Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Unfortunately, that's a tough question to answer. May, 1978. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. 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). 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. 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. 2 would be out of service. 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. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. Notice the man on the second telegraph pole. Lehigh Valley Railroad local MR-1 crossing Mile Square Road east of Mendon, NY on April 12, 1973. Pitchers: B/T: HT: WT: DOB: Status: MLB 40-man: Mark . By April of 1962 it, incredibly, controlled 90% of the road. However, each declined due to the LV's light traffic, enormous debt, and declining physical condition. Lehigh Valley railroad wreck at Rush, NY. 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. The entire history of Delano and the Lehigh Valley is along with some very rare photographs. Dunn Oil Co. at the end of Mill Road, Mendon, February 5, 1952. Rail removed from the road and crossing signals removed. 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** costs. Also, railroads began forming Veterans Associations as early as 1900. this was taken 2 years after the Lehigh Valley shut down, 1978. Lehigh Valley C420s & RS11 Eastbound to Victor, crossing over the old abandoned Auburn line, 3/31/1972. Board index Fallen Flags and Historic Roads Lehigh Valley Railroad You are here Welcome, Bing [Bot] Box 3630 Greenville, DE 19807 (302) 658-2400 Urban Archives Paley Library Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 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). On the Lehigh Valley Rochester branch at Rochester Junction, early 1970s. LV Station looking west at Rochester Junction. 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. The Lehigh Valley Railroad passenger station in Pittston was being torn down in this photo from 1964, but that doesn't diminish the role the building played in Pittston's past. Mid 1970s. 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. Date and photographer unknown. 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). List of Railroad Employees With their years and location of service. Conrail local EX-1 arriving at ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. Asa Packer's greats philanthropic endeavor was the establishment of Lehigh University, chartered in 1865 and named for the railroad. This is part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Another company publication that may yield names of station and traffic department (passenger and freight sales) personnel is the public timetable issued for use by passengers. This still stands and is now a private home. By Railroad . Lehigh Valley Railroad Sources: Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials, 1922 Poor's Manual of Railroads, 1902 Alumni and students of Lehigh University Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1901 Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1893 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad Niagara Junction is the point in Depew, New York where East-West main line traffic could go North on the Niagara Falls branch to Tonawanda Junction, and then onto New York Central tracks over the . Grand Trunk Western. Lehigh Valley Railroad RM-2, having just crossed route 251, passing through Mendon, NY March 28, 1973. Note the open phone cabinet extreme left. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. Conveyed to the Delaware and Hudson at the startup of Conrail in 1976 she . Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. The LV had a modest passenger train fleet with its most notable service the flagshipBlack Diamond. Motorcars The employee listing is a work in process, and is dependent on the availability of volunteers: that said, people researching D&LW employees can contact the Archivist at Steamtown for more information. Trailer Train MTTX Flatcar #91225 ROSTER 1980 Original Kodachrome. LVRR crossing in Mendon. 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). Its plan was similar to the LV's but its promoters' hopes never made it beyond a bit of grading work. References to photos of the prototypes are provided wherever possible either to photos on the web, or those published in books or magazines. The path of the train is now the Lehigh Valley Trail. American-Rails.com collection. Local RM-2 is waiting in the Rochester Junction yard. This Missouri library has an extensive collection of on-line local history, including the Frisco Railroad employee magazine in PDF format. 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. Spring/summer, 1970. Lehigh valley Apollo, Taken from the Clover Street bridge; Rochester Junction is around the curve. That said, each year I see more records and sources posted online as archivists seek to digitize their holdings. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, American railroad whose growth was based on hauling coal from the anthracite mines of northeastern Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Railroad, Reading Company . Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (1849-1962) Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (1870-1962) Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company (1909-1954) Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Historical Society) Missouri Pacific Railroad (1948, 1966) Missouri Pacific Railroad (Historical Society) Monon Railroad (1851-1971) Valley Steam Classes A-K (After 1905). Longtime Mendon Foundation fan and volunteer Mark Skipworth has graciously agreed to work with some pre-eminent Lehigh Valley Railroad photographers, allowing us to share some of their remarkable photographs with us. View is Eastbound and Rochester Junction is about a mile or so behind the photographer's back. Montel Metals crew removing the C&S wires along Lehigh Valley RR right of way near Old Dutch Road grade crossing east of Mendon, NY on September 23, 1977. Great Northern. Gilmore DRUM: crossing watchman: 9-26-1918 : John BECKER: crossing watchman: 7-5-1928 Author's collection. It was then acquired by banking mogul J.P. Morgan in 1897 who went on to purchase the holdings from the Packer estate, ending their involvement in the company. In most cases it is very hard to find anything out beyond what you might glean through basic public records. Once again, though, their availability today can be very limited. Police escorted the young lady out of the building after her action. Lehigh Valley RR. The EB is about to clear, and the WB is getting instructions from the dispatcher. 110, SW900, Class ES-66, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1957, #23540, FN 7545-3, as Class DS-3. January 16, 1978. Crossing signals removed, tracks being torn up. 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). Lehigh Valley westbound freight west of Rochester Junction, 1975. Rush-Mendon Road in Mendon, looking west. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY, early 1900s. . Lehigh Valley Alco 217 with train RM-1 at Rochester Junction, Fall 1973. Lehigh Valley, end of eastbound freight, east side of Clover St. Undated. Anthracite Railroads. View is railroad west, and the tracks were gone on the other side of Plains Road by this time. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company that was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Unlike the DL&W, however, the LV was not burdened by extensive commuter operations. Today, the university has branched out to include other academic subjects, offering undergraduate majors in the areas of arts/science and business, as well as various graduate programs. Rochester Junction station. This bridge still stands. However, had this occurred more of the LV may have remained in service than what was utilized under Conrail. Old main track no. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. B.A.R.E. The museum will open at 1:00 p.m. and the program will start at 2:00 p.m. Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . Links are provided to articles on modeling specific freight cars which can be found in the Modeling Freight Cars pages. Author's collection. |The LVRR Lehigh Valley Railroad at Rochester Junction, NY 11/7/1971. It is believed that the box car was loaded with company material from Tifft Terminal. 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 It is believed that they made a set out at the Junction. And by 1879, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's capital was $53 million dollars and carried 4.36 million tons of coal per year. One of the B&O's original streamliners, the Abraham Lincoln, operated during its brief ownership of the Alton Railroad in the Midwest. This is now Mendon Station Park. The house behind the locomotive is now Benicasa hospice house. Building behind the train was an ice house. Copyright 2007-2023 American-Rails.com. Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2023. The RRB, by the way, has some great information online for genealogists regarding this subject, as well as location of some archives that do hold personnel or other records, including data before 1936. Paul J. Templeton photo. Ex Lehigh Valley tunnel under the NYS Thruway on October 9, 1999. It is unlikely the Lehigh Valley could have survived into the modern era. |Black Diamond by Phil Paone Taken two months before the end of the LV. The last regular Rochester Branch passenger service to Lima was discontinued on August 9, 1937. As much as the railroad tried it was unable to reverse its declining fortunes. The Valley was running shorter trains at this point. October 6, 1992. Duplicate Slide LV #311 EMD GP38AC Lehigh Valley 1970s ROSTER | Collectibles, Transportation, Railroadiana & Trains | eBay! Meyer Pearlman photo. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . Note station still stands. 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. 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. But, like company publications, few (more likely none) of the labor publications are indexed. Lehigh Valley Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. 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. Over 2 million railroad and train related photographs from all over the US. Included in the sale was the saw mill for which the road was named. 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! Rochester Junction Station. The Lehigh and New England Railroad was likely the least known of the great anthracite carriers of the Northeast which included names like the Reading, Lehigh Valley, and Jersey Central. Train is Westbound. I have completed indexing the entire 660 issue run of Eries and the database of employees is now over 250,000. The left hand side would be where the ballfields are today. That changed once a bridge was completed intoPhillipsburg, New Jersey. 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. It handled bridge traffic in conjunction with the Delaware & Hudson. Packer's system now held an all-rail route into the Northeast's metropolitan regions and spent the next several years eyeing western growth. An index of the early RRB records which are now in the National Archives is available from the Midwest Genealogical Center. The majority of our collection is connected to railroads or specific trains that served the Rochester area. Lehigh Valley Railroad - RAILROAD.NET Lehigh Valley Railroad Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. This GP38-2 was built by EMD for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Nov. 1972 and delivered in Cornell red as number 323. View is railroad east and Mendon station park is now where this all was. Employees of some divisions of railroads even published their own periodicals. Eastbound Lehigh Valley freight train, led by Alco FAs, east of Rochester Junction. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley RR e/b train passing through Mendon, NY on February 24, 1976. In general, I will not publish photos on this site unless they pertain to a particular modeling article (for instance as done on the LVs 52 Foot Mill Gondolas page), and even then I will limit these so as not to compete with the many excellent web sites that specialize in prototype photos. Fox River Valley Railroad: 1: GCRY: Grand Canyon Railway: 1: GEXR: Goderich & Exeter: 3: GMRC: Green Mountain RR: 3: GN: Great Northern: 12: GNW: GNW: 1: GRS: GRS: 1: GT: with some gondola cars for A&K Track Materials, which was in the process of pulling up No. The Wyoming Valley is a historic section of the Susquehanna Valley that is served by the railroad. RootsWeb is funded and supported by The Lehigh Valley had 27 EMD SW8's, the largest population of a single diesel model on the LV. 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). American-Rails.com collection. With its financial fortunes in steep decline, the LV was success in canceling all passenger services by 1961. Home Site Map Search Contact . This property was located on the south side of East 149th Street and west of River Avenue. Introduced pool service with the Nickel Plate Road In the background is a Lehigh Valley passenger train headed east towards Mendon. This approach span was removed in the early 1980s. Rochester Junction, 1960s. The direct predecessor of the Lehigh Valley was the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad incorporated onSeptember 20, 1847. In the mid-1800s many people were starting to . 19932022 Mendon Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. If you have no luck finding information about your PRR ancestor in any of these records, you may want to try contacting the following institutions, which also hold some PRR personnel-related records: Hagley Museum & Library P.O. Lehigh Valley Railroad. March 30, 1976. 1969 and July/Aug./Sept. 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. To search the Erie database, visit my Erie Railroad page. The branch to Rochester also connected here. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. 1) The Company. Conrail CR C32-8 #6610 ROSTER 1985 Original Kodachrome (#155414622999) . 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. Signal on the left is now located in the Lehigh Valley Veterans park in Manchester, Relay case to the right of the right signal (#3732) is still there. We also have an interactive railroad Map! 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. The new two-story station was a brick . My handwriting is the writing at the top [in the 1974 & 1975 schedules] next to the symbols which say Daily (exc Sat) and etc.If I had to guess, I think the other notes on the schedule pages may belong to Steve Adik [VP Transportation]. The view is railroad west. The Lehigh Valley No. This area is now Mendon Station Park. Originally founded in 1846 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna Railroad Company, it changed its name to Lehigh Valley in 1853. 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. Eastbound Black Diamond at Rochester Junction, 1940. It was reclassified Class ES-66 in 1962 and sold to Chrome Crankshaft in August 1976. Westbound Lehigh Valley freight crossing bridge over the NYC Auburn branch, and about to cross Phillips Rd, taken on 10 June 1975. 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. The Clover Street bridge was past the curve at the tree line. The SP crane that had been picking up scrap broke down so it and the cars it was towing were picked up by MR-2. More to explore : Lehigh Valley Slide, Lehigh . Click here for information on the builders, as well as info on ALCO plant inspector Edward F. Holtz, submitted by Jim Holtz. Many of us remember hearing stories about Grandpa Joe who worked for "the railroad." Required fields are marked *. (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. 2 is out of service by this time. Its fall helped bring down most other systems in Northeast, setting up a catastrophic situation as the region threatened total shutdown. Michael Hohn, MMR - Modeling the Lehigh Valley Railroad Before 1900 . The financial Panic of 1893 ended these dreams after the company fell into bankruptcy, resulting in the LV regaining its independence. 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. City directories and federal census lists are more accessible and can provide good information on occupations of individuals at specific points in history. In 1853 Asa Packer financed the railroad and changed the name to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Lehigh Valley RR train AP-2 crossing Old Dutch Road east of Mendon, NY on January 9, 1974. 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. Revenue 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). Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : LV 17: Built by Electro-Motive Corporation; 1929-1951. . Along with the Erie, a number of other railroads published magazines. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, early 1970s. Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad LV. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR train passing through Mendon, NY, mid-September 1973. This is now Mendon Station Park. Approach signals for Rochester Junction still in place. The Lehigh Valley gave its 4-8-4 type locomotives a local name, rather than the "Northern" designation. Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at the Old Dutch Road crossing east of Mendon, NY Jan/Feb 1969. Lehigh Valley Eastbound Black Diamond at Rochester Junction. Notice Mainline track 2 is now out of service, and ends at crossing signal. Lehigh Valley PA-1's, led by #603, have train #8, the eastbound "Maple Leaf," hustling through South Plainfield, New Jersey on a fall morning, circa 1952. The depression not only weakened the railroad financially but decreasing anthracite demand further hurt its bottom line. Current Bid: USD 6.99 . Date unknown. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his, If you are researching anything EMD related please visit, If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the, Abraham Lincoln (Train): Ride, Schedule, Consist, Timetable, Norfolk & Western 611: Excursions, Restoration, Background. Green Mountain & Berkshire. 251. This picture is looking south across Bull Saw Mill Road. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. . The LV has also gained quite a following by those who study the industry; it utilized an interesting variety of paint schemes while providing services ranging from rural branch lines to hotshot, time freights. Carmel, Pennsylvania, South Plainfield - Perth Amboy, New Jersey. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). Eighteen of the 28 were the famous "pups" that operated on the Hazleton branch. Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, today, 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! Also see Conrail listings. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Lvc Coal Railroad Steam Georgia United States The Unit Train RailPictures.Net Photo: LVC 126 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 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. Packer's name may not be remembered as widely as Vanderbilt, Huntington, or Gould but he was a true visionary and adept businessmen who worked hard to transform his railroad into one of the Northeast's largest. It all began when Packer created the Easton & Amboy Railroad in 1872, which acquired the former charter of thePerth Amboy & Bound Brook Railroad, authorized to develop port facilities at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. 7. In 1865, the first passenger train was operated out of Delano to Mahanoy City. White house to the left of the Caboose is now Benincasa Hospice house. Perris CA. Resources available to us in the 21st Century tend to vary in quantity and quality depending on the railroad in question. Conrail local EX-1 arriving at ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. It is widely recognized as one of the top colleges in the country and perennially ranks as one ofU.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges," usually among the top 50 nationally. Through the Waverly connection the LV now had an all-rail outlet to Buffalo. Date unknown. 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. This is now Mendon Station Park and a short stretch of panel tracks sits right about where the locomotive is. The ice house/potato warehouse at Rochester Junction, behind the MOW/Passenger car. Date unknown. prohibited. 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. Before Asa Packer died he also laid the groundwork for LV's extension beyond the New Jersey state line. It acquired other small lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey until it reached New York City in the east and . Eastbound; about to cross old Dutch road. Lehigh Valley Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. Signal 3792, which was the approach signal for Quaker interlocking, was still lit but was set at Red Over Red and stayed lit that way until Conrail disconnected the power. 251 Mendon, NY March 19, 1974. In two years, mainline track no. NYC Auburn railroad went under the bridge in the background. Business Cars and Other 300 series Cars, Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc. 1950s. The signals on Route 64 stayed up for a few more years after the tracks were torn up, then they were gone too. 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. Original LV freight house at Rochester Junction. Local RM-2 is waiting in the Rochester Junction yard. 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. If Joe was involved in some way in a major railroad accident that resulted in deaths or injuries, he may be included in an online database maintained by the Department of Transportation. 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