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. My review of over 100 accident reports for the Milwaukee Road show that after about 1940 the reports stop naming employees involved or interviewed, so they are of limited use after that date for finding someone. 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 little system was originally chartered onApril 7, 1830 to serve mines nearBeaver Meadows, Pennsylvania for the transportation of coal to Easton. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. March 29, 1976, two days before the end of the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley had 27 EMD SW8's, the largest population of a single diesel model on the LV. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . The Lehigh Valley had stopped running 9 months earlier! Only the Lehigh Valley mainline tracks east and west of Rochester Junction were removed. As much as the railroad tried it was unable to reverse its declining fortunes. The Lehigh Valley No. The approach trestles are gone. Lehigh Valley Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. April 1977. Smoldering remains of the Lehigh Valleys Rochester Jct. American-Rails.com collection. This still stands and is now a private home. No two of the seven have the exact same paint . I have put together some listings of Wisconsin and Michigan railroad employees gleaned from 1890 city directories. Green Mountain. It was rebuilt at Silvis and sold to Kaiser Steel Co as 1028 in August 1976. So, the railroad embarked on a northerly extension to the western shore of the Hudson River at Jersey City. As with other equipment, it's up to the individual modeler to decide how much accuracy is "good enough." One good source for information can be the employee magazines that many roads published for their workers. 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. 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). 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. Author's collection. 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). A&K Track Materials crew picking up Lehigh Valley Railroad rail near Clover Street. By Railroad . 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). 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. This was the very last PLB-5 prior to the Conrail takeover. |Library of Congress Map, Click here if you are So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, was quite befitting and led directly to both its rise in prosperity and downfall into bankruptcy. May, 1978. View is railroad west, and the tracks were gone on the other side of Plains Road by this time. Box 3630 Greenville, DE 19807 (302) 658-2400 Urban Archives Paley Library Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is Mendon Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The very first ConRail local EX-1 at Ex Lehigh Valley railroad Rochester Jct. Richard Palmer offers a DVD packed full of shots, with more than 200 pictures depicting the Black Diamond Express and scenes along the line between New York and Buffalo from the 1890s to 1959. Lehigh Valley gas-electric at Rochester Jct. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. 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. 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. Photographer unknown. Packer carried the vision to see much of the Lehigh Valley system in place before he passed away onMay 17, 1879. 2008. After a brief wait, along came this eastbound led by an ABA set of F-7's. The train wasn't moving particularly fast but it was rocking noticeably from side to side. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963. Lehigh Valley Railroad local RM-2 passing through Mendon, NY on March 4, 1974. LV (wood) as PE 1973, wood, cupola, built in 1926; from Lehigh Valley, Orange Empire Railway Museum. Mid 1970s. The majority of our collection is connected to railroads or specific trains that served the Rochester area. Available from the publisher online at. Taken from the south side on the very late afternoon of a chilly 16 December 1977. Morgan's firm remained in control long after his death, during which time the LV was a well-managed, profitable operation. List of Railroad Employees With their years and location of service. Its enrollment normally hovers between 6,000 to 8,000 students annually, with a staff of more than 1,000 . Asa Packer's greats philanthropic endeavor was the establishment of Lehigh University, chartered in 1865 and named for the railroad. The images in this special gallery are copyrighted by their respective owners, and may not be reproduced without permission. Train is Westbound. Don Marshall standing at the crossover at Rochester Junction, 1967. Introduced pool service with the Nickel Plate Road This picture is looking south across Bull Saw Mill Road. The following is a partial list, along with the earliest known dates of publishing: Frisco System Magazine, December, 1902(? Canterbury CT. LV 95025. as P&W 3001, Playhouse, Yarowski Trucking. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material With its financial fortunes in steep decline, the LV was success in canceling all passenger services by 1961. Photographer and date unknown. Perris CA. 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. November 30th, 1976. 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. Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, today, the Lehigh Valley Trail. This move sent shock waves not only within financial circles but also throughout the railroad industry. 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. Meyer Pearlman photo. 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 The Lehigh Valley Railroad Bronx Terminal was located on the Harlem River as were the three other Harlem River offline terminals. LV 95132. Gates down and a Lehigh Valley Railroad train rolls eastbound through Rush, NY, 1975. It was one of the numerous bankrupts rolled into Conrail whereupon its routes were considered superfluous. These companies also had corporate magazines, although the purpose of most was to promote the current product line. Built in Lehigh Valley shops in 1888: 4-4-0 1: 262778: LV 390: 2/1916 . Resources available to us in the 21st Century tend to vary in quantity and quality depending on the railroad in question. Lehigh Valley Alco 217 with train RM-1 at Rochester Junction, Fall 1973. The ICC database can be accessed through the DOT website. That changed once a bridge was completed intoPhillipsburg, New Jersey. Lehigh Valley westbound freight west of Rochester Junction, 1975. Through the Waverly connection the LV now had an all-rail outlet to Buffalo. Removing the crossing signals at Mile Square Road in Mendon, NY on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . In the foreground there is a barn on the right. One more day, and it would be over for the Lehigh Valley. Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Reprinted with permission from The Lehigh Valley Railroad Across New Jersey, by Ralph Heiss. First cut in the Lehigh Valley RR main. Route 64 looking south. Availability of rosters, once again, varies by railroad, and the accuracy of data in advertising rosters, including name spellings, varies widely. 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. The branch to Rochester also connected here. 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 westbound train has just crossed route 15A. Carmel, Pennsylvania, South Plainfield - Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Rail removed from the road and crossing signals removed. Lehigh Valley Railroad Quaker Meeting House Road July, 1977. 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. Terry Hotel at Rochester Junction. The site requires that you be a registered user, and it's easy to register. The bridge is still in use and is part of the Lehigh Valley trail. Lehigh Valley Eastbound freight at Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. Rochester Junction, 1920s, looking west. This road, started byEzra Cornell, gave the LV access to Geneva while the line was finally extended into Buffalo during 1892. With the success of the Lehigh Valley, Packer became a multi-millionaire and donated 115 acres in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania along with $500,000 to construct an institution of higher learning in the field of engineering. Revenue It is unlikely the Lehigh Valley could have survived into the modern era. The last regular Rochester Branch passenger service to Lima was discontinued on August 9, 1937. The Valley was running shorter trains at this point. View is railroad east. 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. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at Mile Square Road in Mendon, NY, late February 1976. The EB is about to clear, and the WB is getting instructions from the dispatcher. 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. 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. Westbound freight at Rochester Junction with the Bicentennial Caboose #1776. Meyer Pearlman photo. Lehigh Valley gas electric at Rochester Junction. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 is seen here stopped at Bethlehem Union Station during the 1950s. 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. LV System Map 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. 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: The caboose is former Lehigh Valley. Presented here is a century-old collection of photographs and stories from Niagara Junction, part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad . The Lehigh Valley gave its 4-8-4 type locomotives a local name, rather than the "Northern" designation. 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. Thanks also to the Honeoye Falls Town of Mendon Historical Society for several of these. with no penalty on dispatcher orders. 19932022 Mendon Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Today its assets are held by Trustmark Corporation. Rochester Junction 1970s. The Official Site of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The Lehigh Valley Railroad occupied Pier 66 on the Hudson River. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. Lehigh Valley Railroad w/b train meeting AP-2 at Quaker Interlocking. The new two-story station was a brick . Asa Packer: (New York - Pittston/Hazleton), The John Wilkes: (New York - Pittston/Hazleton). The Rahway Valley Railroad (RV) was a short-line railroad that operated in northern New Jersey from 1897 until its closure in 1992. Lehigh Valley Railroad History. In two years, mainline track no. Revenue Date unknown. Lehigh Valley Railroad - RAILROAD.NET Lehigh Valley Railroad Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. 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. A&K Railroad materials truck removing rail from the Lehigh Valley Genesee River bridge at Wadsworth Junction, Rush NY, December 1977. The Lehigh Valley's control by the Packer family was short-lived after Asa's death. Click on nameto contact the OWNERof the photo Lehigh Valley Steam Classes A-K(After 1905) Road Nbr Photographer Date Taken Location Comments Class Wheel Builder Date 1 Inspection 3 Inspection A&K Pettibone at the Lehigh Valley Railroad West Bloomfield road grade crossing in Mendon NY. All rights View is to the west. Your email address will not be published. East-west meet at Rush interlocking, eastbound train heading for Rochester Junction waits for westbound train to clear the interlocking, two months before the end of the LV. 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. Ex Lehigh Valley tunnel under the NYS Thruway on October 9, 1999. Also, railroads began forming Veterans Associations as early as 1900. Local RM-2 is waiting in the Rochester Junction yard. Conrail #1224 (ex-Erie-Lackawanna) with train on the former Lehigh Valley Rochester branch. This is now Mendon Station Park. This facility opened late 1906 - early 1907. View is to the east. 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. The Hamlet of Mendon is a little over a mile beyond the curve. MOW Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 crossing NY Rt. In the mid-1800s many people were starting to . Retirement records are available provided Grandpa was still working after 1936 when Railroad Retirement was instituted. Facilities and People. August, 1977. 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. Town of Mendon crew working at what had been the Lehigh Valley Railroad at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing. Conveyed to the Delaware and Hudson at the startup of Conrail in 1976 she . Lehigh Valley-318 with wreck train at Rochester Jct, 08/24/74. 414 / DH 414 > Southern Railroad of New Jersey (as LV 414) 415 / DH 415 > IHRC (312) Source of information: Extra 2200 South Locomotive Newsletter (Sept./Oct. LV Rochester Local 1.5 miles east of Mendon w/#128 SW900m leading. Another shot of the demolition of the Clover Street Lehigh Valley RR overpass. Descriptions from the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) are supplemented with commonly used railfan and modeler descriptions, as appropriate. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is This is now Mendon Station Park. Delano was founded in 1861 under the dark clouds of the Civil War. Before Asa Packer died he also laid the groundwork for LV's extension beyond the New Jersey state line. Bedford IA. 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. The house behind the locomotive is now Benicasa hospice house. Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2023. Lehigh Valley #411, Eastbound, crossing route 251 in the Hamlet of Mendon, NY. 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. Lehigh Valley Railroad RM-2, having just crossed route 251, passing through Mendon, NY March 28, 1973. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : LV 17: Built by Electro-Motive Corporation; 1929-1951. Your email address will not be published. MOW 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). February 26, 1975. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. |Library of Congress Map, Click here One of the B&O's original streamliners, the Abraham Lincoln, operated during its brief ownership of the Alton Railroad in the Midwest. I have completed indexing the entire 660 issue run of Eries and the database of employees is now over 250,000. This view looks east from inside the interlocking tower, with the station behind the photographer. A&K front end loader parked at NY Rt. Date and photographer unknown. Industrial 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). Taken from the Route 251 grade crossing. By April of 1962 it, incredibly, controlled 90% of the road. In 1865, the first passenger train was operated out of Delano to Mahanoy City. The overpass bridge has been removed and a newly paved Clover street is in its place. 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. 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! So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, reserved by original owner of image. The LV used the old charter to tap more mines as it opened similar branches throughout eastern Pennsylvania. 2015. 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. Select Railroad Select Locomotive. But, like company publications, few (more likely none) of the labor publications are indexed. Just east of Phillips Rd. View is railroad east and Mendon station park is now where this all was. Conrail was operating the Rochester branch at this time. In 1998 a gentleman by the name ofAndre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. 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. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Jct. Michael Hohn, MMR - Modeling the Lehigh Valley Railroad Before 1900 . Lehigh Valley F7's, led #570, are seen here at work in South Plainfield, New Jersey, circa 1960. An index of the early RRB records which are now in the National Archives is available from the Midwest Genealogical Center. Number 568 is leading here. Rochester Junction station. Lehigh Valley eastbound heading out of Quaker Interlocking, 01/01/75. Paul J. Templeton photo. Northern 24, 220-hp gas engine; # 26 & 27 sold to Sperry Rail Detecter 125 & 131, 220-hp gas engine; sold to Sperry Rail Detecter 130, 129, LV 300 Series GP38-2 Dispositions: (D&H and CP 7300 Series, 314 / DH 7314 > GTI/D&H 220 > D&H 7308 > STLH 7308 > CP 7308, 315 / DH 7316 > GTI/D&H 221 > D&H 7304 (as of Sept. 2016, still wears the For a transcription of a published list of 2,340 members of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Veteran Employees Association in 1934, click here. Lehigh Valley Railroad at Rochester Junction, NY 11/7/1971. 1957. Did not matter as the mainline was no longer being used, just the Rochester Branch. The tracks went on top of the bridge, not through it like it is now. Its fall helped bring down most other systems in Northeast, setting up a catastrophic situation as the region threatened total shutdown. |LV Steam photos 1855-1936 Lehigh Valley Railroad in Mendon, NY March 1978. 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. Roughly a month after this photo was taken, The Lehigh Lehigh Valley Railroad would shut down forever and faded into history. American-Rails.com collection. The Lehigh Valley Railroad logo. Date and photographer unknown. Information from both types of rosters are included on the Erie Railroad page, and some others are referenced in the links below. LV #217 RS-2 switching cars, Spring 1976. Additional information/updates by: Martin Baumann and Joseph O'Mara Lehigh Valley Railroad local PLB-5 departing Rochester Jct. Learn more. The Lehigh Valley Railroad finds its earliest roots in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Tracks have been partially torn up, crossing signals have been removed at this grade crossing, which is route 251. Eastbound Lehigh Valley RR train passing through Mendon, NY, mid-September 1973. Still rule 251, Automatic Block System. Required fields are marked *. 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). LV eastbound signal 379-2 at Rochester Junction. They also don't give first names in most cases, so unless you have a unique surname or know for sure which railroad and division Grandpa worked for, it can be difficult to search. Its last hope for survival occurred when the PRR and New York Central created the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. 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 Best of luck with your search!!! Switching the Rochester Branch at Rochester Junction. The units were en route to M&K in Boise, ID for rebuild. LV 610 at Rochester Junction, 1952. A&K Track Materials gang loading rail into gondola cars at ex Lehigh Valley Rochester Jct. Shot of ex Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Junction on August 14, 1978. Construction began in 1850 around Mauch Chunk, PA. Another picture that depicts A&K pulling rail from the rail from the Lehigh Valley Genesee River bridge. Lehigh Valley RR train AP-2 crossing Old Dutch Road east of Mendon, NY on January 9, 1974. 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. Its fortunes finally turned when Asa Packer breathed new life into the operation. 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. This is now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at the Old Dutch Road crossing east of Mendon, NY Jan/Feb 1969. 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 . 395 RAILROAD SLIDE - Steam on the Lehigh Valley at Lehighton, PA Sold by runawaytrainslv69 | Ends on 2023-03-08 23:03:39 . This is between Quaker Meeting House Road and Rochester Junction. Rochester Junction is about a mile away. 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 . Following the completion of the Pattenburg Tunnel the 60-mile corridor, running via Easton/Phillipsburg, officially opened on May 28, 1875. 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). 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.
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