Warren Railroad Co. - 1900 dated $1,000 New Jersey Railway Bond - Railroad Bonds For Sale

$1,000 3 1/2% Railroad Bond printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Superb train in roundhouse vignette. Was payable in US Gold Coin. Coupons attached. Rare!!! The Warren Railroad was a railroad in Warren County, New Jersey, that served as part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad\'s mainline from 1856 to 1911. The Warren Railroad was chartered on February 12, 1851, by special act of the state of New Jersey, to provide a connection from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad\'s (DL&W) terminus at the Delaware River to Hampton, New Jersey, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), in anticipation of a merger between the two railroads. The railroad\'s date of organization was March 4, 1853, and construction began that June. Terrain made the Warren expensive to build, requiring a large amount of excavation, three large bridges, and two tunnels. DL&W began operating on the railway on May 28, 1856, from Delaware, New Jersey, to Hampton, and continuing over CNJ to Jersey City. DL&W formally leased the Warren Railroad in October 1857. The tracks were originally 6ft (1,829mm) gauge, continuous with the DL&W\'s Pennsylvania tracks. A third rail was added to CNJ\'s 4ft81?2in (1,435mm) standard gauge track. When the railroad opened in 1856, the Van Nest Gap Tunnel was not yet completed, and a temporary track was used. The tunnel was completed in September 1862, and the temporary track removed. Merger talks between the DL&W and CNJ broke down and on December 10, 1868, the DL&W signed a lease for the Morris & Essex Railroad (M&E), effective Janua Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.

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