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Railroads: This section contains information about some of the many railroads, interurbans, and streetcar lines that ran in the area. We begin with some of the early predecessor railroads and continue up to the 1960's. We do not include Conrail, Amtrak, or the results of the major mergers, such as the Erie-Lackawanna, Penn Central and the Norfolk and Western takeover of the Nickel Plate.
Towns: This section briefly describes some of the towns in the area as they related to the railroads. They are arranged by county.
Aricles: This section contains copies of newspaper and magazine clippings about railroads in the area. These original source materials provide a wealth of information and illustrate the type of information about railroads the "man on the street" read in the newspaper.
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Note to Genealogists
Well over 75% of the email messages we receive (discounting spam, of course) are genealogical queries. Unfortunately, we do not have any information about individuals who worked for any railroad. In most cases the personnel files for a given railroad have been lost/destroyed over time and finding your ancestor's information is unlikely. One place you can look for information is the Railroad Retirement Board. Their page on genealogical Information will provide more details on the records available through them.
Submissions and Corrections
If you have additional information about a subject on this site or you would like to add information that I am missing, please drop me an email. We would greatly appreciate any help in making this site more valuable. The same is true for corrections, please let me know if I have something wrong so I can fix it.
