Ed Olszewski pointed out to me that though the map was made in 1955, it was later updated in the '60's and the railroads name was also changed. He states the information is in the legend which I didn't even notice. DL&W acquired majority stock control of SB&NY February 16, 1869. Full stock ownership was acquired in 1907. Formal lease took place October 1, 1912. Facts from the 1st Taber book. Todd K. Stearns >> >> *The 1955 map shows the rail line as Erie Lackawanna. This is 5 years >> before >> the merger so I question the maps dating. > > Oh, you see, there were people at USGS who had very clear foresight . . . > 8^) > > But a bit more seriously, I think that at the time of the Valuation > Survery, this line was a > "Lackawanna Railroad" line, though I am not dead certain about that. The > SB&NY was, of course, the > original corporation that built this line, but that appears on the map, > likely, because the SB&NY > still existed as a corporate entity, and as a legal matter, it had to show > that. > > Does someone here have the dates of what I'll call the "effective merger," > when the DL&W took over > all the operations and the SB&NY seemed to disappear, and the "legal > merger" when it was legally > merged into the parent company? > > And Frank, can you tell us the date on that drawing? It seems to be very > well obscured by the black > rubber stamp over it. > > Sure wish I'd sprung for that 32" monitor! 8^) > > SGL > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3651 (20081129) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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