ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Property Schedules, (BV 634, 635 and 636), 1936-1941. Top of page Skip to main content ft.), Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad / Acts of Assembly Relating to the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad, 1858. [34] The LVRR obtained a 5-year agreement to use the CNJ line to access the terminal, which opened in 1889. It leased the CNJ and the LVRR, purchased the railroads' coal companies and arranged for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to cooperate with the combination, thereby controlling 70% of the trade. The line gave the LVRR a route into Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and the Schuylkill Valley coal fields.[32]. At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the Belvidere Delaware Railroad connected to Trenton, New Jersey. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Poor's Railroad Manuals, 1923-1949. The route across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Oak Island Yard remains important to the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation today, the only two Class 1 railroads that are based in the Eastern United States. (17 cu. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway to Wistar Morris and Josiah Bacon, Trustees, 1868. Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad LV. [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. ft.), Katharine Water Company / Minute Book, 1904-1925. Coverage includes locations in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. 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. permission to lay track, run trains and do needed maintenance along a long, narrow swath. So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. ft.), Johnsonburg Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. ft.), Columbia and Port Deposit Railway / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. [43] The terms of the restructurings precluded dividend payments until 1953, when LVRR common stock paid the first dividend since 1931. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. (1.5 cu. [6], The LVRR immediately became the trunk line down the Lehigh Valley, with numerous feeder railroads connecting and contributing to its traffic. 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. Please enable scripts and reload this page. (.5 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. It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. 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). For 25 years the Lehigh Canal had enjoyed a monopoly on downstream transportation and was charging independent producers high fees. (.15 cu. ft.), which was maintained by the Secretary's office. Another series relating to PRR real estate holdings, rights of way and agreements is the Valuable Papers File, [ca. The L&S had been chartered in 1837 by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (the Lehigh Canal company) to connect the upper end of the canal at Mauch Chunk to Wilkes-Barre. 5 out of 5 stars (5,213) $ 19.50 FREE shipping Add to Favorites . (2 cu. The former Lehigh Valley tracks between Manville, New Jersey, and Newark are operated separately by Conrail Shared Assets Operations as their own Lehigh Line. Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads. Joy and Lancaster Railroad / Minute Book of the Committee on Real Estate and the Road, 1850-1855. [30] As a result of its leases and acquisitions, the Lehigh Valley gained a near-monopoly on traffic in the Finger Lakes region. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. (.01 cu. (MP 13/MP 13a/MP13c), 1896-1920. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Minute Books, 1870-1954. ft.), PRR / VP of Eastern Region / Locality Files, 1918-1936. ft.), North Penn Coal Company / Minute Book, 1913-1938. ft.), Valley Real Estate Company / Minute Book, 1907-1922. Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh This 5-railroad network will remain essentially unchanged for the first half of the 20th Century. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Minute Book of the Road Committee, Finance Comm. (.1 cu. (2.25 cu. 6 Replies 6377 Views by lvrr325 Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:20 pm: In 1895, the LVRR constructed the Greenville and Hudson Railway parallel with the national docks in order to relieve congestion and have a wholly-owned route into Jersey City. [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. Creator: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Quanitities: 6 cubic feet. The 1890s were a period of turmoil for the LVRR. Lehigh Valley Railroad; Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. (.1 cu. [44] In 1957, the LVRR again stopped dividends. (1.25 cu. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / General Correspondence Files, 1924-1964. 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. The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: Wire and Pipe Crossing Agreements, 1925-1957. Most of the traffic along the line consists of intermodal and general merchandise trains going to yards such as Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey, and Croxton Yard in Jersey City. (43 cu. Keystone State. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Annual Reports of Water Companies, 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). (.01 cu. That southern field held the largest reserves of anthracite in Pennsylvania and accounted for a large percentage of the total production. 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. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pennsylvania Railroad and Long Island RR Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1947. Eventually, the Easton and Amboy Railroad was absorbed into the parent Lehigh Valley Railroad. The images on the film are arranged geographically, i.e. In many cases the Rights of Way were not perpetual, but were granted for, say, 99 years. 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. The line became known as the Lehigh Line during Conrail ownership. It was opened on June 11, 1855, between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, passing through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. [1], On May 17, 1879, Asa Packer, the company's founder and leader, died at the age of 73. 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 The original line retains its original route when it was first constructed and is served by Norfolk Southern Railway. F. A . ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Annual Reports and Data, 1920-1933. 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. 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. (.1 cu. Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Pub.L. (.10 cu. (.5 cu. (.25 cu. In 1882, the LVRR began an extensive expansion into New York from Waverly to Buffalo. [14], The 1870s witnessed commencement of extension of the LVRR in a new direction. (.16 cu. 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. ft.), West Chester Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. No comprehensive finding aid exists for these records. (.1 cu. 1850-1967] (157 cu. Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey, News Printing Co., 1889, p.85. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. 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. The LVRR decided to expand more to the Northeastern New Jersey in order to reach its freight yards without using the CNJ main line. 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 (1 cu. ft.), Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Yougheogheny Railway / Annual Reports, 1892-1910. 1 en:Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad; 2 en:Bay Shore Connecting Railroad; 3 en:Whippany River Railroad ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Letter Books, 1926. Conrail maintained the line as a main line into the New York City area. United States (except New York) States. He served as chairman of the board while the presidency was vacant until PRR takeover. Free shipping for many products! 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. 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. (.05 cu. [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. It also built a passenger terminal in Buffalo in 1915. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 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. (.05 cu. (.03 cu. Right-of-way agreements might be attached to or referenced in the chain of title (i.e. (.1 cu. [8] The purchasing of the North Branch Canal saw an opportunity for a near monopoly in the region north of the Wyoming Valley. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Indexes to Minutes, 1870-1954. Countries. ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. (.1 cu. In 1870, the Lehigh Valley Railroad acquired trackage rights to Auburn, New York, on the Southern Central Railroad.[1]. See original listing. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. ft.), Susquehanna Coal Company / Minute Books, 1869-1940. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:09. The "T" intersection is also visible on the map where the trains would turn into the depot at the village of Hemlock. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. The South Basin terminal was used solely for freight, having docks and car float facilities. 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. ft.), VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of W.H. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Guide for the PRR with Extensive Map Including the Entire Route, 1855. This map looks West, so the Lehigh Valley main line enters at the bottom of the page and heads up into Buffalo, while the Niagara Falls branch line runs off to the right toward Tonawanda (no airport yet! ft.), Bell's Gap Railroad / Annual Reports, 1873-1889. Someone in either of those two offices or perhaps in the County Planning Commission Office might also know the general status of the different rail lines in the county -i.e. The LVRR began construction of a series of railroads to connect the Easton and Amboy line (Easton and Amboy Railroad) to Jersey City. (1 cu. ft.), PRR / VP of Operation / Chief of Motive Power / Condition of Frt. Most of the other remaining Lehigh Valley track serves as branch lines, or has been sold to shortline and regional operators. Packer brought additional financing to the railroad, installed Robert H. Sayre as chief engineer, and renamed the company the "Lehigh Valley Railroad." At the time, anthracite was transported by boat down the Lehigh River. [39], Following the defeat of its plan, the D&H sold its stock to the Pennsylvania Railroad. 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. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. Other resolutions: 320 240 pixels | 640 480 pixels | 1,024 768 pixels | 1,280 960 pixels | 2,560 1,920 pixels. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Water Company Files, 1905-1956. (6.5 cu. The company controlled 30,000 acres (120km2) of coal-producing lands and was expanding rapidly into New York and New Jersey. 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. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. Initially, the LVRR contracted with the CNJ for rights from Roselle to Jersey City, but the LVRR eventually finished construction to its terminal in Jersey City over the Newark and Roselle Railway, the Newark and Passaic Railway, the Jersey City, Newark, and Western Railway, and the Jersey City Terminal Railway. ft.), Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad / Agreements, Leases and Mortgage, 1847-1886. In 1866, two years after the purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven, the extension from White Haven to Wilkes-Barre opened.[1]. 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. (.03 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / General Correspondence Files, ca 1887-1972. A massive proxy fight ensued, with existing President Edward Eugene Loomis narrowly retaining his position with the support of Edward T. Stotesbury of J. P. In 1916, a horrendous explosion occurred at the facility, destroying ships and buildings, and breaking windows in Manhattan. 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]. (3.5 cu. Summary Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. 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. Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets. The acquisitions in 1868 were notable because they marked the beginning of the LVRR's strategy of acquiring coal lands to ensure production and traffic for its own lines. ft.), Northern Central Railroad / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. :-)). President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. and Executive Comm., 1853-1906. (2 cu. The production of the entire Middle Coal Field came to the LVRR over feeders to the Beaver Meadow: the Quakake Railroad, the Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad, the Hazleton Railroad, the Lehigh Luzerne Railroad and other smaller lines. ft.), Mifflin and Centre County Railroad / Monthly Construction Accounts, 1862-1869. In addition, we now hold a physical volume entitled Real Estate Atlas of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, Butler Division, [ca. The owners still owned the property, but the railroad was allowed to conduct agreed-upon activities on the swath in question. Following Federal legislation which stopped the operation of such service, the lake line was sold to private interests in 1920. - Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway . (.3 cu. The building shutdown in 1961 and was demolished. [38] Through bonds issued by the D&H, he obtained 30% of the LVRR stock, and won the support of nearly half the stockholders. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Property Ledger, 1886-1916. 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. 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.), Pennsylvania and Midland Railroad / Court Proceedings, 1895-1899. (1 cu. V2 en:Roselle and South Plainfield Railway. Cassatt and James McCrea, ca 1899-1913. The economic depression following 1893 was harsh, and by 1897 the LVRR was in dire need of support. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Ledgers, 1903-1925. 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} . :-) Disclaimers: [1] Operations continued until the LVRR's bankruptcy in 1976. Language: (.1 cu. ft.), Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad / Contract Books, 1864-1891. [17] In 1871, the entire line from Phillipsburg to Wilkes-Barre was leased to the CNJ. ft.), Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad / Annual Reports, 1890-1901. (.2 cu. 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. (1.3 cu. (3 cu. 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. (.12 cu. ft.), Manor Real Estate and Trust Company / Journals, 1886-1929. The 23 miles between Mauch Chunk and White Haven through the Lehigh Gorge, now the D&L Trail, was opened in 1864. (1 cu. On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. Congress reacted with the 1906 Hepburn Act, which among other things forbade railroads from owning the commodities that they transported. (.02 cu. However, for historical purposes, the part from Manville to Newark is considered a new rail line and the Norfolk Southern part is considered the original line. A long series of antitrust investigations and lawsuits resulted, culminating in a 1911 Supreme Court decision that forced the LVRR to divest itself of the coal companies it had held since 1868. [13][35] Unfortunately, it overreached and in 1893 was unable to meet its obligations. ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. ft.), PRR / VP of Special Services / Merger Studies, 1950-1970. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / List of Roadway Completion Reports (BV 586), 1919-1927. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. 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. The coal railroads had begun in 1873 to form pools to regulate production and set quotas for each railroad. The line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day, with traffic peaking at the end of the week. ft.), Lehigh Valley Railroad / Annual Statement of Charges and Credits to the Investment Account for Property (BV 589), 1917-1930. . ft.), Peoria and Eastern Railway / Annual Reports, 1928-1936, 1938-1961, 1963-1966, 1970-1973, 1976. Conversely, the other railroads' obligations to pay those fees to the Penn Central were not waived. ft.), PRR / VP Eastern Region / Letter Books, 1924-1926. ft.), PRR / President / Presidential Correspondence of M.W. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board of Directors' Inspection Trip Book, 1937. The Chandler Acts of 1938-9 provided a new form of relief for railroads, allowing them to restructure their debt while continuing to operate. Winning bid: US $15.00. 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.), Ridgeway and Clearfield Railroad / Minute Book, 1882-1911. 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 first such combination occurred in 1873, followed by others in 1878, 1884, and 1886. (.1 cu. On June 21, 1970, the Penn Central declared bankruptcy and sought bankruptcy protection. That project failed, but the lands were later used for the LVRR's own terminal in 1889. 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.), Western Pennsylvania Railroad / Minute Books, 1860-1903. By 1970, this had dwindled to 927 miles of road and 1963 miles of track. The two roads had entered a shared trackage agreement in this area in 1965 to reduce costs, as both had parallel routes from Wilkes-Barre virtually all the way to metropolitan New York, often on adjoining grades through Pennsylvania. 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. Three months later the line branched out to the northwest past Allentown to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1855. 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}. 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. After the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads were nationalized in order to prevent strikes and interruptions. [31], In Pennsylvania, the Lehigh scored a coup by obtaining the charter formerly held by the Schuykill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad in 1886. (5 cu. Finally, in 1889, the LVRR gained control of the Geneva, Ithaca, and Sayre Railroad and completed its line of rail through New York. are Interested, 1962. plaindealing From shop plaindealing. (.02 cu. 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. 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. 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. Maps of North America. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. (.1 cu. These tracks were laid and the Easton and Amboy Railroad was opened for business on June 28, 1875, with hauling coal. Ad vertisement from shop plaindealing. 1906 Antique Lehigh Valley Railroad Map Vintage Lehigh Valley Railway Map Birthday Gift for Dad Anniversary 527 ad vertisement by plaindealing. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Library / Library Reference Materials, ca 1834-1963.

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