[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. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Miscellaneous Motive Power Blueprints and Related Materials, ca 1900-1968. ft.), Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.2 cu. [1], On May 17, 1879, Asa Packer, the company's founder and leader, died at the age of 73. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Imprint File, 1904-1968. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Rules and Regulations, 1858-1925. 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. [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. 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 . Maps of North America. 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. (.1 cu. (.15 cu. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. 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. The train arrives from far away and passes the camera, while workers are waving their handkerchiefs.[37]. ft.), Pioneer Real Estate Company / Minute Book, 1946-1947. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. 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. Other good sources of detailed real estate depictions are the, The "Transportation" section of the State Archives', #544, U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps, 1942-1973, #567, T.M. (2.25 cu. File usage on other wikis. Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. 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. 1948: ALCO PA passenger diesels replace steam on all passenger runs. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. This was the second step toward establishment of a direct route from Waverly to Buffalo, the first being the acquisition of the Geneva, Ithaca & Athens Railroad. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. ft.), Nescopec Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.3 cu. The Lehigh Valley Railroad began providing service to Hemlock lake in 1895. N Scale Lehigh Valley locomotive by Life-Like. On June 21, 1970, the Penn Central declared bankruptcy and sought bankruptcy protection. The company controlled 30,000 acres (120km2) of coal-producing lands and was expanding rapidly into New York and New Jersey. In order to document their corporate valuations to the ICC, American railroad companies had to submit detailed maps of their real estate holdings. 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. The Vosburg Tunnel was completed and opened for service on July 25, 1886. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pamphlet Description of Corporations in which PRR and Subs. (5.6 cu. ft.), Berkshire Land Company / Cash Book, 1945-1953. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. Bankruptcy trustee from August 1974 to April 1976. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. On April 1, 1976, major portions of the assets of the bankrupt Lehigh Valley Railroad were acquired by Conrail. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. Talk of the railroad had been in the air since 1849 and eventually a Lehigh Valley track was laid into the valley east of Livonia Center. (17.5 cu. 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. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. (152 cu. (59 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. (11.9 cu. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. Ousting President Elisha P. Wilbur and several directors in 1897, the Morgan company installed W. Alfred Walter as president and seated its own directors. 1 en:Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad; 2 en:Bay Shore Connecting Railroad; 3 en:Whippany River Railroad And the County Tax Assessment Office would have current information as to ownership of each geographic parcel if that is in question. The United States Railroad Administration controlled the railroad from 1918 to 1920, at which time control was transferred back to the private companies. ft.), Northern Central Railway / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. The South Basin terminal was used solely for freight, having docks and car float facilities. (.01 cu. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. (.1 cu. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of Samuel Rea, 1913-1925. (MP 13/MP 13a/MP13c), 1896-1920. In the following year, the LVRRa standard gauge railroadcompleted arrangements with the Erie Railroad, at that time having a six-foot gauge, for a third rail within the Erie mainline tracks to enable the LV equipment to run through to Elmira and later to Buffalo. ft.), PRR / VP Eastern Region / Letter Books, 1924-1926. [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. 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. [18] For most of its length, it ran parallel to the LVRR. In 1866, two years after the purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven, the extension from White Haven to Wilkes-Barre opened.[1]. (4 cu. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR began constructing an extension from White Haven, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre. President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. 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. Ad vertisement from shop plaindealing. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company - Ledger, 1907-1922. Top of page Skip to main content The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. (.55 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Printed Abstracts of Title, 1869, 1875. A daily freight train was put into operation leaving Easton in the morning and returning in the evening. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / General Correspondence Files, 1924-1964. The remainder of the assets were disposed of by the estate until it was folded into the non-railroad Penn Central Corporation in the early 1980s. This series primarily represents agreements that the PRR entered into with individuals, companies, and local governments. (.1 cu. The Easton and Amboy's operations were labeled the "New Jersey Division" of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. (.2 cu. 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. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (.4 cu. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Notes for Centennial History of PRR Company, ca 1946-1949. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Information Books, ca 1926-1954. Also, in 1914 the Panama Canal was completed, and the LVRR gained an important new market with ores shipped from South America to the Bethlehem Steel company. As a result, the PC was relieved of its obligation to pay fees to various Northeastern railroadsthe Lehigh Valley includedfor the use of their railcars and other operations. The existing tracks from Manville to Newark became a new rail line and Norfolk Southern along with CSX own it under a joint venture. (5 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: BFA Series, ca 1905-1960. Passengers were routed to the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry. {#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. Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey, News Printing Co., 1889, p.85. 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 1928, he attempted to seat a new president and board. Although the decade began with the completion of its terminals at Buffalo and Jersey City, and the establishment of a trunk line across New York, the company soon became entangled in costly business dealings which ultimately led to the Packer family's loss of control. The 16 mile mountain cut-of, a rail segment of the line that extended from Fairview, Pennsylvania, to the outskirts of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was completed in November 1888. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Post Office Files, 1923-1933. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. 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. w/ Val. (2 cu. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Letter Books, 1926. (2 cu. 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. The railroad then set its sights northward. Lehigh Valley Railroad System Map.svg. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Green Sheet Leases, 1926-1957. (5 cu. 1906 Antique Lehigh Valley Railroad Map Vintage Lehigh Valley Railway Map Birthday Gift for Dad Anniversary 527 ad vertisement by plaindealing. 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. Finally in 1887 the two railroads reached a settlement, and construction of the LVRR's Jersey City freight yard began. Newly elected president Eben B. Thomas, formerly of the Erie, and his board of directors represented the combined interests of those railroads.[36]. Bankruptcy trustee July 1970August 1974. (3 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Water Company Files, 1905-1956. V2 en:Roselle and South Plainfield Railway. (1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Lease and Agreement Book, 1858-1889.