Steam 0-6-0 at St. Marys, United States by SeaboardRailfan You are signed out Sign in to get the best experience Continue with email Continue with Facebook By continuing, you agree to Pinterest's 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. Michael Hohn, MMR - Modeling the Lehigh Valley Railroad Before 1900 . Roughly a month after this photo was taken, The Lehigh Lehigh Valley Railroad would shut down forever and faded into history. Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. Eastbound Black Diamond Passing the Lehigh Valley Tower at Rochester Junction, Spring 1950. The LV had a modest passenger train fleet with its most notable service the flagshipBlack Diamond. Its fall helped bring down most other systems in Northeast, setting up a catastrophic situation as the region threatened total shutdown. 5/22/1973. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Ex Lehigh Valley tunnel under the NYS Thruway on October 9, 1999. Lehigh Valley eastbound Apollo crossing 3 track bridge over Honeoye Creek, just west of Rochester Junction, 1974. First cut in the Lehigh Valley RR main. What was once a sputtering idea now wasted no time constructing a 45.7-mile line from Mauch Chunk to Easton; according to Mike Schafer's book, "More Classic American Railroads," the route officially opened for service on September 12, 1855. |
Mid 1970s. 395 RAILROAD SLIDE - Steam on the Lehigh Valley at Lehighton, PA Sold by runawaytrainslv69 | Ends on 2023-03-08 23:03:39 . Lehigh Valley VRR train BNW-3, with 3 Alco C420 Yellowjackets heading west on May 21, 1974. Language: LVRR crossing in Mendon. Your email address will not be published. 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. 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). Houses on both sides of the LV right of way, now. This is now Mendon Station Park and a short stretch of panel tracks sits right about where the locomotive is. A cold February 8, 1973. 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! Industrial
These were Rochester branch tracks that came off the mainline tracks at Rochester Junction. competitive in various ways: While these innovations and ideas were somewhat successful they could not stem the enormous losses mounting by the late 1960s; there was simply too many railroads and not enough traffic. Also, railroads began forming Veterans Associations as early as 1900. Descriptions from the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) are supplemented with commonly used railfan and modeler descriptions, as appropriate. Lehigh Valley Railroad w/b train meeting AP-2 at Quaker Interlocking. The Locomotive has just crossed over a small bridge the Boy Scouts refurbished some years back. Roster. The Lehigh Valley Railroad logo. Motorcars
Information from both types of rosters are included on the Erie Railroad page, and some others are referenced in the links below. 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** However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). Lehigh Valley F7's, led #570, are seen here at work in South Plainfield, New Jersey, circa 1960. Rochester Junction, 1960s. 432 dropped its fire on September the 14th, 1951, number 5212 hung on to life a little longer until December 12, the following year; unfortunately, the locomotive was scrapped, and no LV steam locos were saved for posterity. Its last hope for survival occurred when the PRR and New York Central created the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. Rochester Jct. |Black Diamond by Phil Paone
Mainline tracks were still in place although Conrail did not use them, they only used the Rochester branch tracks and the crossover at the Junction to reach Honeoye Falls and Lima. MOW
Photos for personal use only. Date unknown. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . Lehigh Valley C420s & RS11 Eastbound to Victor, crossing over the old abandoned Auburn line, 3/31/1972. Another organization that published a magazine for its members was the Brotherhood of All (or Benefit Association of) Railroad Employees, or B.A.R.E., a mutual insurance association. Gilmore DRUM: crossing watchman: 9-26-1918 : John BECKER: crossing watchman: 7-5-1928 Police escorted the young lady out of the building after her action. American-Rails.com collection. Train has just crossed Route 251. Remains of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. As with other equipment, its up to the individual modeler to decide how much accuracy is good enough. My own approach is to find out what needs to be done to make a really accurate representation, then weigh the cost in time and money against the impact each change will have when the car is seen on the layout. this was taken 2 years after the Lehigh Valley shut down, 1978. LV - Lehigh Valley Includes listings for Geneva Ithaca & Savre RR. DieselSteamElectric
The path of the train is now the Lehigh Valley Trail. LV Baldwin leading westbound at Clover St (looking west). Veterans in this context does not mean former members of the Armed Forces, but rather railroad employees with (usually) 20 or more years of service. LV #217 RS-2 switching cars, Spring 1976. This little system was originally chartered onApril 7, 1830 to serve mines nearBeaver Meadows, Pennsylvania for the transportation of coal to Easton. The LVRR
Eastbound; about to cross old Dutch road. Lehigh Valley RR bridge over NYC Auburn branch near Phillips Rd. Prior to 1880, Erie motive power was used. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 crossing NY Rt. Reprinted with permission from The Lehigh Valley Railroad Across New Jersey, by Ralph Heiss. This area is now Mendon Station Park. Revenue
The local came into RJ as BPL-6. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad company in the northeastern United States primarily used to haul anthracite coal, incorporated on April 21, 1846 in Pennsylvania as the the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. This clinic describes the use of insurance and railroad maps, historic photographs, equipment diagrams, published drawings of rolling stock, and equipment registers to build a model railroad representing the Lehigh Valley Railroad in the period before 1900. Signal 3731 is now at the Lehigh Valley Veterans Memorial Park in Manchester NY as a tribute to Engineer Jack W Parmele. 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. The Hamlet of Mendon is behind the train about 3/4ths of a mile. Location not listed. Lehigh Valley gas-electric at Rochester Jct. Today, much of the LV is but overgrown paths and walking trails; a sad end to one of the Northeast's most fascinating railroads. NYC Auburn railroad went under the bridge in the background. Home Site Map Search Contact
Initially, the southern terminus of Easton meant coal would once more require a transfer to barges and either travel down the Delaware River to Philadelphia or cross the waterway for shipment east towards New York. began operations on April 1, 1976. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963. In addition, Railfan.net has scanned many issues of Erie Magazine (as well as Lackawanna (DL&W) Magazine and Erie Lackawanna Magazine) in PDF format, and they can be viewed by clicking here. Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company 10: 2: OTVR: OUCH: Ouachita Railroad 4: 5: OUCH: OVR: Otter Valley Railroad 2: 9: OVR: PAM: Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Company 6: 7: PAM: PBNE: Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England R 33: 8: PBNE: PBR: Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad 77: 6: PBR: PBRR: Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company . DieselSteamElectric
It completed the transition in 1951. LV (wood) as PE 1973, wood, cupola, built in 1926; from Lehigh Valley, Orange Empire Railway Museum. Heading to Honeoye Falls and Lima on the Rochester Branch. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. Along with the Erie, a number of other railroads published magazines. The Windy City was the ultimate nexus for eastern carriers, albeit only four systems ever extended that far west (Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Central). Still rule 251, Automatic Block System. Never had confirmation of that story, however. It is about to cross West Bloomfield Road. December 28th, 1972. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. Introduced pool service with the Nickel Plate Road 251 crossing in Mendon, NY on January 31, 1974. The LV competed against several carriers in its territory, notably the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and Erie, both of whom also reached Buffalo, while the latter continued on to Chicago. Rochester Junction station. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. It utilized the segment north of Wilkes-Barre, a town it had reached via new construction at around the same time. Note the open phone cabinet extreme left. This is now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Original Slide LV Lehigh Valley ALCO C628 Snowbirds 626 & 3 Cleveland OH 1976 at the best online prices at eBay! Kits that purport to be models of prototype LV cars, but in fact are inaccurate in a significant way, are listed in yellow italics. Early 1970s. 19932022 Mendon Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. |Employees on 1938
A related industry that is also ripe for research is the locomotive builders. In 1864 his railroad opened 23 miles above Mauch Chunk to White Haven and then acquired the moribundBeaver Meadows Railroad & Coal Company. Revenue
There very various subsidiaries comprising this project, which later collectively became known as the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway. In a little over a month, these tracks would never see another train again. Lehigh Valley Black Diamond, Eastbound at Rochester Junction, Early 1950s. 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**, Freight Train Schedules, transcribed from ETT #5, 10-28-56(9K PDF file*) Source: Ralph Heiss, Freight Train Schedules, from ETT #7, 10-25-1959(170K PDF file*) Source: Ed Schaller, Freight Train Schedules, late 1963-66 (129K PDF file*) Source: Jim Kerner, Freight Train Schedules, from ETT #9, 10-27-1968(114K PDF file*) Source: Lou Millan, Freight Train Schedules, 1-28-1970 (580K PDF file*) Source: PSA MG-274**, Freight Train Schedules, 7-22-1974 (648K PDF file*) Source: PSA MG-274**, Freight Train Schedules, 7-10-1975 (792K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher. Rochester branch side. 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. Before Asa Packer died he also laid the groundwork for LV's extension beyond the New Jersey state line. Lehigh Valley westbound freight passing the canopies at Rochester Junction, looking east. The signals on Route 64 stayed up for a few more years after the tracks were torn up, then they were gone too. on March 30, 1976. Please check back often, as we will be adding photos on a regular basis; the newest additions will always be at the top (current total: 186). These can be great sources of insite into the day-to-day lives of railroad workers and their families, and may contain detailed stories on retiring employees. Box 3630 Greenville, DE 19807 (302) 658-2400 Urban Archives Paley Library Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Just east of Phillips Rd. Today, nearly the entire western half of the LV is gone and what remains is operated by the Reading & Northern and Conrail successor, Norfolk Southern. As Conrail created what it deemed the most profitable network from these bankrupt carriers very few lines of the former Lehigh Valley system were utilized. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. 1) The Company. Ex-PC 5461; assigned CR 5486, but retired before it was renumbered, Ex-PC 5569 < nee PRR 8445; to CR 9920 > D-L 211(2nd), #4240 & 4243 sold to Kyle 4240 & 4243 > Mcer 4240 & 4243 > #4243 later sold to ADIX 4243, To NS 2881(2nd)-2884(2nd) > NS 5655, 5516, 5627, 5659, To RBMN 2396, WIMX 2778 & WIMX 2779 > WIMX 2779 to VULX 2779, Built as F3A but upgraded to F7A standard in the 1950s, Built as F3B but upgraded to F7B standard in the 1950s, #633 and 636 were retired before they got their CR numbers, Acton Limestone 60, RGEP 10 & Warner Sand & Gravel > #60 & 10 sold to Indusmin Quarries 60 & PSR 2 > #2 sold to SP 1905, These 300-hp locos had no model designation; ex-Alco Demonstrator 301 & 303; #301 to Crushed Stone 102, Ex-Utah Copper 600; re=#d to LV 99. More to explore : Lehigh Valley Slide, Lehigh . Employees on 1938
If you look closely, you can see the interlocking signals, all red, at Quaker interlocking, which is by the curve. Grafton & Upton. LV 610 at Rochester Junction, 1952. This database contains accident reports for all U.S. railroads in PDF and HTML formats (caution: the HTML versions contain numerous scanning errors due to the quality of the originals) from 1911 to 1960. 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. prohibited. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Duplicate Slide LV #311 EMD GP38AC Lehigh Valley 1970s ROSTER at the best online prices at eBay! Meyer Pearlman photo. 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). This bridge still stands. This is between Quaker Meeting House Road and Rochester Junction. Your email address will not be published. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. April 1977. Pump house and tower can be seen in this photo. LV 95132. One idea involved merging the LV, Reading, CNJ, and Erie Lackawanna into a secondary giant as a Conrail competitor while another theory proposed having the profitable N&W and Chessie System (C&O, B&O, and Western Maryland) acquire segments of the Reading (B&O) and EL (N&W) to reach New York with government subsidies/loans as an incentive. Gates down and a Lehigh Valley Railroad train rolls eastbound through Rush, NY, 1975. Westbound Lehigh Valley freight crossing Plains Road at Rochester Junction, early 1970s. This move sent shock waves not only within financial circles but also throughout the railroad industry. Employee "personnel files" are virtually non-existent, as can be expected from that type of record.
Don Marshall standing at the crossover at Rochester Junction, 1967. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound train With Alco C420 "Yellowjacket" in the lead, at Mile Sqaure Road grade crossing east of Mendon, NY on March 8 1973. Delano was founded in 1861 under the dark clouds of the Civil War. Roster Lehigh Valley Transactions PHI Transactions. Its plan was similar to the LV's but its promoters' hopes never made it beyond a bit of grading work. As planners at the United States Railway Administration worked to put together the conglomerate there were many proposals aimed at providing the Port of New York with at least two railroads and as many as three. Industrial
1950s. Rumor going around at the time related that A&K let a loaded gon get away and it rolled towards Rush, finally stopping. 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. Today, she is operable at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Lehigh Valley Railroad was originally named Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad incorporated in 1846 to build a line from Easton to Mauch Chunk to break a monopoly in coal transport held by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Notice the man on the second telegraph pole. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. These were used to determine work assignments based on the seniority held in each position on the various divisions of each railroad. The LV used the old charter to tap more mines as it opened similar branches throughout eastern Pennsylvania. Rail removed from the road and crossing signals removed. Unfortunately, the LV lived a roller-coaster existence throughout the 20th century. Lehigh Valley Railroad ; MG-286 Penn Central Railroad Collection also contains records from numerous LVRR companies ; MG-199 Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Collection (at the State Archives) - Walter A. Lucas Collection of stereographs relating to railroads and scenic views in America, ca.