Railroad ephemera, 1862-1921.

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Railroad ephemera, 1862-1921.

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The collection consists of a Pennsylvania Railroad Company pass on state government service issued to R.C. Hale, 3 Jan. 1862; Timetables of passenger trains of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail Road and branches, with principle connections, Aug. 1867, no. 5 (Philadelphia: H.G. Leisenring, 1867); Beech Creek, Clearfield & South-Western R.R. Co. 1000 mile ticket no. 5 issued to John A. Mull, Philipsburg, Pa., stamped Feb. 28, 1886; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R. empty double envelope pocket book for railway coupons, sleeping car tickets, and baggage checks; New York Central & Hudson River R.R. Co. bill of lading, 21 June 1902, for shipping a bell to St. Mark's Church, Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa. Also, six photographic reproductions: open-air passenger coach of the Eagles Mere Railroad, Sullivan County, Pa., circa 1898; stock certificate of Hicks Run Railroad Company owned by DuBois Lumber Company, Elk and Cameron counties, Pa.; two pages from the Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad Company timetable for Clearfield County, Pa., 1921; Charles Broberg's conductor's passes for the Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg & Eastern Railroad Company (1903), New York & Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad Company (1907), Philipsburg Railroad Company (1909), Philipsburg & Susquehanna Valley R.R. Co. (1910), and Pittsburg & Susquehanna Railroad Company (1911).

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Eagles Mere Railroad

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Hale, R. C. 1812-1863.

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Philipsburg Railroad Company

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Beech Creek, Clearfield & South Western Railroad Company

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

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In 1833, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (P & R) was established to serve the burgeoning anthracite coal industry and its customers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The railroad also supported iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding, establishing itself as a transportation industry giant for over a century. During the American Industrial Revolution, the P & R provided trackage to the most densely industrialized parts...

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1866-1880)

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Hicks Run Railroad Company

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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company

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Born 1 Feb. 1885 in Johnstown, Pa. Moved with family to Buffalo shortly after the Johnstown flood of 1889. When his parents died, he became the ward of his brother-in-law, C. George Hyde, who apprenticed him to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1902. From the description of Apprenticeship papers of John P. Loewer, 1902 May 5. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 44271315 Railroad company formed from a consolidation of the New York Central Railroad ...

Pittsburgh & Susquehanna Railroad Company

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St. Mark's Church (Lewistown, Pa.)

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New York & Pittsburgh Air Line Railroad Company

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Philipsburg & Susquehanna Valley Railroad Company

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Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg & Eastern Railroad Company

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Mull, John A.

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