Ledger, 1886-1916. ft.), Coxe Brothers and Company, Inc. / Appendix to Estimates of Coal on Properties Owned or Controlled, 1925. (.25 cu. (.1 cu. (6.05 cu. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / Cash Books for the Trust Created for Purchase of Securities, 1878-1939. In the following years, the Pennsylvania quietly obtained more stock, both directly and through railroads it controlled, primarily the Wabash. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Histories of Various Companies, ca 1934-1965. ft.), Finley Company / Minute Books, 1945-1959. 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. (11.9 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. 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! 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. (1.25 cu. Packer brought additional financing to the railroad, installed Robert H. Sayre as chief engineer, and renamed the company the "Lehigh Valley Railroad." The railroad then set its sights northward. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. 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. 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 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. (.4 cu. 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. VDOMDHTMLtml> Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. 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.