Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. ft.), Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad / Acts of Assembly Relating to the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad, 1858. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. ft.), PRR / VP Central Region / Blueprint Track Chart of Branch Lines, 1938. Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. [18] For most of its length, it ran parallel to the LVRR. The restructuring allowed the LVRR to extend the maturity of its mortgages, but it needed to repeat the process in 1950. An sample frame of this film appears to the right of this paragraph, though not all frames show the names of property owners. The tracks from Dupont to Mehoopany became a new rail line called the Susquehanna Branch. ft.), Girard Point Storage / Record of Deeds, 1881-1896. (.2 cu. These operators include: The Lehigh Line was the Lehigh Valley Railroad's first rail line and served as the main line. (.1 cu. In 1856, the "E. A. Packer" 4-4-0 was purchased from William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. The 1880s continued to be a period of growth, and the LVRR made important acquisitions in New York, expanded its reach into the southern coal field of Pennsylvania which had hitherto been the monopoly of the Reading, and successfully battled the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. Congress reacted with the 1906 Hepburn Act, which among other things forbade railroads from owning the commodities that they transported. 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 series listed below contain scattered information and/or maps of PRR and Penn Central real estate holdings in Manuscript Group 286. [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. ft.), PRR / VP of Altoona Works / Record of Operating Expenses of the Juniata Shop, 1914-1918. [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. In 1973, the United States Congress acted to create a bill to nationalize all bankrupt railroads which included the LV. By 1869, the LVRR owned a continuous track through Pennsylvania from Easton to Waverly. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. (5 cu. Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library Although in 1870 the LVRR had invested in the 2-mile (3.2km) Buffalo Creek Railroad, which connected the Erie to the lakefront, and had constructed the Lehigh Docks on Buffalo Creek, it depended on the Erie Railroad for the connection from Waverly to Buffalo, New York.[9]. 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). to Glen Summit Springs ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Testimony and Exhibits, 1962-1967. 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.), VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of W.H. LVRR Map 1 2016-08-10T14:17:31 . [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. Several combinations occurred, but each fell apart as one road or another abrogated its agreement. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. Two final blows fell in the 1950s: the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956, better known as the Interstate Highway Act, and the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. 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. Passengers were routed to the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry. Although the roads effectively ignored the Act and their sales agents continued to meet and set prices, the agreements were never effective for long. of Purchases / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. 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 . (.1 cu. (1 cu. ft.), PRR / V.P. By 1970, this had dwindled to 927 miles of road and 1963 miles of track. Construction commenced in 1872 as soon the Easton and Amboy was formed; coal docks at Perth Amboy were soon constructed, and most of the line from Easton to Perth Amboy was graded and rails laid. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. A final attempt to establish a coal cartel took place in 1904 with the formation of the Temple Iron Company. (.15 cu. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. 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. (.15 cu. The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. (.1 cu. Please enable scripts and reload this page. ft.), Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad / Annual Reports, 1890-1901. ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. Conrail integrated former CNJ main line leased trackage into the line and kept the line in continuous operation (since 1855); however, it downsized the line in the northwest from the Buffalo area of New York State: first to Sayre Yard in Sayre, Pennsylvania; then to Mehoopany, Pennsylvania; and finally to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Free shipping for many products! 1906 Antique Lehigh Valley Railroad Map Vintage Lehigh Valley Railway Map Birthday Gift for Dad Anniversary 527 ad vertisement by plaindealing. (21 cu. The United States Railroad Administration controlled the railroad from 1918 to 1920, at which time control was transferred back to the private companies. The first leg of the construction to Jersey City was the Roselle and South Plainfield Railway in 1888 which connected with the CNJ at Roselle for access over the CNJ to the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City. (1.1 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. Photo by Doug Lilly. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. (.4 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Valuable Papers Files, 1850-1966. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Studies, 1950-1970. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Annual Statement of Charges and Credits to the Investment Account for Property (BV 589), 1917-1930. Packer brought additional financing to the railroad, installed Robert H. Sayre as chief engineer, and renamed the company the "Lehigh Valley Railroad." (1 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.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad LV. ft.), PRR / President / Clement / Eastern Region Coordinating Committee Files, 1933-1936. Asa Packer was elected President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad on January 13, 1862. Most of the other remaining Lehigh Valley track serves as branch lines, or has been sold to shortline and regional operators. ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Minute Books, 1869-1940. 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. The two most popular reasons for wishing to consult railroad-related land records are property ownership investigations and historical research. linearly along particular rail lines. That southern field held the largest reserves of anthracite in Pennsylvania and accounted for a large percentage of the total production. [17] In 1871, the entire line from Phillipsburg to Wilkes-Barre was leased to the CNJ. The train arrives from far away and passes the camera, while workers are waving their handkerchiefs.[37]. The majority of passenger equipment is believed to have been scrapped some time after February 1961. Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey, News Printing Co., 1889, p.85. ft.), Riverfront Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. ft.), Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Report to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.1 cu. 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. (6.05 cu. Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Pub.L. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Annual Reports of Water Companies, 1914. 1905 - Hojack swing bridge built at Charlotte. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. Prior to that time, the Temple Iron Company was a small concern that happened to have a broad charter allowing it to act as a holding company. 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. 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 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. Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom. (bridge still exists today. In 1901, Morgan arranged to have the Packer Estate's holdings purchased jointly by the Erie, the Pennsylvania, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the DL&W and the CNJ, all companies in which Morgan had interests. 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. 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. (.25 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. 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. The banking giant J. P. Morgan stepped in to refinance the LVRR debt and obtained control of the railroad in the process. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / General Correspondence Files and Coal Mine Reports, 1930-1938. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. In the years leading to 1973, the freight railroad system in the northeast of the U.S. was collapsing. (.05 cu. [45], In 1944, the LVRR's gross revenues came close to $100,000,000 which was a milestone for the railroad.[1]. (.1 cu. (.10 cu. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Property Sales Accounts, 1905-1914. ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. Oil and gas were supplanting coal as the fuel of choice. The majority of the Lehigh Line is now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and retains much of its original route in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, although it no longer goes into New York City. ft.), Pioneer Real Estate Company / Minute Book, 1946-1947. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Ledgers, 1905-1932. 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]). (1 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Agreement Book, 1853-1894. (.4 cu. In 1866, Master Mechanic Alexander Mitchell designed the "Consolidation", 1945: The first Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline diesels arrive in the form of. See original listing. [1] The line and the rest of the Lehigh Valley Railroad was absorbed into Conrail in 1976 and was maintained as a main line into the New York City area. 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. (.3 cu. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. (3 cu. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Abstract and Opinion of the Acts of the Legislature and Casesin reference to the Title of the North Branch Division of the Penna. [3], Little occurred between 1847 and 1851, save some limited grading near Allentown, Pennsylvania. (.25 cu. ft.), Berkshire Land Company / Journal and Ledger, 1939-1955. In 1883 the railroad acquired land in northeast Pennsylvania and formed a subsidiary called The Glen Summit Hotel and Land Company. Original file (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB). ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of M.W. 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. ft.), Germantown, Norristown, and Phoenixville Railroad / Minute Book, 1881-1886. (.02 cu. The Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad allowed the LV to reach White Haven. Language: The most important market in the east was New York City, but the LVRR was dependent on the CNJ and the Morris Canal for transport to the New York tidewater. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps forPennsylvania, Aerial Photographs and Index of the 1940 Aerial Survey of Pennsylvania, 1937-1942. 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. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. In 1941, the Pennsylvania placed its shares in a voting trust after reaching an agreement with the New York Central regarding the PRR's purchase of the Wabash. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Miscellaneous Motive Power Blueprints and Related Materials, ca 1900-1968. (1 cu. Winning bid: US $15.00. 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). (.01 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. ft.), Peoria and Eastern Railway / Annual Reports, 1928-1936, 1938-1961, 1963-1966, 1970-1973, 1976. (.2 cu. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. (2 cu. w/ Val. 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 succession of recorded deeds). Additionally, a segment from Geneva to Victor, New York, later cut back to Shortsville, New York, to Victor, remained with the Lehigh Valley Estate under subsidized Conrail operation. (35 cu. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. (.03 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. Conrail abandoned most of the route in New York State to Buffalo after 1976, considerably shortening the line. ft.), Erie Railroad / Tax Registers, 1891-1915. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / General Correspondence Files, 1924-1964. The Lehigh Line still exists and still serves as a major freight railroad line that operates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. [39], Following the defeat of its plan, the D&H sold its stock to the Pennsylvania Railroad. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library / Library Reference Materials, ca 1834-1963. The railroad then set its sights northward. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 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. ft.), Johnsonburg Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (12 cu. President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. This route became important to Conrail as an alternate route to avoid Amtrak's former PRR/PC Northeast Corridor electrified route. ft.), Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. 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). ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Penn Central Merger Files, 1963-1965. The 46-mile-long (74km) LVRR connected at Mauch Chunk with the Beaver Meadow Railroad. [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. Coverage includes locations in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. (1 cu. In 1883, Hartshorne retired to allow Harry E. Packer, Asa's 32-year-old youngest son, to assume the Presidency. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pennsylvania Railroad and Long Island RR Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1947. | Library of Congress Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1937. 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 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962. [34] The LVRR obtained a 5-year agreement to use the CNJ line to access the terminal, which opened in 1889. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. ft.), Franklin Railroad Company / Minute Books, 1836-1853, 1859-1865. 1902 - NYC introduces The 20th Century Limited. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail along with several northeastern railroads that same year. 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. 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. In the war years 1914 to 1918, the Lehigh handled war materials and explosives at its Black Tom island facility, which had been obtained along with the National Docks Railroad in 1900. (.1 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Report to the Superintendant of the Tenth Census, 1880. ft.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. 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. The Pennsylvania merged with the New York Central in 1968, but the Penn Central failed in 1970, causing a cascade of railroad failures throughout the East. The purpose of the Temple Iron Company was to lock-up independent coal production and control the supply. (.02 cu. (.3 cu. (.16 cu. On April 1, 1976, major portions of the assets of the bankrupt Lehigh Valley Railroad were acquired by Conrail. (9 cu. By 1859 it had 600 coal cars and 19 engines. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library /Publicity Photographs, ca 1830-1960. Engineering Drawings, [ca.1886-1940 (bulk: 1915-1930)]{#311m.284} will be of interest. 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. 1835-1925]. [24] The marshalling yard is now the residential area known as Harbortown. V2 en:Roselle and South Plainfield Railway. 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.), Bell's Gap Railroad / Annual Reports, 1873-1889. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: The Depression had been difficult for all the railroads, and Congress recognized that bankruptcy laws needed revision. 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.

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