Anthracite Railroads Historical Society
Encyclopedia
Anthracite Railroads Historic Society, Inc. (ARHS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to preserve historic anthracite hauling railroads
of eastern Pennsylvania
. The railroads that ARHS is responsible for preserving include:
ARHS publishes The Anthracite Extra newsleter and Flags, Diamonds and Statues magazine. The ARHS also owns various pieces of rolling stock either depicting an Anthracite Road or a genuine piece of Anthracite Road history.
Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
of eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The railroads that ARHS is responsible for preserving include:
- Central Railroad of New JerseyCentral Railroad of New JerseyThe Central Railroad of New Jersey , commonly known as the Jersey Central Lines or CNJ, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s, lasting until 1976 when it was absorbed into Conrail with the other bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States...
(1843-1976) - Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadThe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
(18??-1960) - Lehigh and Hudson River RailwayLehigh and Hudson River RailwayThe Lehigh and Hudson River Railway was the smallest of the six railroads that were merged into Conrail in 1976. It was a bridge line running northeast-southwest across northwestern New Jersey, connecting the line to the Poughkeepsie Bridge at Maybrook, New York with Easton, Pennsylvania, where it...
(18??-1976) - Lehigh and New England RailroadLehigh and New England RailroadThe Lehigh and New England Railroad was a connection from northeastern Pennsylvania towards the Poughkeepsie Bridge across the Hudson River. Originally planned as a continuous line east to Boston, plans were later cut back to a section west of the river....
(1895-1961) - Lehigh Valley RailroadLehigh Valley RailroadThe Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad...
(1851-1976) - Reading Company (1833-1976)
ARHS publishes The Anthracite Extra newsleter and Flags, Diamonds and Statues magazine. The ARHS also owns various pieces of rolling stock either depicting an Anthracite Road or a genuine piece of Anthracite Road history.