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The Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad was originally called the Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad, but renamed when its ownership was passed to a different company. Under this name, it was formed in 1885 and carried the first trains in 1887. [11] The railroad was mostly constructed using manual labor.
Share of the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad Company from the 14. February 1893. The WB&E was a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W). It was chartered in 1892 to provide the NYS&W with a route to bring coal from the mines in northeastern Pennsylvania for delivery to the port of Edgewater, New Jersey.
Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad chartered to build from Stroudsburg to the Wyoming Valley; begins operating in 1893 [50] [29] [51] 1893 The Panic of 1893: NYSW reorganizes its subsidiaries into the parent company, keeping the NYSW Railroad name. [52] [53] 1894 The western end of the NYSW is cut back from Gravel Place to Stroudsburg [54] 1896
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (reporting mark NYSW), also referred to as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna, and formerly referred to as the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, is an American Class II freight railway that operates over 400 miles (640 km) of trackage in the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company: Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad: WBC D&H/ PRR: 1912 Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad: ERIE: 1892 1941 Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad: Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake Railroad: LV: 1885 1904 Loyalsock Railroad: Wilkesbarre and Pittston Railroad: PRR: 1859 1867
Nov. 20—WILKES-BARRE — Henry Brown, who conducted the Underground Railroad along with William Gildersleeve, hiding runaway slaves in a covered wagon, is buried in the Wilkes-Barre City ...
This part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western main line which is now part of the Sunbury Line contains the Nicholson Cutoff and former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad trackage. The PRR Wilkes-Barre Branch ran from the downtown Wilkes-Barre rail cluster southwest to Sunbury [1] along tracks on the east (left) shore of the North ...
The Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railroad opened for business in 1903. However, at that time it only ran from Hazleton to Ashley. In 1907, trains began running all the way to Wilkes-Barre via a 1040-foot long viaduct that was 34 feet (10 meters) high over the steam railroads of Wilkes-Barre. [1]