Bergen County Railroad Company stock certificate circa 1870 (New Jersey)

Nice older railroad stock certificate. Classic vignette of a period steam train towing cargo and passenger cars through town.  Unissued and not cancelled. Dated 187_. Circa 1880 from company records.  Measures approximately 10 x 6.5 inches. 

The Bergen County Railroad was incorporated September 9, 1880, under the general laws of New Jersey, for a period of 500 years, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad that would form a connection between certain lines operated by the New York, Lake Erie and Western. The date of its organization was September 10, 1880. The owned mileage of the Bergen County Railroad, 9.990 miles, was constructed by the New York, Lake Erie and Western for the Bergen County Railroad, during the period from the latter part of 1880, to about October 1, 1881

The Bergen County Railroad was controlled by the Erie through ownership of the entire outstanding capital stock. The property of the Bergen County Railroad was operated by the New York, Lake Erie and Western and its receivers, from the date it was placed in operation, about October 1, 1881, to December 1, 1895.

From the latter date to December 31, 1917, it was operated by the Erie. The common-carrier property of the company was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, as part of the system of the Erie, and it is so operated on date of valuation. Later, much of the track became the modern commuter train Bergen County Line.

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