[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. It was followed by the "Catasauqua" 4-4-0 and "Lehigh" 4-6-0, which were also Norris & Sons engines. A pair of ALCO FA-2 FB-2 car body diesel-electric locomotives were also purchased to augment the PAs when necessary. The original maps were never transferred to the Archives, but a book by book inventory of the film exists. The railroad also published a monthly magazine promoting travel on the train called the "Black Diamond Express Monthly". Finally in 1900, the LVRR purchased the National Docks Railway outright. ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Leases, 1883-1939. 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. 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. The existing tracks from Manville to Newark became a new rail line and Norfolk Southern along with CSX own it under a joint venture. 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.), VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of W.H. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of George W.I. (.1 cu. [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. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1887 Place: Philadelphia? (.53 cu. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. 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 . Although the 1864 acquisition of the Beaver Meadow had included a few hundred acres of coal land, by 1868 the LVRR was feeling pressure from the Delaware and Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in the northern Wyoming Valley coal field, where the railroads mined and transported their own coal at a much reduced cost. File usage on other wikis. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Locality Files, 1918-1936. The line makes notable connections with other Norfolk Southern lines such as the Reading Line and independent shortline railroads. 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. The LVRR was approved for such a restructuring in 1940 when several large mortgage loans were due. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Information Books, ca 1926-1954. (.1 cu. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. Lehigh Valley Railroad System Maps RAILFAN GUIDES HOME RAILROAD SIGNALS HOME More info at: http://www.lehighvalleyrr.com/ http://www.marjum.com/niagjct/index.html http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=1907 I wonder what it is with the name CHUNK that "they" wanted to use it twice? ft.), Kensington and Tacony Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Approximately 350,000 tons of anthracite moved to Perth Amboy during that year for transshipment by water. (.03 cu. From the beginning, the LVRR's New York City passengers had used the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry at Jersey City, but in 1913 the PRR terminated that agreement, so the LVRR contracted with the CNJ for use of its terminal and ferry, which was expanded to handle the increased number of passengers. Most of the other remaining Lehigh Valley track serves as branch lines, or has been sold to shortline and regional operators. (2 cu. This is currently the last time the line has been downsized. (.01 cu. (59 cu. [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]. (.2 cu. (10 cu. The Lehigh Line still exists and still serves as a major freight railroad line that operates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 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. (3 cu. (1 cu. (.5 cu. [14], The 1870s witnessed commencement of extension of the LVRR in a new direction. (.05 cu. 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. DeRuyter Val Map - info needed by Cactus Jack - Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:08 pm. (.3 cu. By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. In 1973, the United States Congress acted to create a bill to nationalize all bankrupt railroads which included the LV. (1 cu. [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. 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. (43 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Finance / Treasurer / Treasurer's Cash Books, 1847-1863, 1865-1925. :-)). [24] The marshalling yard is now the residential area known as Harbortown. (1.25 cu. (.02 cu. Right-of-way agreements might be attached to or referenced in the chain of title (i.e. At Three Bridges, New Jersey, in Readington Township, the line interchanges with Black River and Western Railroad. (12 cu. (.1 cu. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. The purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven was the first step in expanding to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. [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. Most of the rail equipment went to Conrail as well, but 24 locomotives (units GP38-2 314-325 and C420 404415) went to the Delaware & Hudson instead. And the County Tax Assessment Office would have current information as to ownership of each geographic parcel if that is in question. (bridge still exists today. ft.), Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad / Annual Reports, 1890-1901. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Stock Transfer Book, 1889-1931. (92 cu. The railroad was chartered on August 2, 1847, and elected James Madison Porter its president on October 21. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. Oil and gas were supplanting coal as the fuel of choice. ft.), Buffalo Creek Railroad / Valuable Papers Files, 1868-1967. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Property Ledger, 1886-1916. Budd Rail Diesel Car service would continue on a branch line (Lehighton-Hazleton) for an additional four days. [13] With these acquisitions, the LVRR obtained the right to mine coal as well as transport it. Welcome to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler! Paper or digital copies of the items on the list can then be ordered. The Association of American Railroads, which opposed nationalization, submitted an alternate proposal for a government-funded private company. [39], Following the defeat of its plan, the D&H sold its stock to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. (.3 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. Asa Packer was elected President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad on January 13, 1862. [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. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Secretary's Correspondence, 1860-1966 (1905-1966). Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads. ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. 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. linearly along particular rail lines. (1 cu. (.1 cu. The Lehigh Valley Railroad began providing service to Hemlock lake in 1895. In 1866, Master Mechanic Alexander Mitchell designed the "Consolidation", 1945: The first Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline diesels arrive in the form of. 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. Hurricane Agnes in 1972 damaged the rundown Northeast railway network, which put the solvency of other railroads including the LVRR in danger; the somewhat more solvent Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) was also damaged by Hurricane Agnes. 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. (.01 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. The coal railroads had begun in 1873 to form pools to regulate production and set quotas for each railroad. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Histories of Various Companies, ca 1934-1965. 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. Please note: There also exists an unprocessed series of PRR/Penn Central maps entitled: Architectural Drawings and Maps, ca 1818-1970 (1883-1965). (2006) 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. 1948: ALCO PA passenger diesels replace steam on all passenger runs. Conversely, the other railroads' obligations to pay those fees to the Penn Central were not waived. (.1 cu. 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. 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. 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. For land and trackage owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the State Archives holds a series of 49 microfilm rolls, filmed in 1976 by the Penn Central, entitled: Real Estate Maps and Atlases (#RRV 1101 through 1148) {#286m.423} . It opened a hotel in Glen Summit, Pennsylvania, called the Glen Summit Hotel to serve lunch to passengers traveling on the line. 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. (.55 cu. 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. The series listed below contain scattered information and/or maps of PRR and Penn Central real estate holdings in Manuscript Group 286. ft.), Coxe Brothers and Company, Inc. / Appendix to Estimates of Coal on Properties Owned or Controlled, 1925. (.1 cu. [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. During the early years, the line served as the body of the Lehigh Valley Railroad until the railroad either built, acquired, or merged other railroads into its system. On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. (.1 cu. (2 cu. This microfilm, such as it is, is our best and most comprehensive source of PRR maps at this time. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. In 1856, the "E. A. Packer" 4-4-0 was purchased from William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Record of Transportation Lines, 1877-1959. ft.), Germantown, Norristown, and Phoenixville Railroad / Minute Book, 1881-1886. The Reading, now out of receivership, purchased the company and brought the other coal railroads into the partnership, with the Reading owning 30%, the LVRR 23%, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 20%, CNJ 17%, Erie 6%, and New York, Susquehanna and Western 4 percent. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Minute Books, 1870-1954. To reach Wilkes-Barre, the LVRR began constructing an extension from White Haven, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre. At Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the North Pennsylvania Railroad which was completed during the Summer of 1856, provided a rail connection to Philadelphia and thus brought the LVRR a direct line to Philadelphia. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of Samuel Rea, 1913-1925. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Wire and Pipe Crossing Agreements, 1925-1957. Finally, in 1889, the LVRR gained control of the Geneva, Ithaca, and Sayre Railroad and completed its line of rail through New York. [3], Little occurred between 1847 and 1851, save some limited grading near Allentown, Pennsylvania. 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. The LVRR decided to expand more to the Northeastern New Jersey in order to reach its freight yards without using the CNJ main line. (3.5 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Condition of Frt. Finally in 1887 the two railroads reached a settlement, and construction of the LVRR's Jersey City freight yard began. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's original and primary route between Easton and Allentown was built in 1855. ft.), Suquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad - Ledger, 1902-1904. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. Young, 1929-1943. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. At first the incident was considered an accident; a long investigation eventually concluded that the explosion was an act of German sabotage, for which reparations were finally paid in 1979. Ad vertisement from shop plaindealing. Bridging Newark Bay proved difficult. (.02 cu. These were FAs with steam generators, but they were not designated as FPA-2 units. (.1 cu. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / General Correspondence Files and Coal Mine Reports, 1930-1938. Original file (SVG file, nominally 800 600 pixels, file size: 447 KB). The Vosburg Tunnel was completed and opened for service on July 25, 1886. (.1 cu. The Easton and Amboy was used as a connection to the New York metropolitan area, with a terminus in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate & Taxation / Reports on Coal and Coal Mines, 1861-1864. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Record of Track Material Loaned for Construction of Lumber Branches, 1895-1906. (.2 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. (.4 cu. Language: File usage on Commons. ft.), North Penn Coal Company / Minute Book, 1913-1938. (.02 cu. ft.), West Chester Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. The first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. (1.1 cu. ft.), PRR / President / Clement / Eastern Region Coordinating Committee Files, 1933-1936. That project failed, but the lands were later used for the LVRR's own terminal in 1889. 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]. ft.), Columbia and Port Deposit Railway / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Survey Books and Legal Papers of the Pennsylvania Canal Company, 1857-1922. ft.), Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. [citation needed]. Railroad Leader. 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. Pennsylvania. ft.), Chambersburg Land and Improvement Company / Minute Book, 1890-1905. The owners still owned the property, but the railroad was allowed to conduct agreed-upon activities on the swath in question. [42], Following the Great Depression, the railroad had a few periods of prosperity, but was clearly in a slow decline. Subsequently, the LVRR favored engines from Baldwin Locomotive Works and William Mason, but tried many other designs as it experimented with motive power that could handle the line's heavy grades.[7]. (5 cu. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. These operators include: The Lehigh Line was the Lehigh Valley Railroad's first rail line and served as the main line. ft.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. (.01 cu. ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Minute Books, 1869-1940. (.12 cu. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Report to the Superintendant of the Tenth Census, 1880. ft.), Pittsburgh and Lake Erie / Railroad Annual Reports, 1967, 1969, 1972-1974, 1976-1977. 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. F. A . 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 . 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. ft.), Franklin Railroad Company / Minute Books, 1836-1853, 1859-1865. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. (.10 cu. Through neglect, the Reading allowed the charter to lapse, and it was acquired by the Lehigh Valley, which immediately constructed the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad. (.1 cu. 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. [4] All this changed in October 1851, when Asa Packer took majority control of the DLS&S. | Library of Congress Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. Ball, Chief Conveyancer and Benjamin W. Carskaddon, Assistant Real Estate Agent, 1876-1902. [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. (.4 cu. The 46-mile-long (74km) LVRR connected at Mauch Chunk with the Beaver Meadow Railroad. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. 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. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. Finally after settling the legal issues, the Newark Bay was bridged in 1892 by the Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway and connected to the National Docks Railway, which was partly owned by the LVRR and which reached the LVRR's terminal. Some lines were subsequently abandoned and even dismantled long before the expiration date came up. 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. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Record of Expenditures Under Authority of Forms 1416, ca 1917-1926. (5 cu. The followingarethe primary series of railroad map records that are processed and readily available for use: For track maps of the Erie and D, L & W lines,seeTrack Maps of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1917-1976, Series {#300m164}. A final attempt to establish a coal cartel took place in 1904 with the formation of the Temple Iron Company. (.3 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of J.C. Wilson, Assistant Chief Engineer and Real Estate Agent, 1876-1889. Newly elected president Eben B. Thomas, formerly of the Erie, and his board of directors represented the combined interests of those railroads.[36]. 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). A daily freight train was put into operation leaving Easton in the morning and returning in the evening. [11] Over the next dozen years the railroad acquired other large tracts of land: 13,000 acres (53km2) in 1870,[9] 5,800 acres (23km2) in 1872,[12] and acquisition of the Philadelphia Coal Company in 1873 with its large leases in the Mahanoy basin.