Call Number:

S18

Repository:

Delaware County Historical Society

Extent:

1.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

1956-1969 (inclusive)

Creator:

Marshall, M. I.

Abstract:

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U.S. for the first half of the twentieth century, was founded in 1846. The company began to decline during the mid-20th century, and merged with rival New York Central in 1968 only to undergo bankruptcy within two years. The M.I. Marshall Pennsylvania Railroad Co. agent records, 1956-1969, consist of records created by PRR station agent M.I. Marshall from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. Most of the records relate to PRR's Lansdowne station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (as of 2013 a stop along SEPTA's Media/Elwyn Regional Rail line); a few relate to the Fernwood-Yeadon station, which is no longer active.

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U.S. for the first half of the twentieth century, was founded in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1968, PRR merged with rival New York Central (NYC) to form the Penn Central Transportation Company, which filed for bankruptcy within two years. Part of the company was transferred to Conrail in 1976, which was itself broken up in 1999, with roughly equal parts going to the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation. Norfolk Southern received most of the former PRR; Amtrak received the electrified segment east of Harrisburg.

Construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Delaware County began shortly after the company's founding in Radnor Township. Lansdowne, PA was added as a stop along the line in 1880. As of 2013, the Lansdowne Station (designed by renowned architect Frank Furness) serves as a stop along SEPTA's (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) Media/Elwyn Regional Rail line.

This collection consists of records created by Pennsylvania Railroad station agent M. I. Marshall from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. Most of the records relate to the Lansdowne railroad station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; a few relate to the Fernwood-Yeadon station (Delaware County), which is no longer active. The following materials are included:

Agent's monthly balance sheets, Lansdowne station, 1967 Agent's monthly balance sheets, Fernwood station, circa 1965-1969 (incomplete) Lansdowne agent M.I. Marshall's deposit records, 1957 and 1959 Agent's stubs, the Pullwood Co., circa 1958 Exemption certificates, circa1956-1960 Memoranda securing space for passengers, circa1957-58 Agent's consolidated daily record, circa 1960 Baggage tags, ticket stubs, etc.