The Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company
1886 – 1889
- State of Incorporation
- Pennsylvania
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- none
- Operations In
- United States: Pennsylvania
Timeline
- November 21, 1886
- The Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 198-289 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929). - April 15, 1889
- The Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company, Forest City and State Line Railroad Company and The Hancock and Pennsylvania Railroad Company sign an agreement to consolidate their property, rights and franchises.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 198-289 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929). - October 3, 1889
- Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and consolidate the property, rights and franchises of The Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company, Forest City and State Line Railroad Company , and The Hancock and Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 198-289 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929).