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! 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. In 1875, the holdings were consolidated into the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which was wholly owned by the LVRR. 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. (3.5 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / General Correspondence Files of the St. Lawrence Power Project, 1948-1954. (.4 cu. In 1882, the LVRR began an extensive expansion into New York from Waverly to Buffalo. [1], The length of the line from Mauch Chunk to Easton was 46 miles of single track. (143 cu. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. 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). These tracks were laid and the Easton and Amboy Railroad was opened for business on June 28, 1875, with hauling coal. 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. 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"). ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Journals, 1886-1929. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Information Books, ca 1926-1954. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Miscellaneous Motive Power Blueprints and Related Materials, ca 1900-1968. Young, 1929-1943. (.5 cu. [34] The LVRR obtained a 5-year agreement to use the CNJ line to access the terminal, which opened in 1889. 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. The series listed below contain scattered information and/or maps of PRR and Penn Central real estate holdings in Manuscript Group 286. (.1 cu. (.03 cu. (.0 cu. 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. [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / Cash Books for the Trust Created for Purchase of Securities, 1878-1939. (.02 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Finance / Treasurer / Treasurer's Cash Books, 1847-1863, 1865-1925. (2 cu. ft.), Chambersburg Land and Improvement Company / Minute Book, 1890-1905. 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. [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. The first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. VDOMDHTMLtml> Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. ft.), Germantown, Norristown, and Phoenixville Railroad / Minute Book, 1881-1886. Most of the other remaining Lehigh Valley track serves as branch lines, or has been sold to shortline and regional operators. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Property Sales Accounts, 1905-1914. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Minute Books of the Road Committee, 1847-1948. [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.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Minute Books, 1870-1954. [6], Through a connection with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, LVRR passengers had a route to Newark, New Jersey, Jersey City, New Jersey, and other points in New Jersey. (.5 cu. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. The economic depression following 1893 was harsh, and by 1897 the LVRR was in dire need of support. (1.34 cu. An sample frame of this film appears to the right of this paragraph, though not all frames show the names of property owners. (.1 cu. Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). ft.), Bell's Gap Railroad / Annual Reports, 1873-1889. The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society maintains this website in the memory of Ed Schaller, a kind man with a wonderful personality, who served many years as treasurer on the Board of Directors. ft.), VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of W.H. Young, 1929-1943. (.02 cu. The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Printed Abstracts of Title, 1869, 1875. The 1890s were a period of turmoil for the LVRR. ft.), A publication by Thomas Townsend Taber (Thomas T. Taber III) entitled, PRR / Comptroller / Confidential Annual Reports of Affiliated Corporations, 1892-1959. (.1 cu. [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. The line gave the LVRR a route into Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and the Schuylkill Valley coal fields.[32]. ft.), PRR / VP Eastern Region / Letter Books, 1924-1926. (.2 cu. In 1883 the railroad acquired land in northeast Pennsylvania and formed a subsidiary called The Glen Summit Hotel and Land Company. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Roll Books, 1918-1967. . 1850-1967] (157 cu. (.1 cu. (1 cu. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. It was opened on June 11, 1855, between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, passing through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The series is currently being processed, and an item-level Excel spreadsheet detailing drawings that have been catalogued thus far is available in the Archives search room, and can be obtained as an email attachment from the ft.), Frederick and Northern Railroad / Minute Book, 1873-1897. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. (297 cu. Newly elected president Eben B. Thomas, formerly of the Erie, and his board of directors represented the combined interests of those railroads.[36]. Ousting President Elisha P. Wilbur and several directors in 1897, the Morgan company installed W. Alfred Walter as president and seated its own directors. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of George W.I. (1.3 cu. Eventually, the Easton and Amboy Railroad was absorbed into the parent Lehigh Valley Railroad. ft.), Girard Point Storage / Record of Deeds, 1881-1896. ft.), Northern Central Railway / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. Wilson, Chief Engineer, 1881-1884. This allowed the line's eastbound grade to be reduced and a shorter route for handling through traffic established. {#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. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. In pursuit of that strategy, the 1868 purchases of the Hazleton Railroad and the Lehigh Luzerne Railroad brought 1,800 acres (7.3km2) of coal land to the LVRR, and additional lands were acquired along branches of the LVRR. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library /Publicity Photographs, ca 1830-1960. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962. To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR began constructing an extension from White Haven, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre. (.2 cu. 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. This series primarily represents agreements that the PRR entered into with individuals, companies, and local governments. [14], The 1870s witnessed commencement of extension of the LVRR in a new direction. The Lehigh Valley Railroad remained in operation during the 1970 bankruptcy, as was the common practice of the time. (.16 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. 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 In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. ft.), Western Pennsylvania Railroad / Minute Books, 1860-1903. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. . ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. [1] Operations continued until the LVRR's bankruptcy in 1976. The LVRR decided to expand more to the Northeastern New Jersey in order to reach its freight yards without using the CNJ main line.