Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

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Route network 1922

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company (DL&W or Lackawanna) was a railroad company that covered the coal-rich Lackawanna Valley, located in the US state of Pennsylvania , with New York City , Buffalo and Oswego (all in the US state of New York ) association. Their main line, 200 miles long, ran from Binghamton, New York to Black Rock, New York .

In 1960 it merged with the Erie Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad , which became part of the Conrail in 1976 .

history

The DL&W was formed on March 11, 1853 from two railroad companies: the Delaware and Cobb's Gap Railroad and the Lackawanna and Western Railroad . The company's route network grew in the following years through acquisitions by railway companies and route expansion.

On March 15, 1876, the network, which was built with a gauge of 1829 mm, was converted to standard gauge.

In 1908 , DL&W built a large train station building in Scranton , Pennsylvania (now Steamtown National Historic Site).

From 1908 to 1911 she had the Lackawanna Cut-Off built, a shortcut with the straightest possible routes, slight inclines and no level crossings, which increased the speed of the trains, shortened travel times and increased the company's profits. From 1912 to 1915, the comparable Nicholson Cut-Off followed further north .

On October 17, 1960, DL&W merged with a former competitor, the Erie Railroad , to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL), which went bankrupt in 1972. The infrastructure was taken over by the Conrail when it was founded in 1976.

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