Snapshot History *Incorporated - April 2, 1895, under the laws of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to succeed the Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston Railroad. * Affiliates - 1903. Northamton R.R.- absorbed; 1904, Lehigh & Delaware R.R. - absorbed; January 1, 1908, Campbell Hall connecting R.R. and the Pochuek R.R. - leased; and controls (as majority stock/bond golder); 1913, the Panther Creek R.R.; and in 1914, the Crane Railroad. The line reached from the slate. cement, and anthracite regions of Pennsylvania to the major railroad companies in New York, New Jersey and New England. * Control - As of December, 1931, the company belonged to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. *Total length of line including that which is owned, leased, and over which trackage rights are held, 295.93 miles, as of 1917; 216.67 miles as of 1931. through December of 1931
l&NE - 2-8-0 #37
Image, Lehigh & New England 2-8-0 #37 Photographer: Harold Van Horn Shown here is one of the Lehigh & New England famous E6 Camelback locomotives with distinctive tender, 2-8-0 #37. -------------------- L&NE - 4-4-0 #404Click here to return to the section onImage, Image, Lehigh & New England F1 2-10-2 #404 In this 3/4 view a Lehigh & New England F1 class 2-10-2 locomotive #404 is seen pausing before the camera lens at Pen Argyle, Pennsylvania. --------------------
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