Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
Defunct railroad which operated in the state of Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad is a defunct railroad that operated in eastern Pennsylvania during the 19th and 20th centuries. The company was a subsidiary of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N). For much of its lifetime, however, it was leased by the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
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Locale | Northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Dates of operation | 1837 (1837)ā1976 (1976) |
Successor | Conrail |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) |
The company was founded in 1837 for the objective of transporting predominantly anthracite coal from the North Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Canal to the Lehigh Canal on the Lehigh River. The rail line was later extended to the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers in Easton, Pennsylvania.
In 1976, the company was sold to Conrail.