The Interstate Commerce Commission evaluated the Susquehanna River and Western Railroad around 1917 or so during its valuation of all railroad properties in the United States.
I searched the database online at archives.gov and found the following information:
Record group number: 134
Series designator: Railroad Valuation Maps, ARC ID 562366
Individual File Notation: Valuation maps for the Susquehanna River and Western Railroad, ARC ID 1566749/Local ID Susquehanna River & Western RR
I made an inquiry to the archives and got the following back:
RG 134: ICC R.R. Val. Maps; Susquehanna River & Western
Bundle 1109, VS: 1 Maps: 1-14 (14 maps)
Size: each 24" by 56" Date: ca. 1917 Scale: 1":100'
The archivist informed me that the maps were the blueprint copies showing "tracks, structures and lands belonging to the railroad" including "annotations showing new acquisition to the railroad or track/property no longer in use."
By 1917 the SR&W owned both the former Perry County Railroad and the N&SVRR, and the track from New Bloomfield to Newport was extant but no longer in use.
The next step is to contact one of the contractors and see how much it will be to have the maps reproduced for me.
UPDATE: Over $500 for all 14 maps.
Friday, March 12, 2010
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