Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Former U.S. Class 1 railway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR) 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 interchanged with various other companies.
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Headquarters | Warwick, New York |
Reporting mark | LHR |
Locale | New Jersey Pennsylvania New York |
Dates of operation | 1882–1976 |
Successor | Conrail now Norfolk Southern and CSX |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 97 miles (156 kilometres) |
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