Erie Lackawanna Railway Company records, 1850-1991 (bulk 1960-1991)

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Erie Lackawanna Railway Company records, 1850-1991 (bulk 1960-1991)

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The Erie Lackawanna Railway Company Records primarily contains legal and financial documents. It consists of materials used and produced throughout the railroad's final reorganization and liquidation process which began in 1972 and ended in 1991. Included are a large number of Interstate Commerce Commission valuation maps, real estate sales files, land agreements, leases, mortgages, conveyance documents, and other legal and financial materials. There are also board minutes, annual reports, and reports to the ICC. Materials from and about the 1938 Erie reorganization and the 1960 Erie Lackawanna merger are also included. The bulk of materials in the collection dates from 1960-1991. However, the collection also contains inherited records from the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Erie Railroads, some of which date from as early as 1850.

300 cubic feet (300 boxes and oversized items)

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7911600

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. was headquartered at 49 Wall St., New York, N.Y. It had many local stations, including one in New Milford, Pa. D. W. Hagen was an agent at the New Milford Station in the 1870s. From the description of Receipt book, 1853-1862, 1875-1888. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261228863 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting co...

Erie Lackawanna Railway Company

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Erie Lackawanna Inc.

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Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company

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New York railroad formed by the merger of the Erie Railroad with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad on Oct. 17, 1960. On April 1, 1968, the railroad merged with the Erie Lackawanna Railway Company of Delaware. On June 26, 1972, Erie Lackawanna Railway Company entered reorganization proceedings under federal bankruptcy act; in course of proceedings most of rail assets were required by law to be conveyed on Apr. 1, 1976 to Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail); on November 30, 1982,...