Lehigh Valley Railroad

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Lehigh Valley Railroad was a major northeastern U.S. railroad that primarily served the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania and connected it to key industrial and port cities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
connectedTo Buffalo, New York rail hub ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ
Jersey City waterfront terminals ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicalSignificance important link between Pennsylvania coal fields and eastern industrial centers ⓘ
major carrier of anthracite coal in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Northeastern United States ⓘ
majorCommodity anthracite coal ⓘ
general freight ⓘ
majorService freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
namedAfter Lehigh Valley ⓘ
notableRoute main line from New York Harbor to Buffalo ⓘ
routes through Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania ⓘ
operatedInValley Lehigh River valley ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
partOf Northeastern U.S. railroad network ⓘ
primaryFunction connection of inland coal fields to seaports ⓘ
transportation of anthracite coal to markets ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
servedCity Allentown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Easton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Geneva, New York ⓘ
Ithaca, New York ⓘ
Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City

New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Sayre, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ⓘ
servedIndustry coal mining industry ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
servedPort Buffalo lake port ⓘ
New Jersey port terminals ⓘ
New York City port ⓘ
servedRegion anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania ⓘ
servedState Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Conrail → precededBy → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Starrett-Lehigh Building → namedAfter → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Starrett-Lehigh Building → hasRailConnection → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Elmira, New York → servedByRailroadHistorically → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Consolidated Rail Corporation → tookOverOperationsOf → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Conrail → formedFrom → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: CR
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) → carried → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) → owner → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) → partOf → Lehigh Valley Railroad main line ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) → namedAfter → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway → connectedTo → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Central Railroad of New Jersey → operatedLine → Lehigh and Susquehanna Division ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad → competedWith → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania → hasRailServiceHistory → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Delaware and Hudson Railway → connectedTo → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Phillipsburg, New Jersey → hasRailHistory → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Sayre → servedByRailroad → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
CR (historical) → underlyingCompanyPredecessor → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Conrail blue → predecessorFleetsIncluded → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Final System Plan → describedRailroad → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
USRA Final System Plan reports → relatedTo → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Central Railroad of New Jersey → connectedToRailroad → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: CNJ
CNJ Main Line → connectedWith → Lehigh Valley Railroad lines ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Sayre, Pennsylvania → servedBy → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line → connectedTo → Lehigh Valley Railroad (via interchange) ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Weatherly, Pennsylvania → transportationHistory → served by Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania → hasRailHistory → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
East Mauch Chunk → servedByRailroad → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Mauch Chunk → railroadServedBy → Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ