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[td]== Railway ==[/td] [td]The Tioga Railway was a single-track line, located entirely within the US state of [[Pennsylvania]]. It extended from the [[New York (state)|New York]]βPennsylvania state line to [[Blossburg]] with branches projecting from [[Tioga Junction]] to [[Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania|Lawrenceville]] and from [[Blossburg]] to [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], aggregating 42.897 miles. This property formed a part of the main line between State Line Junction, near [[Elmira, New York]] and [[Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Hoytville, Pennsylvania]]<ref>Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: [https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ&q=tioga#v=snippet&q=tioga&f=false ''Decisions of the Interstate...,''] Volume 33, United States Interstate Commerce Commission, page 52.</ref><ref>Interstate Commerce Commission: [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ ''Valuation Reports,''] Volume 33.</ref><ref>ICC valuations: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Tioga Railroad|''Tioga Railroad.'']]{{circular reference|date=August 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The Tioga Railway was a single-track line, located entirely within the US state of [[Pennsylvania]]. It extended from the [[New York (state)|New York]]βPennsylvania state line to [[Blossburg]] with branches projecting from [[Tioga Junction]] to [[Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania|Lawrenceville]] and from [[Blossburg]] to [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], aggregating 42.897 miles. This property formed a part of the main line between State Line Junction, near [[Elmira, New York]] and [[Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Hoytville, Pennsylvania]]<ref>Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: [https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ&q=tioga#v=snippet&q=tioga&f=false ''Decisions of the Interstate...,''] Volume 33, United States Interstate Commerce Commission, page 52.</ref><ref>Interstate Commerce Commission: [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ ''Valuation Reports,''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626111933/https://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ |date=2022-06-26 }} Volume 33.</ref><ref>ICC valuations: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Tioga Railroad|''Tioga Railroad.'']]{{circular reference|date=August 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The property of the Tioga Railroad was operated by its own organization from about 1852 to about 1885. From that date to December 1, 1895, the property was operated by [[The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company]] and its receivers, and from the latter date to December 31, 1917, the property was operated by the [[Erie Railroad]]. The common-carrier property of this company was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, as part of the system of the Erie, and it is so operated on date of valuation.[/td]
[td]The property of the Tioga Railroad was operated by its own organization from about 1852 to about 1885. From that date to December 1, 1895, the property was operated by [[The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company]] and its receivers, and from the latter date to December 31, 1917, the property was operated by the [[Erie Railroad]]. The common-carrier property of this company was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, as part of the system of the Erie, and it is so operated on date of valuation.[/td] [td][[File:Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (postal stamp of 16 September 1909).webp|thumb|[[Mineral wagon|Coal wagons]] at [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], 1909]][/td]
[td][[File:Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (postal stamp of 16 September 1909).webp|thumb|[[Mineral wagon|Coal wagons]] at [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], 1909]][/td] [td]The [[Harlan and Hollingsworth|Harlan & Hollingsworth Company]] built an eight-wheeled passenger car<!-- in 1840<sup>?</sup>--> for the Tioga Railroad. It had been in service for a very long time up to the [[National Railway Appliance Exhibition|Chicago Railway Exhibition of 1883]], and it showed that marked progress had been made since its construction, as it lacked a number of useful modern features. The ''National Car Builder'' reported about it in 1883:[/td]
[td]The [[Harlan and Hollingsworth|Harlan & Hollingsworth Company]] built an eight-wheeled passenger car<!-- in 1840<sup>?</sup>--> for the Tioga Railroad. It had been in service for a very long time up to the [[National Railway Appliance Exhibition|Chicago Railway Exhibition of 1883]], and it showed that marked progress had been made since its construction, as it lacked a number of useful modern features. The ''National Car Builder'' reported about it in 1883:[/td] [td]{{blockquote|The seats are of the same pattern as the common seats of to-day. Their frames are iron and their arms of walnut, the upholstering being plain and of leather. The body of the car has the following dimensions, viz.: 8 feet 4 inches by 6 feet 4 inches by 36 feet. The timbers are about the same as those put in to-day, excepting that the end sills are mortised into the side sills. The body is supported by no springs aside from the ordinary rubbers in the pedestals. On the original trucks, which served for twenty-eight years, the wheels were outside of the bearings. The car is fitted with the ordinary freight drawbar and chain brakes. The only ventilation afforded is that by means of a 10-inch flue in the centre of the car. Light is supplied by two candles, one in each end of the car. There are no closets, lavatories, or water coolers in the car. One stove is furnished in the winter. A curious feature about the windows is that they do not raise, the panels between the windows being raised instead. This feature is, we believe, still to be found upon some other roads. This antique car originally cost $2,000, and has a recorded mileage of 1,100,000 miles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|title=Harlan & Hollingsworth - Page 3|website=www.midcontinent.org}}</ref><ref>Timothy J. Mallery: [https://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html ''The old Tioga eight-wheeled passenger car.'']</ref>}}[/td]
[td]{{blockquote|The seats are of the same pattern as the common seats of to-day. Their frames are iron and their arms of walnut, the upholstering being plain and of leather. The body of the car has the following dimensions, viz.: 8 feet 4 inches by 6 feet 4 inches by 36 feet. The timbers are about the same as those put in to-day, excepting that the end sills are mortised into the side sills. The body is supported by no springs aside from the ordinary rubbers in the pedestals. On the original trucks, which served for twenty-eight years, the wheels were outside of the bearings. The car is fitted with the ordinary freight drawbar and chain brakes. The only ventilation afforded is that by means of a 10-inch flue in the centre of the car. Light is supplied by two candles, one in each end of the car. There are no closets, lavatories, or water coolers in the car. One stove is furnished in the winter. A curious feature about the windows is that they do not raise, the panels between the windows being raised instead. This feature is, we believe, still to be found upon some other roads. This antique car originally cost $2,000, and has a recorded mileage of 1,100,000 miles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|title=Harlan & Hollingsworth - Page 3|website=www.midcontinent.org|access-date=2025-08-28|archive-date=2016-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016082...ers/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Timothy J. Mallery: [https://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html ''The old Tioga eight-wheeled passenger car.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812224913/http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html |date=2024-08-12 }}</ref>}}[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]== Railway ==[/td] [td]The Tioga Railway was a single-track line, located entirely within the US state of [[Pennsylvania]]. It extended from the [[New York (state)|New York]]βPennsylvania state line to [[Blossburg]] with branches projecting from [[Tioga Junction]] to [[Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania|Lawrenceville]] and from [[Blossburg]] to [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], aggregating 42.897 miles. This property formed a part of the main line between State Line Junction, near [[Elmira, New York]] and [[Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Hoytville, Pennsylvania]]<ref>Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: [https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ&q=tioga#v=snippet&q=tioga&f=false ''Decisions of the Interstate...,''] Volume 33, United States Interstate Commerce Commission, page 52.</ref><ref>Interstate Commerce Commission: [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ ''Valuation Reports,''] Volume 33.</ref><ref>ICC valuations: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Tioga Railroad|''Tioga Railroad.'']]{{circular reference|date=August 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The Tioga Railway was a single-track line, located entirely within the US state of [[Pennsylvania]]. It extended from the [[New York (state)|New York]]βPennsylvania state line to [[Blossburg]] with branches projecting from [[Tioga Junction]] to [[Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania|Lawrenceville]] and from [[Blossburg]] to [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], aggregating 42.897 miles. This property formed a part of the main line between State Line Junction, near [[Elmira, New York]] and [[Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Hoytville, Pennsylvania]]<ref>Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: [https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ&q=tioga#v=snippet&q=tioga&f=false ''Decisions of the Interstate...,''] Volume 33, United States Interstate Commerce Commission, page 52.</ref><ref>Interstate Commerce Commission: [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ ''Valuation Reports,''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626111933/https://books.google.com/books?id=E-5DAAAAIAAJ |date=2022-06-26 }} Volume 33.</ref><ref>ICC valuations: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Tioga Railroad|''Tioga Railroad.'']]{{circular reference|date=August 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The property of the Tioga Railroad was operated by its own organization from about 1852 to about 1885. From that date to December 1, 1895, the property was operated by [[The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company]] and its receivers, and from the latter date to December 31, 1917, the property was operated by the [[Erie Railroad]]. The common-carrier property of this company was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, as part of the system of the Erie, and it is so operated on date of valuation.[/td]
[td]The property of the Tioga Railroad was operated by its own organization from about 1852 to about 1885. From that date to December 1, 1895, the property was operated by [[The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company]] and its receivers, and from the latter date to December 31, 1917, the property was operated by the [[Erie Railroad]]. The common-carrier property of this company was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, as part of the system of the Erie, and it is so operated on date of valuation.[/td] [td][[File:Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (postal stamp of 16 September 1909).webp|thumb|[[Mineral wagon|Coal wagons]] at [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], 1909]][/td]
[td][[File:Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (postal stamp of 16 September 1909).webp|thumb|[[Mineral wagon|Coal wagons]] at [[Morris Run, Pennsylvania|Morris Run]], 1909]][/td] [td]The [[Harlan and Hollingsworth|Harlan & Hollingsworth Company]] built an eight-wheeled passenger car<!-- in 1840<sup>?</sup>--> for the Tioga Railroad. It had been in service for a very long time up to the [[National Railway Appliance Exhibition|Chicago Railway Exhibition of 1883]], and it showed that marked progress had been made since its construction, as it lacked a number of useful modern features. The ''National Car Builder'' reported about it in 1883:[/td]
[td]The [[Harlan and Hollingsworth|Harlan & Hollingsworth Company]] built an eight-wheeled passenger car<!-- in 1840<sup>?</sup>--> for the Tioga Railroad. It had been in service for a very long time up to the [[National Railway Appliance Exhibition|Chicago Railway Exhibition of 1883]], and it showed that marked progress had been made since its construction, as it lacked a number of useful modern features. The ''National Car Builder'' reported about it in 1883:[/td] [td]{{blockquote|The seats are of the same pattern as the common seats of to-day. Their frames are iron and their arms of walnut, the upholstering being plain and of leather. The body of the car has the following dimensions, viz.: 8 feet 4 inches by 6 feet 4 inches by 36 feet. The timbers are about the same as those put in to-day, excepting that the end sills are mortised into the side sills. The body is supported by no springs aside from the ordinary rubbers in the pedestals. On the original trucks, which served for twenty-eight years, the wheels were outside of the bearings. The car is fitted with the ordinary freight drawbar and chain brakes. The only ventilation afforded is that by means of a 10-inch flue in the centre of the car. Light is supplied by two candles, one in each end of the car. There are no closets, lavatories, or water coolers in the car. One stove is furnished in the winter. A curious feature about the windows is that they do not raise, the panels between the windows being raised instead. This feature is, we believe, still to be found upon some other roads. This antique car originally cost $2,000, and has a recorded mileage of 1,100,000 miles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|title=Harlan & Hollingsworth - Page 3|website=www.midcontinent.org}}</ref><ref>Timothy J. Mallery: [https://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html ''The old Tioga eight-wheeled passenger car.'']</ref>}}[/td]
[td]{{blockquote|The seats are of the same pattern as the common seats of to-day. Their frames are iron and their arms of walnut, the upholstering being plain and of leather. The body of the car has the following dimensions, viz.: 8 feet 4 inches by 6 feet 4 inches by 36 feet. The timbers are about the same as those put in to-day, excepting that the end sills are mortised into the side sills. The body is supported by no springs aside from the ordinary rubbers in the pedestals. On the original trucks, which served for twenty-eight years, the wheels were outside of the bearings. The car is fitted with the ordinary freight drawbar and chain brakes. The only ventilation afforded is that by means of a 10-inch flue in the centre of the car. Light is supplied by two candles, one in each end of the car. There are no closets, lavatories, or water coolers in the car. One stove is furnished in the winter. A curious feature about the windows is that they do not raise, the panels between the windows being raised instead. This feature is, we believe, still to be found upon some other roads. This antique car originally cost $2,000, and has a recorded mileage of 1,100,000 miles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|title=Harlan & Hollingsworth - Page 3|website=www.midcontinent.org|access-date=2025-08-28|archive-date=2016-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016082...ers/harlan-hollingsworth3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Timothy J. Mallery: [https://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html ''The old Tioga eight-wheeled passenger car.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812224913/http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abrw15.Html |date=2024-08-12 }}</ref>}}[/td] [td][/td]
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