Mid 1970s. Yet another source of information can be found in the magazines published by the labor unions, such as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Order of Railway Conductors. Willis and Ethyl Miller purchased the property at 287 Bull (Bulls) Saw Mill Road from John and Rebecca Bull. Box 3630 Greenville, DE 19807 (302) 658-2400 Urban Archives Paley Library Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 Lehigh Valley Railroad Quaker Meeting House Road July, 1977. It is believed that the box car was loaded with company material from Tifft Terminal. Available from the publisher online at. Motorcars Meyer Pearlman photo. Lehigh Valley Railroad Alco C420 "Yellow Jackets" westbound at Rochester Junction in 1967. 1957. NAME: POSITION: . Also included in these issues were several detailed career profiles and photos of hundreds of Erie employees. Cars were going to concerns in Honeoye Falls and Lima. Westbound Lehigh Valley freight crossing Plains Road at Rochester Junction, early 1970s. He may have been trying to find ways to cut costs or improve service or something. received 03/01/2001 from Dick Whitehead, Supervisor-Train Movement & Power Distribution (Chief Dispatcher), 1972-76. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, early 1970s. The NY&E provided an east-west routing across its home state and was once the longest railroad in the country when opened in 1851. As the gauge of 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches became the popular choice the NY&E later dropped its 6-foot width in favor of the industry standard. Lehigh Valley Railroad Westbound train BNW-3 with D&H Alco PA units 16 and 19 in the power consist on their way to M-K for rebuild. This was a combination of the Anthracite Mines in Pennsylvania with a canal company to provide access to the coal fields and the means to transport the 'Black Diamonds' to the people. Rails to Trails: Rochester Junction Then and Now (Book), Days Gone By: Collection of Historical Photos, Honeoye Falls Town of Mendon Historical Society, Lehigh Valley Railroad All Time Locomotive Roster (1853 1976). During 1871 the LV acquired the Morris Canal, which provided it waterfront property in Jersey City although the railroad still required building its own rails to the area. You never know what might turn up next year! From there the anthracite was moved down theLehigh and Delaware Rivers (later operated as part of the Lehigh and Delaware Canals) via barge to Philadelphia. Photographer not listed. (GE c/n 10028), #114 to Maryland Port Authority 114 > Ocean City Western 114 > WWRC 114, To Cotton Producers Association 117 > Gold Kist 117 > Vulcan Materials 5789, #150-51 & 153 to SIRC 9145, SB 107 & SIRC 9146 > B&O 9145, BSOR 107 & B&O 9146 > #9145 & 9146 to SECX 500 & YSTX 9146, #155, 158-59 to SIRC 9147, LSS 12 & SB 106 > B&O 9147, TN 41 & SB 106, To SIRC 9149, --, SB 104 > #9149 to B&O 9149, #8679, 8681, 8684-87 to NSHR 366, Amtk 749, RBMN 803, CCGX 1002 & Scrap Corp of America 780, #288-89 to LT 1201-1202 > DJPX 1201 & YN 301 > JTPX 1201 & LT 1202. 1) The Company. Lehigh Valley Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. Conrail #1224 (ex-Erie-Lackawanna) with train on the former Lehigh Valley Rochester branch. 2008. This is now Mendon Station Park. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. LV eastbound signal 379-2 at Rochester Junction. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley Railroad eastbound train at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing east of Mendon, NY. Motive Power, and Roster Information Over its lifetime, the Lehigh and Hudson rostered approximately 100 locomotives, both steam and diesel (and one short-lived 'doodlebug' motorcar, the M1). Photos for personal use only. Lehigh Valley RR westbound train about to clear the NY Rt. American-Rails.com collection. Great Northern. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, early 1970s. Cars are arranged by type, and reporting numbers within types. |John Wilkes Seniority Roster of Section and Extra Gang Foreman & Assistant Foreman. The Easton/Phillipsburg area remained an important interchange location where the LV; Central Railroad of New Jersey; Lehigh & Hudson River; Pennsylvania (Bel-Del Division); and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western all met. LVRR crossing in Mendon. Switching the Rochester Branch at Rochester Junction. Terry Hotel at Rochester Junction. About this page: This list compiles occupation and service lists as found in other sources, with the goal of being able to search and cross-reference the names to see all the places where one person served. The local came into RJ as BPL-6. 251 Mendon, NY March 19, 1974. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. I stumbled upon some a few years ago for eight Milwaukee Road employees when a railfan friend passed along to me some documents he had acquired. Unfortunately, LV's founder did not live long enough to see this dream realized although he did lay the foundation by acquiring theGeneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad in 1876. Diesel Locomotives Alas, in 2013 the site closed. September 25, 1980. Grafton & Upton. Employees of some divisions of railroads even published their own periodicals. Rich Taylor photo. Before Asa Packer died he also laid the groundwork for LV's extension beyond the New Jersey state line. Today, there are tens of thousands of miles scattered throughout the country. Lehigh Valley freight about to cross Route 64 in Mendon NY, Winter 1971. Lehigh Valley gas electric at Rochester Junction. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is Lehigh Valley Quaker Interlocking. Original LV freight house at Rochester Junction. Against the background of Lehigh Valley Railroad's main shops in Sayre, Pa., a grimy A-B-A trio of Alco FAs is ready to head east on Nov. 10, 1963. Posted on March 2, 2023 by Baron Bodissey. Click on nameto contact the OWNERof the photo Lehigh Valley Steam Classes A-K(After 1905) Road Nbr Photographer Date Taken Location Comments Class Wheel Builder Date 1 Inspection 3 Inspection 5212 was a class T2b 4-8-4 "Wyoming" type locomotive built by ALCO in 1943 for both passenger and freight service. Author's collection. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a . November 30th, 1976. The infrastructure is owned by SEDA-COG JRA. The branch to Rochester also connected here. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY, early 1900s. Another large collection, of Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western employees working in the Scranton, PA area, is housed at the Steamtown National Historic Site (read on for more information on that). Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963. B.A.R.E. The name was changed on January 7, 1853. The train is seen from Erie Station Road overpass in town of Henrietta, NY during summer of 1976. Our hope is that these photographs will give you an appreciation for what key locations along our trail looked like, decades ago. This view looks east from inside the interlocking tower, with the station behind the photographer. The number of cars on the LV roster is taken from the ORERs for that month (- means the cars were not yet on the roster, and 0 means all had been retired by that date). LVRR eastbound train about to cross Route 64 at Mendon, NY, March 24, 1974. Lehigh Valley Railroad RM-2, having just crossed route 251, passing through Mendon, NY March 28, 1973. Lehigh Valley westbound freight passing the canopies at Rochester Junction, looking east. Eastbound; about to cross old Dutch road. Westbound freight at Rochester Junction with the Bicentennial Caboose #1776. View is east. List of Railroad Employees With their years and location of service. View is to the East. Retirement records are available provided Grandpa was still working after 1936 when Railroad Retirement was instituted. The sun was low in a hazy sky, so Paul Templeton lined it up with the empty signal. Photo taken at Mendon NY, Route 251 grade crossing during the summer of 1977, roughly 4 months after the Lehigh Valley had shut down. Originally founded in 1846 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna Railroad Company, it changed its name to Lehigh Valley in 1853. Industrial The caboose is former Lehigh Valley. Train is Eastbound. Date unknown. As Penn Central literally fell apart from its first day of service it came as no surprise that just two years later, in 1970, it declared bankruptcy. Pitchers: B/T: HT: WT: DOB: Status: MLB 40-man: Mark . If you are researching the Frisco Railroad, you can access excerpts from about 500 employee records that were saved from the landfill by clicking here. |John Wilkes The majority of our collection is connected to railroads or specific trains that served the Rochester area. 1950s. Included in the sale was the saw mill for which the road was named. They were equipped. See all feedback. This system had been built between 1828 and 1856 with an entire length of 169 miles; it ran from Northumberland to Wilkes-Barre before turning north to the New York state line via Towanda and Sayre (the location of LV's primary shops and maintenance facilities). LV - Lehigh Valley Includes listings for Geneva Ithaca & Savre RR. Westbound Lehigh Valley train at Rochester Junction, 1970. If you look closely, you can see the interlocking signals, all red, at Quaker interlocking, which is by the curve. Roster: Locomotives: UMP 51(VO-660M) Views: 1485 Comments: 0: Title: Relegance MDT : Description: Relagance power Plymouth MDT at Portland PA power plant : Lehigh Valley trains meet at Rush, NY. A cold February 8, 1973. As much as the railroad tried it was unable to reverse its declining fortunes. Lehigh Valley Railroad - RAILROAD.NET Lehigh Valley Railroad Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. |Employees on 1938 Railroads in development during this period were quick acquire former canal rights-of-way when available as their accompanying towpaths offered a superb, "water-level" gradient that carried few curves. Unfortunately, the solvent roads were wary of potentially dragging their own companies into bankruptcy while the government was unwilling to fund two giant systems believing the region was already saturated with too much trackage. is now known as the Lehigh Valley Trail. Prior to 1880, Erie motive power was used. The Lehigh Valley had been gone for two years at this point. Its first connection to the Finger Lakes region was in 1871. This is now the end of the Lehigh Valley Trail on the Rochester branch in Henrietta. Still rule 251, Automatic Block System. Thanks also to the Honeoye Falls Town of Mendon Historical Society for several of these. 200-hp gas engine; loco reblt to motor trailer #T54; 220-hp gas engine; ex-B&O 6006 & 6007; sold to Sperry Rail Detector 123 & 128, 220-hp gas engine; sold to Sperry Rail Service 124, 440-hp gas engine; sold to App. This Missouri library has an extensive collection of on-line local history, including the Frisco Railroad employee magazine in PDF format. The RV served multitudes of shippers, including: stone quarries, pharmaceutical companies, coal dealers, plastics manufacturers, and many more. Police escorted the young lady out of the building after her action. Another shot of A&K Track Materials picking up rail just east of Rochester Jct. American-Rails.com collection. Conrail local EX-1 arriving at ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. As with other equipment, it's up to the individual modeler to decide how much accuracy is "good enough." the last time in 1956 and paid its final dividend in 1957), the railroad tried its best to remain Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound looking to Mendon NY. Double headed signal on the left is now erected at the Lehigh Valley Veterans park in Manchester, NY. The Valley was running shorter trains at this point. Your email address will not be published. In 1928 the PRR began acquiring LV stock and continued to do so throughout the years in an increasingly futile attempt to maintain its investment within the declining company. Historical Society, Inc. Our organization consists of almost 1,000 authors, historians, railroad employees, photographers, model railroaders, and just plain rail fans who share our interest in the railroads that served the anthracite coal mining region of eastern Pennsylvania. Only the Lehigh Valley mainline tracks east and west of Rochester Junction were removed. Lehigh valley Apollo, Taken from the Clover Street bridge; Rochester Junction is around the curve. While the station was gone in 1973, the canopies, which you see in the photo to the left, remained until they were torn down by Conrail in 1985 when they removed the track. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. Two years later, the engine would be absorbed into Conrail's roster and receive the railroads iconic blue scheme, which it still sports to this day. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. Today its assets are held by Trustmark Corporation. The left hand side would be where the ballfields are today. Kits that dont even have real prototypes are listed on a separate page, titled LV Fantasy Models!, Your email address will not be published. 251 in Mendon, NY on October 25, 1973. Date unknown. Originally chartered in 1846 to be a transporter of anthracite coal from the vast coal fields of Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley Railroad grew into a major carrier of both freight and passengers between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York. Granite Rock. Hopefully more local archives and historical societies will follow the leadership shown by ELH&TS and Springfield and digitize collections of magazines from other roads! Train has just crossed Route 251 and is Eastbound. The A&K Pettibone could not pull the car so the crew of Conrail EX-1 was talked into going down the abandoned track in order to pick the car up and drag it back to RJ. He was born onDecember 29, 1805 inMystic, Connecticut and spent his early life as a carpenter and eventually settled inMauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (now known as Jim Thorpe), along with his wife, Sarah. The Wyoming Valley is a historic section of the Susquehanna Valley that is served by the railroad. Diesel Locomotives . While the surge in wartime traffic during the 1940s helped right the ship this was not enough to stabilize the LV's growing financial problems. Lehigh Valley Railroad AP-1 taken from the Clover Street bridge Sept '75. View is to the west. The Locomotive has just crossed over a small bridge the Boy Scouts refurbished some years back. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : LV 17: Built by Electro-Motive Corporation; 1929-1951. Early 1970s. Unlike the DL&W, however, the LV was not burdened by extensive commuter operations. The Railroad Retirement Board was set up for railroad workers just as Social Security was established for other employment categories. Gates down and a Lehigh Valley Railroad train rolls eastbound through Rush, NY, 1975. Current Bid: USD 6.99 . It is unlikely the Lehigh Valley could have survived into the modern era. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR train passing through Mendon, NY, mid-September 1973. Although Mikado no. He may have been awarded a gold pass for 50 years of service, or he may have worked on the section gang one summer while home from college. The last regular Rochester Branch passenger service to Lima was discontinued on August 9, 1937. Approach signals for Rochester Junction still in place. Delano was founded in 1861 under the dark clouds of the Civil War. Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . Following the completion of the Pattenburg Tunnel the 60-mile corridor, running via Easton/Phillipsburg, officially opened on May 28, 1875. Rochester Jct. Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2023. Shot of ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Junction on August 14, 1978. Freight Train Schedules, transcribed from ETT #2, 9-27-53, Freight Train Schedules, transcribed from ETT #5, 10-28-56, Freight Train Schedules, from ETT #7, 10-25-1959, Freight Train Schedules, from ETT #9, 10-27-1968, Chart of On-Line Shippers, Their Locations, and Traffic Generated (1969 1972), Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc. Note that search results for some last names are truncated to the first 5 letters. on April 6, 1976. This property was located on the south side of East 149th Street and west of River Avenue. Rochester Junction is about a mile past the signals. The LV used the old charter to tap more mines as it opened similar branches throughout eastern Pennsylvania. The building on the left is the saw mill, relocated from its original location. Also, railroads began forming Veterans Associations as early as 1900. This bridge still stands. The following is a partial list, along with the earliest known dates of publishing: Frisco System Magazine, December, 1902(? The Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society will hold a history program about the Lehigh Valley Railroad at the station museum at 8 East High Street in Shortsville, New York, on Sunday, April 16, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bridge was torn down in 1986. These magazines can provide as much good information as the railroad company magazines, and also may include reports of injured or deceased employees whose families were paid benefits from the unions' mutual benefit programs (click here to see a report of benefits paid to members of the Order of Railway Conductors in 1897, contributed to this site by Robert Heck). Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. 1969 and July/Aug./Sept. Lehigh Valley Photographic Roster. Paul J. Templeton photo. This is part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. LV 95132. Lehigh Valley 311-406-310 in Victor 2/17/1972. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD 1966 Enroute to Manchester, we first encountered the Lehigh Valley at Victor, NY. As he continued pushing rails westward a segment of an old canal operation was acquired, known as theNorth Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Canal (or North Branch Canal), in 1866. Number: 201 - Railroad: City of Prineville RR - Status: Active Location: Prineville, OR - Type: Lehigh Valley RR style Photo date: 9/2004 - Build Date: 1945 Retired: n/a This caboose was originally used by the Lehigh Valley Railroad as their # 95043, but is now owned by the City of Prineville Railroad. Northern 24, 220-hp gas engine; # 26 & 27 sold to Sperry Rail Detecter 125 & 131, 220-hp gas engine; sold to Sperry Rail Detecter 130, 129, LV 300 Series GP38-2 Dispositions: (D&H and CP 7300 Series, 314 / DH 7314 > GTI/D&H 220 > D&H 7308 > STLH 7308 > CP 7308, 315 / DH 7316 > GTI/D&H 221 > D&H 7304 (as of Sept. 2016, still wears the Notice the man on the second telegraph pole. March 29, 1976, two days before the end of the Lehigh Valley. station, July 25, 1971. In the mid-1800s many people were starting to . Reprinted with permission from The Lehigh Valley Railroad Across New Jersey, by Ralph Heiss. DieselSteamElectric One can reasonably argue that its long decline began with the stock market's collapse in October of 1929. Another source of railroad magazines online is available from the Springfield-Greene County Library. By April of 1962 it, incredibly, controlled 90% of the road. This Pier Station had a full length covered pier, and carfloats would be moored directly to the pier for the loading and unloading of freight directly from the freight cars into and out of the pier shed. Jersey City - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York, Mountain Top - Avoca - Pittston Junction, Pennsylvania, Sayre, Pennsylvania - Fair Haven, New York, Penn Haven Junction - Hazleton - Mt. Lehigh Valley Wreck on Phillips Road bridge over the old NYC Auburn line. Local Freight Schedules, probably 1975 (331K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher, Regular Assigned Yard Jobs, 10-28-75(116K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher, Locomotive Assignment Roster, 10-21-75(1199K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher. Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound at the Route 64 grade crossing in Mendon, NY. 2 is out of service by this time. One more day, and it would be over for the Lehigh Valley. This little system was originally chartered onApril 7, 1830 to serve mines nearBeaver Meadows, Pennsylvania for the transportation of coal to Easton. Lehigh Valley Eastbound freight at Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley Railroad train BNW-3, Westbound, about to go under the Clover Street bridge, which had D&H Alco PA units 16 and 19 in the power consist. As part of the merger the LV was offered to either Norfolk & Western or Chesapeake & Ohio, both profitable systems, as a means of maintaining competition in the Northeast (each had connections to the LV at Buffalo). In 1864 his railroad opened 23 miles above Mauch Chunk to White Haven and then acquired the moribundBeaver Meadows Railroad & Coal Company. By the turn of the 20th century the LVs system was largely complete boasting a network of more than 1,350 route miles while its main line stretched 448 miles from Jersey City to Buffalo. Train was headed back to Manchester from Rochester Junction. 1875-1927, includes views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Rail removed from the road and crossing signals removed. ); Erie Railroad Magazine, March, 1905; Santa Fe (AT&SF) Magazine, December, 1906; Rock Island Magazine, July, 1907; The Pere Marquette, June, 1909; The North Western (Chicago & North Western) from at least 1911;The MK&T, March, 1913; Milwaukee (Road) Employes Magazine, April, 1913; Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Employes Magazine, 1913; Baltimore & Ohio Magazine, May, 1913; Illinois Central Magazine, July, 1913; Canadian National Railways Magazine, January, 1915; New York Central Magazine, April, 1920; Union Pacific Magazine, January, 1922; Great Western (C&GW) Magazine, February, 1922; Pullman News, May, 1922; Missouri Pacific Magazine, about May, 1923; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton News, about May, 1923; Maine Central, January, 1924. Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler Freight Schedules & Locomotive Rosters Freight Train Schedules, transcribed from ETT #2, 9-27-53 (8K PDF file*) Source: Ralph Heiss Freight Train Schedules, 1-27-1955 (68K PDF file*) Source: PSA MG-274** Freight Train Schedules, 6-16-1955 (63K PDF file*) Source: PSA MG-274** Date and photographer unknown. Descriptions from the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) are supplemented with commonly used railfan and modeler descriptions, as appropriate. The LVRR on March 30, 1976. These companies also had corporate magazines, although the purpose of most was to promote the current product line. Taken from the Clover Street overpass on June 24, 1974. stuck in someone else's frame, Lehigh It acquired other small lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey until it reached New York City in the east and . Thanks go not just to Mark, but also to photographers Paul Templeton, Jim Crosby, John Marshall, Rick Rubino, Richard Pearson, Doug Morgan, David J. Monte Verde, Christopher Smith, Charles Woolever, and Ron Amberger, all who have graciously agreed to have their images included here. was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. 19932022 Mendon Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Bronx Terminal was located on the Harlem River as were the three other Harlem River offline terminals. You can check them by clicking here. Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, today, the Lehigh Valley Trail. More to explore : Lehigh Valley Slide, Lehigh . Nonetheless, in 1896 the Valley inaugurated the Black Diamond Express, a luxury day train advertised as "The Handsomest Train in the World.". Agents, Clerks, Shop Crafts, all had organizations on many railroads. View is railroad east and Mendon station park is now where this all was. City directories and federal census lists are more accessible and can provide good information on occupations of individuals at specific points in history. It was the center for Lehigh Valley rebuilding and maintenance operations. Register : Home > Lehigh Valley > Locomotives : Lehigh Valley Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: LV : Click on a locomotive to view pictures: Roster Options: . You can still see ties in the ground from the old Auburn line, which was just torn up prior to the LV derailment. 251. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at Mile Square Road in Mendon, NY, late February 1976. All rights It utilized the segment north of Wilkes-Barre, a town it had reached via new construction at around the same time. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. Photos for personal use only. Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . LV System Map Industrial Lehigh Valley RR bridge over NYC Auburn branch near Phillips Rd. Wrecks, Also see: an RS-11 and a wide yellow stripe GP9 to my LV diesel roster for a total of seven. D&H lightning stripe corporate scheme), 318 / DH 7318 > GTI/D&H 224 > D&H 7305 > CP 7305, 319 / DH 7319 > GTI/D&H 225 > D&H 7306 > STLH 7306 > CP 7306, 320 / DH 7320 > GTI/D&H 226 > D&H 7307 > CP 7307, 321 / DH 7321 > GTI/D&H 227 > scrapped in early 1990's due to wreck damage, 322 / DH 7322 > GTI/D&H 228 > D&H 7309 > CP 7309, 323 / DH 7323 > GTI/D&H 229 > D&H 7310 > CP 7310, 325 / DH 7325 > GTI/D&H 231 > D&H 7312 > CP 7312, 405 / DH 405 > IHRC 310 > Mohawk Hudson & Andirondak 310 > SL 301-405, 411 / DH 411 > AM 411 > Indiana Hi-Rail 311 > AM 68, 414 / DH 414 > Southern Railroad of New Jersey (as LV 414). Also see Conrail listings. It created the quasi-public Consolidated Rail Corporation, better known as Conrail, which So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. The system had been designed to 6-foot, "broad gauge" (or "Erie gauge" as it liked to say) believing that it held advantages in safety, increased tonnage, and as a deterrent against interchange. The museum will open at 1:00 p.m. and the program will start at 2:00 p.m. The Official Site of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Click on a railroad to view a roster: Roster Options: . When it was formally opened on May 20, 1896, the new state-of-the-art station replaced a sparse wooden station near the same site. A Box car and Flat car now sit at this location. And by 1879, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's capital was $53 million dollars and carried 4.36 million tons of coal per year. The financial Panic of 1893 ended these dreams after the company fell into bankruptcy, resulting in the LV regaining its independence. While many private railroad shops had the machinists, boilermakers, electricians and heavy shop facilities to produce their own locomotives (and many did just that), the majority of steam locomotives and virtually all diesels were produced by the major builders. Lehigh Valley Railroad Quaker Interlocking, Quaker Meeting House Road, Mendon, NY, view to the east, June 21, 1977. Goodwin Railroad. LVRR Cabooses - sorted by Location. Wrecks, Also see: Language: Headed for Rochester on the Rochester branch. Copyright 2007-2023 American-Rails.com. Tracks have been partially torn up, crossing signals have been removed at this grade crossing, which is route 251. D&H lightning stripe corporate scheme), 316 / DH 7316 > scrapped in early 1990's due to wreck damage, 317 / DH 7317 > GTI/D&H 221 > D&H 7303 (as of Sept. 2016, still wears the LVRR crossing in Mendon. Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2097 decorated for the railroad's centennial and leading the second section of train 9, the "Black Diamond," with ten cars past the interlocking tower at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1946.
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