Availability of rosters, once again, varies by railroad, and the accuracy of data in advertising rosters, including name spellings, varies widely. These were used to determine work assignments based on the seniority held in each position on the various divisions of each railroad. Lehigh Valley Wreck on Phillips Road bridge over the old NYC Auburn line. Packer became a successful operator and builder of canal boats for the LC&N, a strange twist for an individual who later earned his wealth in the railroad industry. 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. This move sent shock waves not only within financial circles but also throughout the railroad industry. A related industry that is also ripe for research is the locomotive builders. Wrecks, Also see: Eastbound Lehigh Valley freight train, led by Alco FAs, east of Rochester Junction. RootsWeb is funded and supported by The Lehigh Valley Railroad's original and primary route between Easton and Allentown was built in 1855. Lehigh Valley Railroad local RM-2 passing through Mendon, NY heading east back to Manchester. 251 in Mendon, NY on October 25, 1973. Note the open phone cabinet extreme left. In the foreground there is a barn on the right. Lehigh Valley VRR train BNW-3, with 3 Alco C420 Yellowjackets heading west on May 21, 1974. Lehigh Valley RM1 at Rochester Junction, Winter 1974. Lehigh Valley Railroad in Mendon, NY March 1978. LV - Lehigh Valley Includes listings for Geneva Ithaca & Savre RR. For a transcription of a published list of 2,340 members of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Veteran Employees Association in 1934, click here. A climate activist threw pink paint on a woolly mammoth exhibit in the Royal Museum of British Columbia to protest the government's inaction on climate change. Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Alas, the LV was superfluous by the 1970s and coupled with its heavy debt likely would have been liquidated if not for its inclusion into Conrail. this was taken 2 years after the Lehigh Valley shut down, 1978. |LV History Rumor going around at the time related that A&K let a loaded gon get away and it rolled towards Rush, finally stopping. Building behind the train was an ice house. The LVRR Along with the Erie, a number of other railroads published magazines. Motorcars Employees of some divisions of railroads even published their own periodicals. station, 9/3/1947. All tracks still in place but ConRail was only using the crossover at the junction to take cars to/from Honeoye falls and lima. American-Rails.com collection. Date unknown. View is to the East. The EB is about to clear, and the WB is getting instructions from the dispatcher. 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. The Great Depression hit the company particularly hard and it struggled to make ends meet after World II, postings its last profits during the 1950s. Date and photographer unknown. Additional information/updates by: Martin Baumann and Joseph O'Mara Steamtown's Historian/Archivist estimates that they will have a listing of around 30,000 employees when finished, with each listing based on personnel folders or other documents in the collection. B.A.R.E. Bridge still stands and is part of the Lehigh Valley trail. It was projected to run in direct competition against the successful LC&N (under the guidance of Josiah White), which operated mines nearSummit Hill, Pennsylvania. Gates down and a Lehigh Valley Railroad train rolls eastbound through Rush, NY, 1975. |LV by Jame Mack Carmel, Pennsylvania, South Plainfield - Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Lehigh Valley Eastbound Black Diamond at Rochester Junction. Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2023. Information from both types of rosters are included on the Erie Railroad page, and some others are referenced in the links below. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. View is to the west. Wrecks, Also see: August, 1977. on November 20, 1973. The Lehigh Valley Railroad finds its earliest roots in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. MOW Spring/summer, 1970. The name "Wyoming" was selected. Remains of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. The entire history of Delano and the Lehigh Valley is along with some very rare photographs. Number 568 is leading here. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Lvc Coal Railroad Steam Georgia United States The Unit Train RailPictures.Net Photo: LVC 126 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Introduced high speed intermodal/TOFC (trailer-on-flatcar) trains with names like. 2 track. Could The LV Have Survived To The Modern Day? This GP38-2 was built by EMD for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Nov. 1972 and delivered in Cornell red as number 323. LV Station looking west at Rochester Junction. The Hamlet of Mendon is a little over a mile beyond the curve. DieselSteamElectric View is railroad east. Just east of Phillips Rd. The tracks went on top of the bridge, not through it like it is now. Crossing signals removed, tracks being torn up. He may have been an engineer on crack passenger trains such as the Hiawatha or 400, may have manned a busy interlocking tower, or generated waybills in the yard office. Author's collection. Packer carried the vision to see much of the Lehigh Valley system in place before he passed away onMay 17, 1879. The westbound train has just crossed route 15A. Two of the earliest successful ventures were the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company of 1822 and the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company of 1823 (later the Delaware & Hudson Railway). With its financial fortunes in steep decline, the LV was success in canceling all passenger services by 1961. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley RR e/b train passing through Mendon, NY on February 24, 1976. Lehigh Valley Railroad at Rochester Junction, NY 11/7/1971. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962. View is railroad West. April 6, 1976. This is now Mendon Station Park and a short stretch of panel tracks sits right about where the locomotive is. Rochester Junction, 1920s, looking west. It created the quasi-public Consolidated Rail Corporation, better known as Conrail, which published "The Railway Employees Journal." Roster Lehigh Valley Transactions PHI Transactions. Conrail local EX-1 arriving at ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. This is now the end of the Lehigh Valley Trail on the Rochester branch in Henrietta. 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. Shot of ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Junction on August 14, 1978. Learn more. Grafton & Upton. 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. Station burned to the ground April 22 1973. 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. This agreement certainly helped and aided in the road's growth although Packer sought his own, direct routing into Buffalo. Its fortunes finally turned when Asa Packer breathed new life into the operation. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : LV 17: Built by Electro-Motive Corporation; 1929-1951. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 is seen here stopped at Bethlehem Union Station during the 1950s. Even for Asa Packer, the accomplishment of the Lehigh Valley Railroad must have been remarkable to him, given the fact that not even forty-years prior, people were still skeptical about the efficacy of railroads. Reprinted with permission from The Lehigh Valley Railroad Across New Jersey, by Ralph Heiss. Finally, in 1899 it opened direct rail service to the Hudson River and later built a major waterfront terminal which sat on the northern side of CNJ's Jersey City Terminal. You never know what might turn up next year! Reprinted with permission from The Lehigh Valley Railroad Across New Jersey, by Ralph Heiss. 1982) and Lehigh Valley by Robert J. Yanosey . Lehigh Valley Railroad RM-2, having just crossed route 251, passing through Mendon, NY March 28, 1973. That changed once a bridge was completed intoPhillipsburg, New Jersey. Facilities and People. 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. Despite only measuring 15.28 miles in length, which included freight sidings, the RV was a vibrant and prosperous railroad. Two types of rosters have survived: official rosters (railroad-generated), and advertising rosters (privately-published, based on railroad-generated data). Allied with the CNJ in some territories to reduce More are always being added. 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. LV #217 RS-2 switching cars, Spring 1976. The Locomotive has just crossed over a small bridge the Boy Scouts refurbished some years back. Westbound Lehigh Valley freight crossing Plains Road at Rochester Junction, early 1970s. The Rahway Valley Railroad (RV) was a short-line railroad that operated in northern New Jersey from 1897 until its closure in 1992. Roughly a month after this photo was taken, The Lehigh Lehigh Valley Railroad would shut down forever and faded into history. The Clover Street bridge is just around the curves ahead and the Crossover tracks are the Rochester Branch which went from the Yards at Mount Hope ave to Lima. Only the Lehigh Valley mainline tracks east and west of Rochester Junction were removed. 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). 1875-1927, includes views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mendon station park is to the left now. Notice the man on the second telegraph pole. The Lehigh Valley can trace its heritage back to northeastern Pennsylvania and the great Anthracite coal rush that began with the Lehigh Coal Mine Company in 1792 and expanded during the War of 1812. Rochester Junction, 1960s. The Clover Street bridge was past the curve at the tree line. The Lehigh Valley's control by the Packer family was short-lived after Asa's death. Lehigh Valley Eastbound freight crossing 3 track bridge over Honeoye creek, west of Rochester Junction, 1973. Search Photographers. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | Train Rides in Jim Thorpe, PA Visit RBMNRR-passenger.com to see train trips originating from our other locations. Rochester Junction is about a mile away. Train was headed back to Manchester from Rochester Junction. It was the center for Lehigh Valley rebuilding and maintenance operations. station after the fire on Easter Sunday (4-22-1973). Later this month, the RailRiders begin a home schedule that currently features 16 giveaways, 12 fireworks nights, six custom jerseys, four Copa de la Diversin games and much more! Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . Lehigh Valley Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. | Today its assets are held by Trustmark Corporation. 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. Photos for personal use only. Town of Mendon work crew removing the rails and ties on the Lehigh Valley mainline at Old Dutch Road grade crossing in October, 1977. Packer renamed the property as the New York & Pennsylvania, extending service to the state line at Waverly, New York in 1869 where it interchanged with the New York & Erie (Erie). Unfortunately, after 1900 the company also had an on-again-off-again battle to maintain profitability. I happened to have been given copies of the Erie Railroad magazine by a fan, and from two dozen copies of this monthly periodical I was able to extract the names of just under 1,000 Erie employees who retired between the years of 1947 and 1960! Grand Trunk Western. Its plan was similar to the LV's but its promoters' hopes never made it beyond a bit of grading work. 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). Meyer Pearlman photo. The layout is . This is now Mendon Station Park. Lehigh Valley westbound freight crossing the 3 track bridge over Honeoye Creek, west of Rochester Junction, winter 1975. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). All rights Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. LV by John W. Campbell 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. References to photos of the prototypes are provided wherever possible either to photos on the web, or those published in books or magazines. stuck in someone else's frame, Lehigh Another shot of A&K Track Materials crew picking up rail near Clover Street in Mendon NY after the bridge had been removed. This is now Mendon Station Park. The approach trestles are gone. Norfolk and Western 611 is one of the railroad's beautiful 4-8-4 J's. The RV served multitudes of shippers, including: stone quarries, pharmaceutical companies, coal dealers, plastics manufacturers, and many more. I have indexed the ICC data for the Milwaukee Road by surname on my Milwaukee Road page, while the Chicago & North Western data can be found on my C&NW page. Rich Taylor photo. So, the railroad embarked on a northerly extension to the western shore of the Hudson River at Jersey City. Date and photographer unknown. The signals on Route 64 stayed up for a few more years after the tracks were torn up, then they were gone too. . 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. Perth Amboy remained an important terminus for the Lehigh Valley throughout the years although its southerly location placed it a bit too far south of New York. This is now Mendon Station Park. This guide highlights organizations in Michigan hosting train rides during the fall season. J. W. Park photo. Today, only . Summer, 1976. 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. 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. 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. MOOSIC, PA (March 2, 2023) - Opening Day at PNC Field is 29 days away and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are thrilled to unveil their 2023 promotional and giveaway schedule. Lehigh Valley Black Diamond, Eastbound at Rochester Junction, Early 1950s. Lehigh Valley Steam Roster Click hereif you are stuck in someone else's frame Photo Contributions Welcome Click on a Engine Number to view it. It is now painted in COP RR colors and . Another shot of A&K Track Materials picking up rail just east of Rochester Jct. Lehigh Valley gas electric at Rochester Junction. 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). Lehigh Valley GP9 #300; October, 1968. November 30th, 1976. 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). And by 1879, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's capital was $53 million dollars and carried 4.36 million tons of coal per year. Retirement records are available provided Grandpa was still working after 1936 when Railroad Retirement was instituted. 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. 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. LV Baldwin leading westbound at Clover St (looking west). 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. The depression not only weakened the railroad financially but decreasing anthracite demand further hurt its bottom line. Eastbound Black Diamond at Rochester Junction, 1940. Never had confirmation of that story, however. Michael Hohn, MMR - Modeling the Lehigh Valley Railroad Before 1900 . If you are curious about the type and history of the Lehigh Valley engines that appear in this gallery, we recommend a visit to Scot Lawrences incomparable Lehigh Valley Railroad All Time Locomotive Roster (1853 1976). This usually means that I am not too fussy, especially if I need a lot of a particular type of car! A separate organization of Railroad Veterans Associations formed sometime in the 1920s, and eventually published its own magazine, "The Railroad Employee," covering several Northeastern railroads including the Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, and Jersey Central veterans' associations. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. In 1865, the first passenger train was operated out of Delano to Mahanoy City. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD 1966 Enroute to Manchester, we first encountered the Lehigh Valley at Victor, NY. 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. The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is home to the largest collection of historic trains and operating vintage diesel locomotives in New York State! The LV used the old charter to tap more mines as it opened similar branches throughout eastern Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Junction station, April, 1969. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. Would guess early 1950s. 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! Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at Mile Square Road in Mendon, NY, late February 1976. Speaking of the Lackawanna, the National Park Service's Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA is in the process of building an extensive database of DL&W employees, based on its archival collection of over 400 boxes of DL&W, Erie and EL papers. March 30, 1976. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. Granite Rock. The foundation for the crossing signal on the right can still be seen in the ground, with the bolts bent over along Route 251. Posted on March 2, 2023 by Baron Bodissey. 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. 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. For many years it had relied upon interchange connections but as rail competition to the Port of New Yorkintensifiedit realized it needed its own route. The Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company was authorized by the State of Pennsylvania on April 21, 1846, and incorporated on September 20, 1847. 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. 251 crossing in Mendon, NY on January 31, 1974. was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. Map of the Abandoned Rails of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2, crossing route 251 in the hamlet of Mendon NY on March 4, 1974. The station had burned to the ground a year before. Lehigh Valley eastbound Apollo crossing 3 track bridge over Honeoye Creek, just west of Rochester Junction, 1974. Author's collection. So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, Conrail using the Rochester branch at this time. Construction began in 1850 around Mauch Chunk, PA. This is now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. The demolition of the Clover Street Lehigh Valley RR overpass. Aside from family stories, how does one go about finding information on Joe's career through company archives or other materials? Meyer Pearlman photo. 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! Baltimore & Ohio's fleet of 4-8-2's (Class T) were used in heavy passenger service and occasionally on freight assignments. Presented here is a century-old collection of photographs and stories from Niagara Junction, part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad . Current Bid: USD 6.99 . Morgan's firm remained in control long after his death, during which time the LV was a well-managed, profitable operation. Unlike the DL&W, however, the LV was not burdened by extensive commuter operations. reserved by original owner of image. In two years, mainline track no. 19932022 Mendon Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley Railroad eastbound train at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing east of Mendon, NY. ); 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. American-Rails.com collection. Late afternoon, February 23, 1973. 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. Lehigh Valley Railroad: 1938 Employee Rosters . The house behind the locomotive is now Benicasa hospice house. Lehigh Valley 311-406-310 in Victor 2/17/1972. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. You can check them by clicking here. Eighteen of the 28 were the famous "pups" that operated on the Hazleton branch. Conrail #1224 (ex-Erie-Lackawanna) with train on the former Lehigh Valley Rochester branch. |LV Steam photos 1855-1936 for the first time on Tuesday, April 6, 1976, 6 days after the Lehigh Valley shut down for good. Now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. This view looks east from inside the interlocking tower, with the station behind the photographer. June 21, 1977. The local came into RJ as BPL-6. Green Mountain. Although Mikado no. . Date unknown. Taken from the Clover Street overpass on June 24, 1974. The branch to Rochester also connected here. The Junction itself was still being accessed by Conrail via the Rochester branch for deliveries to Honeoye Falls and Lima until the early 1980s, when everything else was ripped up. The ice house/potato warehouse at Rochester Junction, behind the MOW/Passenger car. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. Canterbury CT. LV 95025. as P&W 3001, Playhouse, Yarowski Trucking. The Lehigh Valley had 27 EMD SW8's, the largest population of a single diesel model on the LV. Road has been repaved and rails removed on the road, signals still in place, MT 2 removed years earlier. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963. The Official Site of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Lehigh Valley IronPigs. 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. prohibited. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, early 1970s. 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). Last eastbound freight heading into Rochester Junction, Late March 1976. The Lehigh Valley gave its 4-8-4 type locomotives a local name, rather than the "Northern" designation. The majority of our collection is connected to railroads or specific trains that served the Rochester area. 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** Lehigh Valley Railroad Illustrated Photo Roster North East Rails Lehigh Valley Diesel Roster . Willis and Ethyl Miller purchased the property at 287 Bull (Bulls) Saw Mill Road from John and Rebecca Bull. 2015. Within many railroads, employees organized interest groups that dealt with the issues surrounding particular crafts or jobs. 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 |John Wilkes All written content, photos, and videos copyright American-Rails.com (unless otherwise noted). 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. They were equipped. A&K Salvage crew picking up ties in Mendon, NY on the Lehigh Valley right of way, summer 1979. Cars were going to concerns in Honeoye Falls and Lima. Lehigh Valley passenger train coming off the Rochester Branch from Hemlock and arriving at Rochester Jct., sometime in the 1930s. The Valley was running shorter trains at this point. The sun was low in a hazy sky, so Paul Templeton lined it up with the empty signal. station, 24 April 1973. Lehigh Valley RS3 #215 and RS2 #213 lead an eastbound freight over the Erie Lackawanna as the train crosses the Chenango River at Binghamton, New York in February, 1971.
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