Records, 1869-1946 (bulk 1898-1905).

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 ...

Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the description of Corporate records, 1901-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313865953 Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the guide to the Corporate records., 1882, 1901-1968....

Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company.

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Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway Company.

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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System. From the description of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company records, 1900s-1950s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908801 The Central of Georgia Railway, formed from its predecessor, The Central Railroad and Bank...

Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad Company.

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Central of Georgia Railway Company.

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Pittsburgh, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company.

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Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Ebensburg and Eastern Railroad Company.

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Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron 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...

Florida East Coast Railway

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The Florida East Coast Railway Company was founded by Henry Flagler for the purpose of increasing the ease of travel to Florida, originally to St. Augustine and eventually to all of the state's east coast. From the description of Florida East Coast Railway Ledgers, 1907-1909. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 184842724 From the guide to the Florida East Coast Railway Ledgers, 1907-1909, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, Universit...

American Car and Foundry Company

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The Jackson and Sharp Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869, as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. Job H. Jackson (1833-1901), a tinsmith and mechanic, and Jacob F. Sharp (ca. 1815-1888), an experienced car builder, opened a small car-building shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1863. Wilmington was a major center for the manufacture of railroad passenger cars prior to the development of P...

Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company

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The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad was founded in 1871 and it was originally designed to span the distance from the Ohio River through the coal fields of southeastern Ohio to the ports on Lake Erie. By 1877, only 13.5 miles of track had been laid, and the railroad tycoon was jokingly called the "Wailing and Leg Weary." After several early financial embarrassments, including a complete shut down in 1879, Jay Gould began buying large amounts of Wheeling's stock the following year. Wi...

Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.

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Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company

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The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) began operation in 1879 after the 1878 consolidation with the Youngstown & Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., the P&LE line began as a single track railroad connecting Pittsburgh to Youngstown, Ohio. The railroad began its affiliation with the New York Central System in 1883 and, by 1890, was one of the principle rail routes in the eastern United States. Financed in part by the Harmony Society, a communal reli...

New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad Co.

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Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

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Formed in 1867 by merger of the Boston and Worcester Railroad (chartered 1831) and the Western Railroad (chartered 1833). Leased to the New York Central in 1899. From the description of Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580906 The Boston and Albany Railroad Company resulted from the development and eventual merger of several railroad lines built to connect eastern Massachusetts with eastern New York state. The firs...

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 ...

Chicago Great Western Railway Company (1892-1909)

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Wadley and Mount Vernon Railroad Company.

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Erie Railroad Company

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Schoharie Valley Railway Company.

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Manhattan Railway Company

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The Manhattan Railway Company began operating elevated railways in New York City in 1875. In 1879, it leased the lines operated by the New York Elevated Railway Company, founded in 1872, and the Metropolitan Elevated Railway, established in 1878. The Manhattan Railway Company's lines and operations were then leased by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1902. From the description of Vouchers, 1881. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 779542761 From the descri...

Coal & Coke Railway Co.

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Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (1908-1936)

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Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Company formed in 1908 from the Sandy River Railroad Company and others; rails removed in 1936. In 1985 name reactivated and now operated as a tourist excursion line. From the description of Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad records, 1920-1923. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985353 ...

Atlantic City Railroad Company

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Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad Company.

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Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Company.

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Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway Company.

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Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad

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Delaware and Hudson Company

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The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was incorporated in 1823. The name was changed in 1899 to Delaware and Hudson Company. In 1930 a new corporation was formed, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation, which took over the railroad properties of the Delaware and Hudson Company. In 1968 most of the assets of the Railroad Corporation were acquired by a new corporation, the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company. From the description of Report of L. F. Loree, president to the executi...

Holly River and Addison Railway Company.

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Portland and Rumford Falls Railway.

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Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific Railway Company

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Constructed by Marcus Daly to haul the ore from his Anaconda Mine in Butte to the smelter in Anaconda. From the description of Records, 1892-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70927155 The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company was an independently operated railroad built by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company to haul copper ore, lumber, and miscellaneous freight from Butte to Anaconda, and to haul ingots from Anaconda to Butte for shipment to national markets. The rai...

Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company.

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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company

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Bridgeton and Saco River Railroad Company.

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Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company.

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Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Company.

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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company

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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company

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American railroad company. From the description of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367852 From the guide to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

Missouri Pacific Railway Company

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Atlantic City and Suburban Traction Company

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Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Company.

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Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Company.

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Franklin and Megantic Railroad Company

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Long Island Rail Road Company.

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Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company

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Jackson and Sharp Company

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The Jackson and Sharp Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869, as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. From the description of Apprenticeship agreement, 1871. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 650074533 From the description of Miscellaneous letters, 1873-1874. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466202 The Jackson and Sharp Company, a man...

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company.

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Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Railway Company.

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Rutland Railroad Company

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Chartered in 1843 as Rutland & Burlington Railroad, the company reorganized in 1867 as Rutland Railroad Company. From the description of Account book, 1900-1933 (Occidental College Library). WorldCat record id: 227345699 ...

St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway Company

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Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company

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Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...

Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad

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Richmond, Va. railroad company. From the description of Papers, 1863-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437730 ...

Allegheny Valley Railway Company.

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Darien and Western Railroad Company.

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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...

Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Company.

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