Papers, 1921-1970 (bulk, 1938-1965).

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

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In 1912, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway announced its decision to operate on hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power or electrification was a highly cost-efficient power source and companies throughout the U.S. converted their steam-powered engines to it. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began its electrification project on the 113-mile stretch between Three Forks and Deer Lodge, Montana. The General Electric Company submitted a proposal to design the locomotives, as wel...

Brown, Harry F. (Harry Farnsworth), 1886-1980.

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Harry Farnsworth Brown was born on August 17, 1886, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1907. He worked in the Test Dept. of the General Electric Company in 1908-09, and the following year joined the Electric Traction Dept. of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, which with Westinghouse, was developing a pioneer system of a.c. electrification. Brown remained with the New Haven until 1952, and his entire career w...

Hill, E. Rowland (Ernest Rowland), 1872-1948

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Virginian Railway

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1904 as Tidewater Railway Company; name changed to Virginian Railway in 1907. From the description of Records, 1907-1926. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411968 Created in 1907 from the merger of two existing railroads, the Virginian Railway Company (VGN) operated as an entity until 1959, at which point it became part of the Norfolk & Western Railway. A brief history of the VGN can be found on the Norfolk and Western Histor...

Reading Company

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The Reading Company, chartered in 1871 as the Excelsior Enterprise Company, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. As a result of anti-trust proceedings, the Reading Company divested itself of its mining subsidiary in 1923 and became an operating company for its rail properties. After bankruptcy in the early 1970s, viable portions of the rail network were conveye...

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Erie Lackawanna Railway Company

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The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company resulted from the merger of two companies in 1960. These were the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (known as Lackawanna). Both roads were based primarily in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and New York. The Erie offered service from Jersey City, New Jersey (metropolitan New York) to Hammond, Indiana (metropolitan Chicago). In 1968, the Erie Lackawanna became a part of Dereco, a holding company owned by the Norfolk and Western, an...

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...

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Gibbs & Hill

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