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This is a list of cities and towns along the Susquehanna River and its branches in the United States, in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. These communities and their surroundings are collectively referred to as the Susquehanna Valley.
The Susquehanna almost sold off the rights of the branch to the city of Paterson, but instead was reconstructing it for railroad service. The Paterson City station re-opened on July 15, 1940 and was quickly required to be expanded twice by 1941. [10] In order to make service suitable, the new service would require the best new equipment.
A New York City map that displays the terminus of various railroads, including the NYS&W at Edgewater, circa 1900. In 1880, investors from the original NJM regrouped and reorganized the company as the Midland Railroad of New Jersey, with Hobart serving as their president, and the company regained their finances by serving New Jersey industrial firms. [2]
The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge carries Norfolk Southern rail lines across the Susquehanna River between Lemoyne, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Some of its concrete piers encase stone masonry piers from an earlier truss bridge on this site, completed in 1891 by the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad, which was then acquired by the Philadelphia and Reading ...
Harrisburg–Carlisle is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian. Amtrak's Keystone Service, which terminates at Harrisburg Transportation Center, allows for rail trips to points east, including Philadelphia and New York City. The Pennsylvanian connects Harrisburg–Carlisle with Pittsburgh and New York City (by way of Philadelphia).
An early effort to build a road to the settlements along the Susquehanna River was begun in 1790 by the state government, funded by lotteries. This effort fell through, [3] and a private company, the Susquehanna Turnpike Company, was chartered in 1800 to build the road "from the town of Salisbury in the state of Connecticut to Wattle's Ferry, on the Susquehannah River."
Replaced unnamed Penn Central 600-series trains; renamed Keystone Service: Susquehanna: New York City – Harrisburg October 25, 1981 October 29, 1994 Replaced Keystone; merged into Keystone Service: Valley Forge: New York City – Harrisburg October 28, 1973 March 30, 1990 Renamed Keystone State Express: Boston – Harrisburg May 19, 1974 ...
The Edgewater Branch was a branch of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) that ran for 3.174 miles (5.108 km) through eastern Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States. Starting from a rail junction at the Little Ferry Yard (in Ridgefield ), [ 1 ] it went east through the Edgewater Tunnel to Undercliff (as Edgewater was ...