The Lackawanna Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania / David Crosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crosby, David (David B.), Author.

Series:

Images of rail.

Images of America.

Images of rail

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Pennsylvania--History--Pictorial works.

Railroads.

Lackawanna Railroad and Coal Company--History--Pictorial works.

Lackawanna Railroad and Coal Company.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company--History--Pictorial works.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, was organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company came to operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960. During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these images provide a fascinating insight into the everyday workings of a railroad and its interaction with the communities along its route. Nearly all of the railroad territory covered by this book remains in operation today.

Contents:

Illustrating an industry

Crossing the Delaware

The Bangor and Portland branch

Through the Pocono Mountains

Scranton

The Bloomsburg branch

West to New York

The Lackawanna Railroad today.

OCLC:

900733472