Records of predecessor and subsidiary companies, 1795-1976.

Washington and Franklin Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x45p16 (corporateBody)

Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n63fjg (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and North Branch Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s22whw (corporateBody)

Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx08xt (corporateBody)

Norristown and Main Line Connecting Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk667p (corporateBody)

Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k11zds (corporateBody)

Schuylkill River West Side Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b32pdc (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c8750q (corporateBody)

Reading Transportation Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6518sdn (corporateBody)

Catawissa Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f0n1g (corporateBody)

Lorberry Creek Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq20hx (corporateBody)

Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s9hxz (corporateBody)

Chester and Delaware River Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x39s79 (corporateBody)

Rupert and Bloomsburg Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s1k0g (corporateBody)

Port Reading Construction Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6518s1q (corporateBody)

List, Friedrich, 1789-1846

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t0qmq (person)

Fox Chase and Richboro Bus Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v4bkn (corporateBody)

Zerbe Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j584k (corporateBody)

Moselem Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc5vdn (corporateBody)

Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k982j7 (corporateBody)

Pine Grove and Lebanon Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f9hzd (corporateBody)

West Chester Street Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6188233 (corporateBody)

Reading and Lehigh Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r2p7t (corporateBody)

Allentown Terminal Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6741kkd (corporateBody)

Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rail Road Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6809wn0 (corporateBody)

Mount Carbon Rail Road Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw6d9r (corporateBody)

The Mount Carbon Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 20, 1829, for the purpose of building a railroad from the Schuylkill Canal at Mount Carbon up Norwegian Creek to the forks and thence to Wadesville on the East Branch and Mount Laffee on the West Branch. The railroad was completed in April 1831 and used to bring coal from numerous independent mines to the canal. The completion of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad to Mount Carbon in 1842 opened an all-rail route to ...

Philadelphia and Frankford Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw2b6g (corporateBody)

Eastern Real Estate Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b4wdg (corporateBody)

Philadelphia Grain Elevator Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r54khn (corporateBody)

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw9cp3 (corporateBody)

The Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on March 24, 1828, and was leased by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company on May 12, 1864. It was extinguished by merger into the Reading Company on October 1, 1951. The first section of the Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad was opened in 1830 from Coal Castle in the Schuylkill Coal Field west of Pottsville, Pa. to Schuylkill Haven on the Schuylkill Ca...

Mount Eagle and Tremont Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c6qs6 (corporateBody)

East Mahanoy Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6324qgx (corporateBody)

East Trenton Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d55fw6 (corporateBody)

Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h46kjb (corporateBody)

Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb9141 (corporateBody)

Donaldson Improvement and Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6615tkg (corporateBody)

Ironton Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng9k74 (corporateBody)

Hunters Run and Slate Belt Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d26rn4 (corporateBody)

Harrisburg Terminal Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h3dvs (corporateBody)

Schuylkill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z083v0 (corporateBody)

Tamaqua, Hazleton and Northern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w609109b (corporateBody)

Tennis Construction Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t2h7c (corporateBody)

Central New England and Western Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf7qpr (corporateBody)

Swedes Ford Bridge Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6159b3r (corporateBody)

Colebrookdale Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k95v5 (corporateBody)

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6711z26 (corporateBody)

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...

West Reading Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m539c (corporateBody)

Pickering Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6256c4s (corporateBody)

Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr9rxj (corporateBody)

Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt9k91 (corporateBody)

North Pennsylvania Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn82p1 (corporateBody)

The Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 6, 1852, and renamed the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company on October 3, 1853. The company's object was to link Philadelphia with northeastern Pennsylvania and central and western New York, but it was only able to construct a line as far as Bethlehem (1853-1857) with a branch to Doylestown (1856), relying on connections with the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Bethlehem. As it o...

Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d7px5 (corporateBody)

New York Short Line Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk0978 (corporateBody)

Trestle Realty Corporation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6712w6j (corporateBody)

Port Reading Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t48nh8 (corporateBody)

Perkiomen Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t8djt (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65766b1 (corporateBody)

Auburn and Allentown Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v74cj7 (corporateBody)

Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn03h0 (corporateBody)

Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s22x68 (corporateBody)

South Mountain Railway and Mining Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n34r28 (corporateBody)

Chestnut Hill and Jenkintown Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v45p4x (corporateBody)

Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb04x3 (corporateBody)

Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c6r26 (corporateBody)

The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company was incorporated in New Jersey on May 12, 1874, for the purpose of forming a second railroad route between the cities of New York and Philadelphia. The Delaware & Bound Brook was a successor to the National Railway project of 1868-1875. In 1831 the Camden & Amboy Railroad & Transportation Company was granted the exclusive right to operate a railroad across New Jersey between new York and Philadelphia. This monopol...

Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h0fwt (corporateBody)

Terminal Market Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pw1f0r (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj7b5d (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t48mzp (corporateBody)

Reading Belt Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg3n6v (corporateBody)

Hagerstown and State Line Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n34rgn (corporateBody)

Lebanon Valley Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f816w4 (corporateBody)

Central Dock and Terminal Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6450fks (corporateBody)

Chester Valley Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg1kfm (corporateBody)

Little Schuylkill Navigation Rail Road and Coal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt4jgg (corporateBody)

Northern Liberties and Penn Township Rail Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z31kk (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f3kts (corporateBody)

Norristown and Allentown Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r5nht (corporateBody)

Mahanoy Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p7w4q (corporateBody)

Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6033m3s (corporateBody)

Berks and Chester Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nd0v7b (corporateBody)

Stony Creek Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h9bvm (corporateBody)

Chestnut Hill Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q867kw (corporateBody)

Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g5fjd (corporateBody)

Wilmington and Reading Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm67sk (corporateBody)

Slatington Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h3dn3 (corporateBody)

Beaver Creek Water Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs0p3s (corporateBody)

Norristown and Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp1z3f (corporateBody)

Enterprise Railroad Company (Pa.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c874mc (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Newtown Connecting Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt3ndj (corporateBody)

Tide Water Canal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jm66wd (corporateBody)

Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn03ns (corporateBody)

Norristown Junction Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kq2wd7 (corporateBody)

Susquehanna Canal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt8kff (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj6f21 (corporateBody)

Reading Terminal Market (Philadelphia, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr9r64 (corporateBody)

West Pittston Coal Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b903c6 (corporateBody)

Langhorne and Bristol Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm38mx (corporateBody)

Dauphin and Berks Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65766rd (corporateBody)

Williams Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w618829s (corporateBody)

Locust Gap Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6615trq (corporateBody)

North East Pennsylvania Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m81t3 (corporateBody)

East Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc8t7t (corporateBody)

Bloomsburg Belt Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb40dt (corporateBody)

Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Rail Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n34rdr (corporateBody)

Mahanoy and Broad Mountain Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz82g1 (corporateBody)

Allentown Rail Road Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf2pm2 (corporateBody)

Good Spring Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x746p (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Northern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6615v3m (corporateBody)

Seaboard Fiscal Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns5p52 (corporateBody)

Peoples Railway Company (Pottsville, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v45pfz (corporateBody)

Philadelphia Harbor Transfer Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh5gx2 (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g49jrf (corporateBody)

Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6712vjm (corporateBody)

Danville and Shamokin Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n3zdq (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Montgomery County Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp911p (corporateBody)

Twelfth Street Market Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc1zds (corporateBody)

Reading Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n30rm (corporateBody)

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...

Shamokin and Trevorton Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x163h (corporateBody)

Temple Iron Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx66rd (corporateBody)