The Lehigh Valley Railroad(reporting markLV) was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.
It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. On January 7, 1853, the name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. At the time, anthracite was transported by boat down the Lehigh River; the railroad was meant to be faster transportation. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail that same year.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company (DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, a distance of about 400 miles (640km). Incorporated in 1853, the DL&W was profitable during the first two decades of the twentieth century, but its margins were gradually hurt by declining traffic in coal, competition from trucks, and high New Jersey taxes. In 1960, the DL&W merged with rival Erie Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.
History
Pre-DL&W (1832–1853)
The Liggett's Gap Railroad was incorporated on April 7, 1832, but stayed dormant for many years. It was chartered on March 14, 1849, and organized January 2, 1850. On April 14, 1851, its name was changed to the Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The line, running north from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Great Bend, just south of the New York state line, opened on December 20, 1851. From Great Bend the L&W obtained trackage rights north and west over the New York and Erie Rail Road to Owego, New York, where it leased the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad to Ithaca on Cayuga Lake (on April 21, 1855). The C&S was a re-organized and partially re-built Ithaca and Owego Railroad, which had opened on April 1, 1834, and was the oldest part of the DL&W system. The whole system was built to 6ft (1,829mm)broad gauge, the same as the New York and Erie, although the original I&O was built to standard gauge and converted to wide gauge when re-built as the C&S.
The Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Connecticut on tracks of the Connecticut Valley Railroad originally founded in 1868. It is best known for operating the Essex Steam Train and the Essex Clipper Dinner Train.
Attractions
Essex Steam Train and Riverboat
The Valley Railroad Company operates the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat. This excursion starts with a 12-mile ride aboard the historic Essex Steam Train from the Essex Station with scenic views of the Connecticut River up to Chester. The train reverses direction back to the Deep River Station/Landing. Passengers who have purchased the riverboat tickets can board the Becky Thatcher at this station. The riverboat will bring you on a 1-hour 15 minute trip up the Connecticut River to the East Haddam Swing Bridge and then back to Deep River Landing. The train then picks up passengers to bring them back to Essex Depot. The whole trip takes about 3 hours 30 minutes.
Essex Clipper Dinner Train
The Essex Clipper Dinner Train is a 2.5-hour train ride that departs Essex Depot and offers scenic views of the Connecticut River along the way. The train brings you to the northern end of the operable line in Haddam. A seasonal four-course meal is freshly prepared on-board and served in beautifully restored 1920s Pullman dining cars.
The Lehigh Valley (/ˈli.haɪˈvæ.li/), known officially by the United States Census Bureau and the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area and referred to informally and locally as The Valley is a metropolitan region officially consisting of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania and Warren county on the western edge of New Jersey, in the United States. The Lehigh Valley's largest city, with a population of 119,104, is Allentown.
The Lehigh Valley is the fastest growing and third most populous region in the state of Pennsylvania with a population of 821,623 residents as of the 2010 U.S. Census. It is eclipsed in total population only by the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. It is the 64th most populated metropolitan area in the United States. Lehigh County, the Valley's largest county in terms of overall population, is among the fastest growing in the nation as well, ranking in the 79th percentile for population growth between 2010-2012. The core population centers are located in southern and central Lehigh and Northampton counties along U.S. Route 22 and Interstate 78.
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was an Anthracite coal hauling railroad which extended from New York City to Buffalo New York.
It was born out of the need to have reliable transportation of Anthracite Coal from the coal fields of Pennsylvania to the industrial areas in the East.
The railroad was known for its bright Cornell Red paint scheme and its premier passenger trains such as the Black Diamond, the John Wilkes and the Asa Packer which was named for its founder.
In volume 1 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we'll look at steam and first generation diesel operations from Jersey to Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, between the mid 1940's and the mid 1960's throug...
published: 06 Feb 2014
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3
This is a preview of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: https://www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/the-lehigh-valley-railroad-volume-3
DVD summary below:
In volume 3 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania and into New York state between 1959 and 1975 from a variety of well-known photographers.
We begin at South Plainfield, New Jersey and progress westward on the mainline into Pennsylvania towards Easton, Allentown and Coxton, and we’ll tour the Bowman’s Creek Branch in 1959 from the films of Bill Wentz.
We close this volume in upstate New York with Lehigh Valley RS-2, number 217 switching the businesses at Lima.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and sound; approximately 81 minutes runtime
published: 10 Apr 2024
SPARKLING LEHIGH VALLEY R.R. FILM
Never seen film on YouTube is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and the Erie Lackawanna Railroads.
The common theme was their early success based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and the decline of that business. The last decade of these roads largely depended on a declining business in hauling "bridge traffic".
The corporate history of these five roads is woven into a wealth of wonderful, all-color, railroading scenes. Our animated maps, made especially for our videos, are used to keep the viewer more informed.
We explain all the mergers and some that almost came about. This railroading action has a grand l...
published: 27 Jun 2024
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2. Full DVD is available from www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary:
In volume 2 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at steam and diesel operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania, with a brief scene in New York state between the mid 1940’s and the early 1970’s through films from a variety of noted photographers.
We begin at Jersey City and proceed westward into Pennsylvania towards Pittston and New York State
We close this volume with a fan trip through coal country over the Hazleton and Quakake branches to Shenandoah, Centralia and Mount Carmel in June of 1957
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and B&W; approx 61 minutes runtime
published: 10 Oct 2020
The Lehigh Valley taking major step to get 'on board' with passenger rail services
The Lehigh Valley is getting on-track to bring back passenger rail services, announcing Wednesday the first major step in order to move forward.
The Lehigh Valley Transportation Study announced it's partnering with PennDOT to conduct a passenger rail analysis. The first-of-its-kind analysis of the region will meet the federal government's requirement to apply for funding with the Federal Railroad Administration.
There's around $66 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill for passenger rail.
View the full story at WFMZ.com:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/the-lehigh-valley-taking-major-step-to-get-on-board-with-passenger-rail-services/article_37ad2630-1e6c-11ed-9f51-d31939aa8f1e.html
published: 17 Aug 2022
VACANT 1950's Lehigh Valley RR Train Station (Viewer Suggestion)
This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my attention, I knew I needed to see it for myself, so I added it to my list and finally made time to check it out. Although the doors are wide open, it is posted and sits along an active rail line, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it from the outside. So I invite you to come along with @rj78productions88 & myself as we take a look at this location that is part of Railroading HIstory.
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad in the early 70's
A short presentation of photos by John F. Bjorklund and Center for Railroad Photography and Art.
"Desire" by Cellophane Sam
published: 10 Nov 2019
JERSEY CENTRAL AND LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROADS PART 1
#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED.
published: 14 Dec 2023
A Day in the Life: The Coxton Ram
Follow along with a Lehigh Valley crew in Coxton Yard as they complete a days assignment on the Coxton Ram at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum
published: 02 Aug 2024
The doomed Pittstown Station on former Lehigh Valley Railroad
This sad old station is on the 3.7 mile LV Pittstown Branch built in 1891. The state has given up its Bridge access to the site, and with it all possibility of ever restoring this beautiful old station, one of few remaining from its era.
#metrotrails #history #hikenj #abandonedplaces #abandoned
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad...
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was an Anthracite coal hauling railroad which extended from New York City to Buffalo New York.
It was born out of the need to have reliable transportation of Anthracite Coal from the coal fields of Pennsylvania to the industrial areas in the East.
The railroad was known for its bright Cornell Red paint scheme and its premier passenger trains such as the Black Diamond, the John Wilkes and the Asa Packer which was named for its founder.
In volume 1 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we'll look at steam and first generation diesel operations from Jersey to Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, between the mid 1940's and the mid 1960's through the films of Arthur Angstadt, Charlie & Ken Bealer, the Alan Furler collection and the Randolph Kulp collection of the Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS.
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was an Anthracite coal hauling railroad which extended from New York City to Buffalo New York.
It was born out of the need to have reliable transportation of Anthracite Coal from the coal fields of Pennsylvania to the industrial areas in the East.
The railroad was known for its bright Cornell Red paint scheme and its premier passenger trains such as the Black Diamond, the John Wilkes and the Asa Packer which was named for its founder.
In volume 1 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we'll look at steam and first generation diesel operations from Jersey to Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, between the mid 1940's and the mid 1960's through the films of Arthur Angstadt, Charlie & Ken Bealer, the Alan Furler collection and the Randolph Kulp collection of the Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS.
This is a preview of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: https://www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/the-lehigh-valley-railroad...
This is a preview of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: https://www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/the-lehigh-valley-railroad-volume-3
DVD summary below:
In volume 3 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania and into New York state between 1959 and 1975 from a variety of well-known photographers.
We begin at South Plainfield, New Jersey and progress westward on the mainline into Pennsylvania towards Easton, Allentown and Coxton, and we’ll tour the Bowman’s Creek Branch in 1959 from the films of Bill Wentz.
We close this volume in upstate New York with Lehigh Valley RS-2, number 217 switching the businesses at Lima.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and sound; approximately 81 minutes runtime
This is a preview of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: https://www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/the-lehigh-valley-railroad-volume-3
DVD summary below:
In volume 3 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania and into New York state between 1959 and 1975 from a variety of well-known photographers.
We begin at South Plainfield, New Jersey and progress westward on the mainline into Pennsylvania towards Easton, Allentown and Coxton, and we’ll tour the Bowman’s Creek Branch in 1959 from the films of Bill Wentz.
We close this volume in upstate New York with Lehigh Valley RS-2, number 217 switching the businesses at Lima.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and sound; approximately 81 minutes runtime
Never seen film on YouTube is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal...
Never seen film on YouTube is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and the Erie Lackawanna Railroads.
The common theme was their early success based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and the decline of that business. The last decade of these roads largely depended on a declining business in hauling "bridge traffic".
The corporate history of these five roads is woven into a wealth of wonderful, all-color, railroading scenes. Our animated maps, made especially for our videos, are used to keep the viewer more informed.
We explain all the mergers and some that almost came about. This railroading action has a grand look at five Class 1 rail lines that were independent until 1976.
Our presentation is based on color movie film with its rich color rendering and digital enhancement to make it appear better than even the original.
Featuring
LEHIGH VALLEY RR
JERSEY CENTRAL
READING RR
DELAWARE & HUDSON
ERIE LACKAWANNA
PRSL AND L&HR
PENN CENTRAL – EARLY CONRAIL
AND MORE!
Never seen film on YouTube is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and the Erie Lackawanna Railroads.
The common theme was their early success based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and the decline of that business. The last decade of these roads largely depended on a declining business in hauling "bridge traffic".
The corporate history of these five roads is woven into a wealth of wonderful, all-color, railroading scenes. Our animated maps, made especially for our videos, are used to keep the viewer more informed.
We explain all the mergers and some that almost came about. This railroading action has a grand look at five Class 1 rail lines that were independent until 1976.
Our presentation is based on color movie film with its rich color rendering and digital enhancement to make it appear better than even the original.
Featuring
LEHIGH VALLEY RR
JERSEY CENTRAL
READING RR
DELAWARE & HUDSON
ERIE LACKAWANNA
PRSL AND L&HR
PENN CENTRAL – EARLY CONRAIL
AND MORE!
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2. Full DVD is available from www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary:
In volume 2 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad...
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2. Full DVD is available from www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary:
In volume 2 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at steam and diesel operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania, with a brief scene in New York state between the mid 1940’s and the early 1970’s through films from a variety of noted photographers.
We begin at Jersey City and proceed westward into Pennsylvania towards Pittston and New York State
We close this volume with a fan trip through coal country over the Hazleton and Quakake branches to Shenandoah, Centralia and Mount Carmel in June of 1957
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and B&W; approx 61 minutes runtime
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2. Full DVD is available from www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary:
In volume 2 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at steam and diesel operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania, with a brief scene in New York state between the mid 1940’s and the early 1970’s through films from a variety of noted photographers.
We begin at Jersey City and proceed westward into Pennsylvania towards Pittston and New York State
We close this volume with a fan trip through coal country over the Hazleton and Quakake branches to Shenandoah, Centralia and Mount Carmel in June of 1957
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and B&W; approx 61 minutes runtime
The Lehigh Valley is getting on-track to bring back passenger rail services, announcing Wednesday the first major step in order to move forward.
The Lehigh Val...
The Lehigh Valley is getting on-track to bring back passenger rail services, announcing Wednesday the first major step in order to move forward.
The Lehigh Valley Transportation Study announced it's partnering with PennDOT to conduct a passenger rail analysis. The first-of-its-kind analysis of the region will meet the federal government's requirement to apply for funding with the Federal Railroad Administration.
There's around $66 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill for passenger rail.
View the full story at WFMZ.com:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/the-lehigh-valley-taking-major-step-to-get-on-board-with-passenger-rail-services/article_37ad2630-1e6c-11ed-9f51-d31939aa8f1e.html
The Lehigh Valley is getting on-track to bring back passenger rail services, announcing Wednesday the first major step in order to move forward.
The Lehigh Valley Transportation Study announced it's partnering with PennDOT to conduct a passenger rail analysis. The first-of-its-kind analysis of the region will meet the federal government's requirement to apply for funding with the Federal Railroad Administration.
There's around $66 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill for passenger rail.
View the full story at WFMZ.com:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/the-lehigh-valley-taking-major-step-to-get-on-board-with-passenger-rail-services/article_37ad2630-1e6c-11ed-9f51-d31939aa8f1e.html
This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my at...
This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my attention, I knew I needed to see it for myself, so I added it to my list and finally made time to check it out. Although the doors are wide open, it is posted and sits along an active rail line, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it from the outside. So I invite you to come along with @rj78productions88 & myself as we take a look at this location that is part of Railroading HIstory.
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This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my attention, I knew I needed to see it for myself, so I added it to my list and finally made time to check it out. Although the doors are wide open, it is posted and sits along an active rail line, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it from the outside. So I invite you to come along with @rj78productions88 & myself as we take a look at this location that is part of Railroading HIstory.
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#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop i...
#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED.
#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED.
Follow along with a Lehigh Valley crew in Coxton Yard as they complete a days assignment on the Coxton Ram at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum...
Follow along with a Lehigh Valley crew in Coxton Yard as they complete a days assignment on the Coxton Ram at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum
Follow along with a Lehigh Valley crew in Coxton Yard as they complete a days assignment on the Coxton Ram at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum
This sad old station is on the 3.7 mile LV Pittstown Branch built in 1891. The state has given up its Bridge access to the site, and with it all possibility of ...
This sad old station is on the 3.7 mile LV Pittstown Branch built in 1891. The state has given up its Bridge access to the site, and with it all possibility of ever restoring this beautiful old station, one of few remaining from its era.
#metrotrails #history #hikenj #abandonedplaces #abandoned
This sad old station is on the 3.7 mile LV Pittstown Branch built in 1891. The state has given up its Bridge access to the site, and with it all possibility of ever restoring this beautiful old station, one of few remaining from its era.
#metrotrails #history #hikenj #abandonedplaces #abandoned
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was an Anthracite coal hauling railroad which extended from New York City to Buffalo New York.
It was born out of the need to have reliable transportation of Anthracite Coal from the coal fields of Pennsylvania to the industrial areas in the East.
The railroad was known for its bright Cornell Red paint scheme and its premier passenger trains such as the Black Diamond, the John Wilkes and the Asa Packer which was named for its founder.
In volume 1 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we'll look at steam and first generation diesel operations from Jersey to Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, between the mid 1940's and the mid 1960's through the films of Arthur Angstadt, Charlie & Ken Bealer, the Alan Furler collection and the Randolph Kulp collection of the Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS.
This is a preview of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: https://www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/the-lehigh-valley-railroad-volume-3
DVD summary below:
In volume 3 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania and into New York state between 1959 and 1975 from a variety of well-known photographers.
We begin at South Plainfield, New Jersey and progress westward on the mainline into Pennsylvania towards Easton, Allentown and Coxton, and we’ll tour the Bowman’s Creek Branch in 1959 from the films of Bill Wentz.
We close this volume in upstate New York with Lehigh Valley RS-2, number 217 switching the businesses at Lima.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and sound; approximately 81 minutes runtime
Never seen film on YouTube is a look back in time to the "Anthracite" roads that once made the eastern rail scene more interesting and colorful. These principal roads were the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Reading, D&H and the Erie Lackawanna Railroads.
The common theme was their early success based on hauling anthracite coal from a unique area in Pennsylvania and the decline of that business. The last decade of these roads largely depended on a declining business in hauling "bridge traffic".
The corporate history of these five roads is woven into a wealth of wonderful, all-color, railroading scenes. Our animated maps, made especially for our videos, are used to keep the viewer more informed.
We explain all the mergers and some that almost came about. This railroading action has a grand look at five Class 1 rail lines that were independent until 1976.
Our presentation is based on color movie film with its rich color rendering and digital enhancement to make it appear better than even the original.
Featuring
LEHIGH VALLEY RR
JERSEY CENTRAL
READING RR
DELAWARE & HUDSON
ERIE LACKAWANNA
PRSL AND L&HR
PENN CENTRAL – EARLY CONRAIL
AND MORE!
This is a preview of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 2. Full DVD is available from www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary:
In volume 2 of The Lehigh Valley Railroad, we’ll look at steam and diesel operations from Jersey to Pennsylvania, with a brief scene in New York state between the mid 1940’s and the early 1970’s through films from a variety of noted photographers.
We begin at Jersey City and proceed westward into Pennsylvania towards Pittston and New York State
We close this volume with a fan trip through coal country over the Hazleton and Quakake branches to Shenandoah, Centralia and Mount Carmel in June of 1957
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and B&W; approx 61 minutes runtime
The Lehigh Valley is getting on-track to bring back passenger rail services, announcing Wednesday the first major step in order to move forward.
The Lehigh Valley Transportation Study announced it's partnering with PennDOT to conduct a passenger rail analysis. The first-of-its-kind analysis of the region will meet the federal government's requirement to apply for funding with the Federal Railroad Administration.
There's around $66 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill for passenger rail.
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https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/the-lehigh-valley-taking-major-step-to-get-on-board-with-passenger-rail-services/article_37ad2630-1e6c-11ed-9f51-d31939aa8f1e.html
This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my attention, I knew I needed to see it for myself, so I added it to my list and finally made time to check it out. Although the doors are wide open, it is posted and sits along an active rail line, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it from the outside. So I invite you to come along with @rj78productions88 & myself as we take a look at this location that is part of Railroading HIstory.
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#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED.
Follow along with a Lehigh Valley crew in Coxton Yard as they complete a days assignment on the Coxton Ram at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum
This sad old station is on the 3.7 mile LV Pittstown Branch built in 1891. The state has given up its Bridge access to the site, and with it all possibility of ever restoring this beautiful old station, one of few remaining from its era.
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad(reporting markLV) was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.
It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. On January 7, 1853, the name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. At the time, anthracite was transported by boat down the Lehigh River; the railroad was meant to be faster transportation. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail that same year.
A change in administrations in Washington and the departure of longtime railroad advocate Joe Biden doesn’t mean the end for passenger rail in the Lehigh Valley, according to advocates who met Thursday morning to discuss the project.
Editor’s note. This column repeats graphic descriptions of injuries from this century-old accident. This was common in news coverage at the time, however some readers may find it disturbing ....