H.E. Salzberg Company was a scrap dealer and operator of a group of shortline railroads and bus lines throughout the eastern United States. Headquartered in New York City, the company was primarily in the business of dismantling abandoned railroads and processing the valuable steel rails for scrap. The company was founded by Harry Salzberg in the 1890s. After his death in 1948, his son Murray M. Salzberg became the head of the company. Aside from operating the scrap company and the shortline railroads, Salzberg was also owner of Queens Transit Corporation and Steinway Transit Corporation in Queens, New York, and was also on the board of the reorganized Central Railroad of New Jersey beginning in 1979. H. E. Salzberg & Company, Inc., incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in 1918. Each year,

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

's Whitman School of Management presents the Salzberg Medallion, a prestigious award in the transportation and supply-chain management industry. The award was established in 1949 by Murray Salzberg to honor his father's transportation career.

Historic List of Salzberg Railroads

Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

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Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad The Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad (HTW) was an interstate shortline railroad running north-south between southwestern Vermont and northwestern Massachusetts. It ran from Wilmington, Vermont to Rowe, Massachusetts, a distance of approximate ...

(1936–1937) * Southern New Jersey Railroad (1936-1939) *

Louisiana and North West Railroad The Louisiana and Northwest Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Homer, Louisiana. LNW operates a line in Arkansas and Louisiana from McNeil, Arkansas (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad), to Gibsland, Louisiana (wh ...

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Southern New York Railway The Southern New York Railway (SNY) was an electric rail line that provided passenger and freight service, but also provided electricity for customers along the line until 1924. The railway was previously called Oneonta Street Railway (1888-1897 ...

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Arkansas Valley Railway Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from ...

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Unadilla Valley Railway The Unadilla Valley Railway was a shortline railroad company that operated in the Unadilla Valley of upstate New York from its opening in 1895 to its abandonment in 1960. From 1937 onwards, it was owned by the H.E. Salzberg Company. Originally onl ...

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Arkansas and Ozarks Railway Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage la ...

(1949-1960) * St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad (1956-1967) * Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad (1943-1950) *

Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad The Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad was formed in 1954 to operate a section of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) trackage which had been isolated from the rest of the system by a 1942 flood. This trackage was acquired by the B&O as part of ...

(1956–1979)

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Historic List of Salzberg Railroads

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