Talk:Lehigh and New England Railroad

Figuring this out
chartered in New Jersey March 18, 1873
 * South Mountain and Boston Railroad

changed name to Pennsylvania and New England Railroad March 2, 1880


 * Delaware and Slatington Railroad

changed name from South Mountain and Boston Railroad March 2, 1880
 * Pennsylvania and New England Railroad

NJ/PA line to PRR west of Harrisburg with branch to Reading
 * Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and New England Railroad

bought by Pennsylvania and New England Railroad

Harrisburg to the Delaware River at Portland of Belvidere
 * Susquehanna and Delaware River Railroad


 * Harrisburg and New England Railroad


 * Harrisburg and Eastern Railroad


 * Harrisburg and Delaware River Railroad

Slatington to Pine Island
 * Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad

sold under foreclosure July 12, 1887

bought the property and franchises of the Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
 * Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad

succeeded by L&NE

succeeded Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
 * Lehigh and New England Railroad

dispute in early 1883 over connection with Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad at Pen Argyl and tracks to Bangor
 * Wind Gap and Delaware Railroad

holding company, owned the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company and Central New England and Western Railroad, chartered 1889
 * Delaware and New England Railroad

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