It was opened on June 11, 1855, between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, passing through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. That southern field held the largest reserves of anthracite in Pennsylvania and accounted for a large percentage of the total production. The first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. (1 cu. (.02 cu. Additional passenger trains ran from Philadelphia to Scranton and westward. (5.6 cu. It also continued to grow and develop its routes in Pennsylvania. (13 cu. ft.), Peoria and Eastern Railway / Annual Reports, 1928-1936, 1938-1961, 1963-1966, 1970-1973, 1976. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. [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. 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. (.1 cu. 1905 - Hojack swing bridge built at Charlotte. [30] As a result of its leases and acquisitions, the Lehigh Valley gained a near-monopoly on traffic in the Finger Lakes region. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. (.01 cu. 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. [citation needed]. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Lines East Age Books (MP 308), ca 1900-1917. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. ft.), A publication by Thomas Townsend Taber (Thomas T. Taber III) entitled, PRR / Comptroller / Confidential Annual Reports of Affiliated Corporations, 1892-1959. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. (.1 cu. ft.), Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad / Contract Books, 1864-1891. 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. Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom. [1], Further rounds of acquisitions took place in 1868. ft.), Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad / Minute Books, 1903-1943. Some lines were subsequently abandoned and even dismantled long before the expiration date came up. (5 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Property Schedules, (BV 634, 635 and 636), 1936-1941. (.1 cu. ft.), Pennsylvania and Midland Railroad / Court Proceedings, 1895-1899. The LVRR operated several named trains in the post-World War II era. The hotel remained with the company until 1909, when it was bought by residents of the surrounding cottages. :-)). Bridging Newark Bay proved difficult. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. The Valuable Papers are arranged numerically by file number, and are indexed by 27 rolls of 16 mm microfilm (roll #s RRV 1073-1099) in a variety of ways: alphabetically by personal or corporate name of parties, alphabeticaly by name of geographical location, and numerically by file number. By December 31, 1925, the railroad controlled 1,363.7 miles of road and 3,533.3 miles of track. Summary Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Rules and Regulations, 1858-1925. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. ft.), Finley Company / Minute Books, 1945-1959. By 1859 it had 600 coal cars and 19 engines. [3], Little occurred between 1847 and 1851, save some limited grading near Allentown, Pennsylvania. 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. [26] The railroad had survived the economic depression of 1873 and was seeing its business recover. Its bankruptcy resulted in economic chaos, bringing on the financial panic of 1893 and forcing the LVRR to break the lease and resume its own operations, leaving it unable to pay dividends on its stock until 1904. of Purchases / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. (2.25 cu. The line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day, with traffic peaking at the end of the week. ft.), Berkshire Land Company / Journal and Ledger, 1939-1955. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. Names Alter, R. H. Pennsylvania Railroad. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR began constructing an extension from White Haven, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre. File. (10 cu. (.1 cu. In 1916, a horrendous explosion occurred at the facility, destroying ships and buildings, and breaking windows in Manhattan. [15] Asa Packer purchased additional land at the canal basin in support of the New Jersey West Line Railroad, which he hoped to use as the LVRR's terminal. (1.25 cu. (.01 cu. [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. 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 section between Allentown and Mauch Chunk opened on September 12. (.2 cu. Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads. | Library of Congress Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. He was also an enthusiastic member of the Society's modeling committee . The purpose of the Temple Iron Company was to lock-up independent coal production and control the supply. (2006) (.02 cu. (2 cu. The 1890s were a period of turmoil for the LVRR. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. (3 cu. (2 cu. Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). To support the expected increase in traffic, the wooden bridge over the Delaware River at Easton was also replaced by a double-tracked, 1,191-foot (363m) iron bridge.[23]. The San Jos to Merced project section of the California high-speed rail system will provide a critical rail link between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley. (6.5 cu. 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. Winning bid: US $15.00. (9 cu. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company / Minute Book, 1907-1922. ft.), PRR / VP Eastern Region / Letter Books, 1924-1926. Lehigh Gorge Trains are located at 1 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 #570-325-8485 . The line is part of Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Division and it is part of Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor, a railroad corridor. (.1 cu. ft.), Nescopec Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. The train arrives from far away and passes the camera, while workers are waving their handkerchiefs.[37]. ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. 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. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. 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). ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Testimony and Exhibits, 1962-1967. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Record of Transportation Lines, 1877-1959. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. Budd Rail Diesel Car service would continue on a branch line (Lehighton-Hazleton) for an additional four days. [42], Following the Great Depression, the railroad had a few periods of prosperity, but was clearly in a slow decline. (1 cu. Several combinations occurred, but each fell apart as one road or another abrogated its agreement. 1902 - NYC introduces The 20th Century Limited. In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. Welcome to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler! Construction of a rail line to the New York state line started immediately and, in 1867, the line was complete from Wilkes-Barre to Waverly, New York, where coal was transferred to the broad gauge Erie Railroad and shipped to western markets through Buffalo, New York. The Easton and Amboy had already completed large docks and facilities for shipping coal at Perth Amboy upon an extensive tract of land fronting the Arthur Kill. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Ledgers, 1903-1925. [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. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Miscellaneous Motive Power Blueprints and Related Materials, ca 1900-1968. The Vosburg Tunnel was completed and opened for service on July 25, 1886. He served as chairman of the board while the presidency was vacant until PRR takeover. ft.), North Penn Coal Company / Minute Book, 1913-1938. 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. President of the Lehigh Valley System Through War, He Recently Retired", Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society, Luzerne County PAGenWeb (One Hundred Years of The Lehigh Valley), Lehigh Valley pages on Western NY Railroad Archive, Beyond Steel: An Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lehigh_Valley_Railroad&oldid=1141748396. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. ft.), Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad / Agreements, Leases and Mortgage, 1847-1886. (.1 cu. (.4 cu. 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. Construction began in earnest in 1853, and the line opened between Easton and Allentown on June 11, 1855. The 23 miles between Mauch Chunk and White Haven through the Lehigh Gorge, now the D&L Trail, was opened in 1864. The LVRR began construction of a series of railroads to connect the Easton and Amboy line (Easton and Amboy Railroad) to Jersey City. Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Pub.L. (3 cu. 5 out of 5 stars (5,213) $ 19.50 FREE shipping Add to Favorites . By the 1960s, railroads in the East were struggling to survive. (.25 cu. 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. Passengers preferred the convenience of automobiles to trains, and airlines much later provided faster long-distance travel than trains. [2] It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. After the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads were nationalized in order to prevent strikes and interruptions. That charter had been held by the Reading Railroad since 1860, when it had blocked construction in order to maintain its monopoly in the Southern Coal Field. In 1864, the LVRR began acquiring feeder railroads and merging them with its system. The Lehigh Line still exists and still serves as a major freight railroad line that operates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ft.) {#286m.254}. ft.), PRR / VP Central Region / Blueprint Track Chart of Branch Lines, 1938. Due to declining passenger patronage, the Lehigh Valley successfully petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to terminate all passenger service. United States (except New York) States. Lehigh Valley Railroad Station was a beautiful building that dated back to 1890. Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh This 5-railroad network will remain essentially unchanged for the first half of the 20th Century. 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. Wilson, Chief Engineer, 1881-1884. 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. (.2 cu. The original line retains its original route when it was first constructed and is served by Norfolk Southern Railway. Full Promotional Video: Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway ft.), Columbia and Port Deposit Railway / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / General Correspondence Files of the St. Lawrence Power Project, 1948-1954. (2 cu. (29 cu. w/ Val. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Annual Reports and Data, 1920-1933. The railroad also published a monthly magazine promoting travel on the train called the "Black Diamond Express Monthly". (.55 cu. At Easton, the LVRR constructed a double-decked bridge across the Delaware River for connections to the CNJ and the Belvidere Delaware Railroad in Phillipsburg. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Minute Book of the Road Committee, Finance Comm. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. (43 cu. Young, 1929-1943. ft.), Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Report to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. In order to document their corporate valuations to the ICC, American railroad companies had to submit detailed maps of their real estate holdings. A daily freight train was put into operation leaving Easton in the morning and returning in the evening. The line later expanded past Allentown to Lehigh Valley Terminal in Buffalo and past Easton to New York City, bringing the Lehigh Valley Railroad to these metropolitan areas. The banking giant J. P. Morgan stepped in to refinance the LVRR debt and obtained control of the railroad in the process. to Glen Summit Springs 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. ft.), Northern Central Railway / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. 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). The line connects with Conrail Shared Assets Operations's Lehigh Line (the new rail line) and CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision at Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey, and connects with the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad's Reading Division at Packerton, Pennsylvania, and Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad's Lehigh Division at Lehighton, Pennsylvania (originally M&H Junction near Old Penn Haven, Pennsylvania). ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Penn Central Merger Files, 1963-1965. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Locality Files, 1918-1936. Conrail abandoned most of the route in New York State to Buffalo after 1976, considerably shortening the line. (.05 cu. 1860-1878] (1 volume) {#286m.1525} which shows track layouts and property ownership along the tracks for what later became part of the Conemaugh Division of the PRR in northwestern Pennsylvania. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. ft.), which was maintained by the Secretary's office. See original listing. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Minute Books of the Real Estate Committee, 1869-1918. (2 cu. Ended: Mar 02, 2023. [50] The "3R Act," as it was called, provided interim funding to the bankrupt railroads and defined a new "Consolidated Rail Corporation" under the AAR's plan. (.1 cu. (.15 cu. (143 cu. Young, 1929-1943. File usage on other wikis. Condition: Used. 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.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. 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.), Pittsburgh and Lake Erie / Railroad Annual Reports, 1967, 1969, 1972-1974, 1976-1977. 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. (.1 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. By controlling supply, the coal combination attempted to keep prices and profits high. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of M.W. 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. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Water Company Files, 1905-1956. 1850-1967] (157 cu. A pair of ALCO FA-2 FB-2 car body diesel-electric locomotives were also purchased to augment the PAs when necessary. These engineering drawings consist primarily of maps and structure drawings, although other subjects such as bridges, grade crossings and equipments are also documented. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. [53] The only daylight New York-Buffalo train, the "Black Diamond", was discontinued in 1959. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. 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. . (.2 cu. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. (.2 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: BFA Series, ca 1905-1960. 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. ft.), Williamsport and Elmira Railroad / Annual Reports, 1856-1858. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:09. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Poor's Railroad Manuals, 1923-1949. [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. Pennsylvania. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: In 1927, Leonor Fresnel Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, had a vision for a new fifth trunk line between the East and West, consisting of the Wabash Railroad, the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, and the LVRR. (3 cu. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company - Ledger, 1907-1922. The line is still owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway and the line still runs from Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey, to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.[52]. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Record of Track Material Loaned for Construction of Lumber Branches, 1895-1906. The Beaver Meadow Railroad had been built in 1836, and it transported anthracite coal from Jeansville in Pennsylvania's Middle Coal Field to the Lehigh Canal at Mauch Chunk. (.15 cu. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. (1.34 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Histories of Various Companies, ca 1934-1965. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. File history. (.1 cu. This page was last edited on 15 September 2020, at 21:11. ft.), Berkshire Land Company / Cash Book, 1945-1953. (.1 cu. (1 cu. [4] All this changed in October 1851, when Asa Packer took majority control of the DLS&S. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of A.J. At the end of that time period, the use rights would have to be re-negotiated, or full use and control would revert to the current property owner.
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