Ended: Mar 02, 2023. ft.), Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad / Contract Books, 1864-1891. ft.), Erie-Lackawanna Railway / General Correspondence Files, 1953-1967, Erie Railroad / Land Record Books,[ ca 1831-1915]. ft.), PRR / Comptroller / Cash Books for the Trust Created for Purchase of Securities, 1878-1939. 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. ft.), Erie Railroad / Miscellaneous Land Records, [ca. (.1 cu. ft.), Clearfield and Jefferson Railway / Annual Reports, 1886-1888. ft.), Baltimore and Potomac / Blueprint Book of Proposed Revision of Line and Grades in Washington, D.C., undated. (.1 cu. 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 . ft.), PRR / VP of Purchase / General Correspondence and Confidential Files of C.D. ft.), Leechburg Company / Minute Books, 1937-1954. (.53 cu. The restructuring allowed the LVRR to extend the maturity of its mortgages, but it needed to repeat the process in 1950. . (.1 cu. In New Jersey, the LVRR embarked on a decade-long legal battle with the CNJ over terminal facilities in Jersey City. In 1892, the Lehigh Valley Railroad completed its main line and established a western terminus in Buffa-lo, New York.At the same time, Niagara Falls had begun to flourish as a tourist attraction. (.1 cu. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. 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. At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the Belvidere Delaware Railroad connected to Trenton, New Jersey. 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. ft.), Williamsport and Elmira Railroad / Annual Reports, 1856-1858. File. 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. (.1 cu. The LVRR, which had built coal docks in Perth Amboy when it built the Easton and Amboy in the 1870s, desired a terminal on the Hudson River close to New York City. Ousting President Elisha P. Wilbur and several directors in 1897, the Morgan company installed W. Alfred Walter as president and seated its own directors. (2.25 cu. 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. (.15 cu. (.12 cu. ft.), Frederick and Northern Railroad / Minute Book, 1873-1897. Bridging Newark Bay proved difficult. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Pamphlet Description of Corporations in which PRR and Subs. 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. On April 1, 1976, major portions of the assets of the bankrupt Lehigh Valley Railroad were acquired by Conrail. Passengers were routed to the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal and ferry. On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. The Lehigh Line is a railroad line in central New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.It is owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway.The line runs west from the vicinity of the Port of New York and New Jersey via Conrail's Lehigh Line to the Susquehanna River valley at the south end of the Wyoming Valley Coal Region. (.1 cu. ft.), PRR / Secretary / One Hundredth Anniversary Historical Files, ca 1876-1946. By 1970, this had dwindled to 927 miles of road and 1963 miles of track. Packer brought additional financing to the railroad, installed Robert H. Sayre as chief engineer, and renamed the company the "Lehigh Valley Railroad." The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last operating long-distance trains, terminated that day. The economic depression following 1893 was harsh, and by 1897 the LVRR was in dire need of support. This route became important to Conrail as an alternate route to avoid Amtrak's former PRR/PC Northeast Corridor electrified route. 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. [24] The marshalling yard is now the residential area known as Harbortown. ft.), West Lane Garage Company / Minute Book, 1934-1943. The Geneva, Ithaca & Athens Railroad passed into the hands of the LVRR in September 1876, which extended from the New York state line near Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Geneva, New York, a distance of 75 miles. [43] The terms of the restructurings precluded dividend payments until 1953, when LVRR common stock paid the first dividend since 1931. 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. (.1 cu. (.1 cu. Countries. Bankruptcy trustee July 1970August 1974. When the LVRR opened, those producers eagerly sent their product by the railroad instead of canal, and within two years of its construction the LVRR was carrying over 400,000 tons of coal annually. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Contract Book of George B. Roberts, 1869-1884. [47][note 1]. 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.), Northern Central Railway / Committee Minute Book, 1875-1914. the succession of recorded deeds). 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. The section between Allentown and Mauch Chunk opened on September 12. and Executive Comm., 1853-1906. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate & Taxation / Reports on Coal and Coal Mines, 1861-1864. Lehigh Valley Railroad; Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. (1 cu. Although government-funded Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971, railroad companies continued to lose money due to extensive government regulations, expensive and excessive labor cost, competition from other transportation modes, declining industrial business and other factors;[49] the Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of them. The line was laid with a rail weighing 56 pounds per yard supported upon cross ties 6 x 7 inches and 7-1/2 feet long placed 2 feet apart and about a quarter of it was ballasted with stone or gravel. 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 ft.), PRR / VP of Law / Riot Docket and Ejectment Suits, 1877-1895. (.01 cu. 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. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. The original line retains its original route when it was first constructed and is served by Norfolk Southern Railway. [2] It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. It was followed by the "Catasauqua" 4-4-0 and "Lehigh" 4-6-0, which were also Norris & Sons engines. [25] While the third rail on the Erie Railroad main line between Waverly and Buffalo gave the LVRR an unbroken connection to Buffalo, the road's management desired its own line into Buffalo. 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). It was opened on June 11, 1855, between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, passing through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The railroad was authorized on April 21, 1846, for freight and transportation of passengers, goods, wares, merchandise and minerals[1] in Pennsylvania and the railroad was incorporated and established on September 20, 1847, as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. 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 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. 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. {#31.18}, MG-416 Aero Service Corporation Photographs, MG-425 Ebasco Environmental Company Aerial Photographs, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Other Record Holders, PHMC Collections Management Policy Standards, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access Policy, Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Bangor & Portland Division, including Martins Creek Branch, Limestone Spur, Wind Gap Branch, Atlantic BranchandBangor Branch, Valuation orders and related records, 1914-1934. 1948: ALCO PA passenger diesels replace steam on all passenger runs. [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.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Letter Press Books of George W.I. Ad vertisement from shop plaindealing. The LVRR shareholders received shares of the now independent Lehigh Valley Coal Company, but the railroad no longer had management control of the production, contracts, and sales of its largest customer. These operators include: The Lehigh Line was the Lehigh Valley Railroad's first rail line and served as the main line. By 1931, the PRR controlled 51% of the LVRR stock. Leadership of the company transferred smoothly to Charles Hartshorne, who had been vice president under Packer. 5 out of 5 stars (5,213) $ 19.50 FREE shipping Add to Favorites . ft.), PRR / Secretary / Notes for Centennial History of PRR Company, ca 1946-1949. Small party privacy and fantastic views! (.5 cu. Lehigh Valley Trail Facts States: New York Counties: Monroe, Ontario Length: 16.4 miles Trail end points: W. River Road/County Road 84 (Scottsville) and Lehigh Crossing Park at Shallow Creek Trail and Victor Mendon Road (Victor) Trail surfaces: Crushed Stone Trail category: Rail-Trail ID: 6015034 Activities: Joy and Lancaster Railroad / Minute Book of the Committee on Real Estate and the Road, 1850-1855. Customers naturally resented the actions of the cartel, and since coal was critical to commerce, Congress intervened in 1887 with the Interstate Commerce Act that forbade the roads from joining into such pools. (2.25 cu. [18] For most of its length, it ran parallel to the LVRR. ft.), Philadelphia and Erie Railroad / Minute Book of the Road Committee, Finance Comm. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. These tracks were laid and the Easton and Amboy Railroad was opened for business on June 28, 1875, with hauling coal. (1.1 cu. 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. (12 cu. (.1 cu. 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 Association of American Railroads, which opposed nationalization, submitted an alternate proposal for a government-funded private company. In 1999, the Norfolk Southern Railway which is owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation acquired the Lehigh Line in the Conrail split with CSX Transportation but the tracks from Manville, New Jersey, to Newark, New Jersey, were kept with Conrail in order for both Norfolk Southern and CSX to have equal competition in the Northeast. In 1866, two years after the purchase of the Penn Haven and White Haven, the extension from White Haven to Wilkes-Barre opened.[1]. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Corporate Histories Prepared in Accord. Some lines were subsequently abandoned and even dismantled long before the expiration date came up. (25 cu. Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh This 5-railroad network will remain essentially unchanged for the first half of the 20th Century. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Minute Books of the Road Committee, 1847-1948. 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. On June 21, 1970, the Penn Central declared bankruptcy and sought bankruptcy protection. In 1973, the United States Congress acted to create a bill to nationalize all bankrupt railroads which included the LV. Construction began in earnest in 1853, and the line opened between Easton and Allentown on June 11, 1855. Parts. ft.), PRR / Secretary / Board Files: BFA Series, ca 1905-1960. 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. ft.), Johnsonburg Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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. President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. 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. The line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day, with traffic peaking at the end of the week. [1][19][bettersourceneeded][20]. ft.), West Chester Railroad / Annual Reports to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1895-1896. 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.), PRR / Secretary / Minute Books of the Real Estate Committee, 1869-1918. 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 . It passes through the approximately 5,000-foot Pattenburg Tunnel in West Portal, New Jersey, along its route. [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. Cassat, 1893-1903. Clement, 1935-1949. ft.), PRR / VP of Real Estate / Reports on Coal and Coal Mines, 1861-1864. 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. (5 cu. The railroad also published a monthly magazine promoting travel on the train called the "Black Diamond Express Monthly". The company controlled 30,000 acres (120km2) of coal-producing lands and was expanding rapidly into New York and New Jersey. ft.), Enola Realty Company / Minute Books, 1905-1931. Most serviceable equipment not retained for company service was sold to other roads.