Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Lantern Armspear Man'fg Co. Dl&wrr 1886

  
DELEWARE LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD. This beautiful railroad lantern is a Vintage piece of Railroad History made by the ARMSPEAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the DELAWARE LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD. The frame is marked ARMSPEAR MAN'F'G CO. PAT'D JUNE 8, 1886, last date OCT. The frame is numbered 27019. The Brass burner is marked E. Fuel fount and burner are both in good working condition. The Corning RUBY RED glass globe is embossed DL&WRR Cnx A, No CRACKS or chips.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 998 miles (1,606 kilometers). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.

That connected Buffalo, New York. And by ferry with New York City. , a distance of 395 miles (636 km). In 1853 primarily for the purpose of providing a connection between the anthracite coal. Fields of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. And the large markets for coal in New York City. The railroad gradually expanded both East and West, eventually linking Buffalo. Like most coal-focused railroads in Northeastern Pennsylvania e. New York, Ontario and Western Railroad.

And the Lehigh & New England Railroad. , the DL&W was profitable during the first half of the twentieth century, but its margins were gradually hurt by declining Pennsylvania coal traffic, especially following the 1959 Knox Mine Disaster. And competition from trucks following the expansion of the Interstate Highway System. In the 1960s and 1970s. In 1960, the DL&W merged with rival Erie Railroad.

To form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. That would be taken over by Conrail.