Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
- Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
logo_filename=
logo_size=
marks=CRP
locale=Easton, PA to Scranton, PA
start_year=August 5, 1946
end_year=1952
successor_line=CNJ,
later Lehigh Valley
old_gauge=
hq_city=The Central Railroad of Pennsylvania was an attempt by the Central Railroad of New Jersey to avoid certain New Jersey taxes on their Pennsylvania lines. The tax dodge failed, and CRP operations were merged back into those of the CNJ.
History
Most of the Pennsylvania extension of the CNJ was built by the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, leased to the CNJ in 1871 as their Lehigh and Susquehanna Division. By the 1940s the CNJ wished to avoid certain New Jersey taxes on its Pennsylvania lines. The Easton and Western Railroad, a short branch west of Easton, was renamed to the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania and all Pennsylvania leases, primarily the L&S, were transferred to it. The new company began operations August 5, 1946. [http://www.lowerluzernecounty.com/articles/almanacs/wilkes-barre-almanac-1946.htm] Around the same time, the CNJ logo was changed from "Central Railroad Company of New Jersey" to "Jersey Central Lines". The arrangement was struck down by the courts, and in 1952 CRP operations were merged back into the CNJ. In 1972 the CNJ's Pennsylvania lines would be sold to the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
External links
* [http://www.gingerb.com/central_railroad_of_new_jersey.htm Black Diamonds to Tidewater - Central Railroad of New Jersey] (details of the Pennsylvania lines)
References
* [http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=CNJ;action=display;num=1076317362 Railfan.net Forums - Reporting Marks Question]
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