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A route was surveyed from there to Middletown, but, as built, the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad only extended from a connection with the NY&E in Middletown to Unionville, which was reached on December 6, 1867, [7] after fourteen months of construction. Freight cars received from the Erie made the 14-mile (23 km) trip to ...
A map of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, the most recent successor of the Midland Railway. The NJ Midland went bankrupt and was sold to receivers in March 1875. By December 1878, a dispute broke out between various bondholders, some of whom disputed that the Hudson Connecting Railway should be included in the proceedings. [13]
Blairstown Railway bought; the companies reorganize as second corporate incarnation of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad [65] [66] 1884 The Panic of 1884; 1885 July 13: Passaic and New York Railroad (branch) chartered; begins operating in 1886 [67] [68] 1887 The railroad is double-tracked from Paterson to Jersey City [69] [70] 1891
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.
Corporate history.—The carrier was incorporated on November 13, 1913, under the general laws of New York, and is a reorganization of the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad Company. The property of the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad Company was sold under foreclosure proceedings on October 25, 1913, and acquired by ...
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad founded in 1868. The last train ran from Norwich, New York, to Middletown, New York, in 1957, after which it was ordered liquidated by a U.S. bankruptcy judge. It was the first Class I U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. [11]
Middletown & Unionville Railroad Company— Tracks, 1.40 miles, and facilities at Middletown, N. Y.; agreement effective from June 26, 1913; annual rental a proportion of maintenance and operation, and a proportion of 5 per cent of additions and betterments. No rental paid lessor. --- New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company—
1905 map showing rail and trolley lines and stations in Hackensack. The Hoboken, Ridgefield and Paterson Railroad was chartered in 1866 to connect Paterson with the ports along the North River (Hudson River). [7] The New Jersey Midland Railway (NJM) was formed in 1870 as a consolidation of several smaller railroads. [7]