LV Diesel Roster | LH&R Roster Signal 3731 is now at the Lehigh Valley Veterans Memorial Park in Manchester NY as a tribute to Engineer Jack W Parmele. Search Photographers. It was one of the numerous bankrupts rolled into Conrail whereupon its routes were considered superfluous. List of Railroad Employees With their years and location of service. Mile Square Road grade crossing. One idea involved merging the LV, Reading, CNJ, and Erie Lackawanna into a secondary giant as a Conrail competitor while another theory proposed having the profitable N&W and Chessie System (C&O, B&O, and Western Maryland) acquire segments of the Reading (B&O) and EL (N&W) to reach New York with government subsidies/loans as an incentive. Lehigh Valley (10) Linde (12) LLPX Leasing (3) LMSX Leasing (2) Locomotive Leasing Companies (43) Locomotive Sill Stripes - Full Length (2) Locomotive Sill Stripes - Short (4) . The entire Northeast would not have been in such a dire situation by the 1970s had deregulation been implemented years earlier. LVRR Cabooses - sorted by Location. Approach signals for Rochester Junction still in place. Mendon Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The very first ConRail local EX-1 at Ex Lehigh Valley railroad Rochester Jct. An index of the early RRB records which are now in the National Archives is available from the Midwest Genealogical Center. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is Feb 23, 2019. Kits that dont even have real prototypes are listed on a separate page, titled LV Fantasy Models!, Your email address will not be published. Built in Lehigh Valley shops in 1888: 4-4-0 1: 262778: LV 390: 2/1916 . The much more prosperous Philadelphia & Reading (Reading), the richest anthracite carrier alongside the Lackawanna, leased the Lehigh Valley during the early 1890s in an attempt to dominate the anthracite market. LVRR wreck near Rochester Junction, June 1895. 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. 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. Town of Mendon crew working at what had been the Lehigh Valley Railroad at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing. Date unknown. Westbound freight at Rochester Junction with the Bicentennial Caboose #1776. Box 3630 Greenville, DE 19807 (302) 658-2400 Urban Archives Paley Library Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 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. It was the center for Lehigh Valley rebuilding and maintenance operations. Available from the publisher online at Arcadia Publishing or by calling 888-313-2665. Originally chartered in 1846 to be a transporter of anthracite coal from the vast coal fields of Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley Railroad grew into a major carrier of both freight and passengers between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York. It completed the transition in 1951. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01 . The signals on Route 64 stayed up for a few more years after the tracks were torn up, then they were gone too. 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 Railroad Apollo-1 passing through Rochester Jct. Lehigh Valley railroad looking East at Rochester Junction, 1973. Photographer and date unknown. Rochester Jct. on November 20, 1973. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley Railroad eastbound train at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing east of Mendon, NY. Lehigh Valley westbound freight passing the canopies at Rochester Junction, looking east. Its last hope for survival occurred when the PRR and New York Central created the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. The entire history of Delano and the Lehigh Valley is along with some very rare photographs. This still stands and is now a private home. November 30th, 1976. Lehigh Valley gas electric at Rochester Junction. The house behind the locomotive is now Benicasa hospice house. Unfortunately, the DLS&S was having difficulty raising capital, in part due to the efforts of the LC&N. Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound looking to Mendon NY. 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. Trailer Train MTTX Flatcar #91225 ROSTER 1980 Original Kodachrome. costs. December 28th, 1972. Lehigh Valley westbound freight at Rochester Junction, early 1970s. This guide highlights organizations in Michigan hosting train rides during the fall season. Crossing signals removed, tracks being torn up. 3 track bridge over Honeoye Creek, just west of the Lehigh Valleys Rochester Junction. It is believed that the box car was loaded with company material from Tifft Terminal. 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! LV Station looking west at Rochester Junction. Unfortunately, after 1900 the company also had an on-again-off-again battle to maintain profitability. Asa Packer: (New York - Pittston/Hazleton), The John Wilkes: (New York - Pittston/Hazleton). Notice Mainline track 2 is now out of service, and ends at crossing signal. The Clover Street bridge was past the curve at the tree line. Current Bid: USD 6.99 . ** Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA. Uncatalogued material in Manuscript Group 274. Historical Society, Inc. Our organization consists of almost 1,000 authors, historians, railroad employees, photographers, model railroaders, and just plain rail fans who share our interest in the railroads that served the anthracite coal mining region of eastern Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Railroad Rochester Junction station, April, 1969. It is believed that they made a set out at the Junction. Rochester Junction, 1920s, looking west. The company began operations in 1901, as an urban trolley and interurban rail transport company. 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. MOW Local RM-2 is waiting in the Rochester Junction yard. 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. 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. Only the Lehigh Valley mainline tracks east and west of Rochester Junction were removed. A&K Railroad materials truck removing rail from the Lehigh Valley Genesee River bridge at Wadsworth Junction, Rush NY, December 1977. This is now Mendon Station Park. Baltimore & Ohio's fleet of 4-8-2's (Class T) were used in heavy passenger service and occasionally on freight assignments. Roster. Links are provided to articles on modeling specific freight cars which can be found in the Modeling Freight Cars pages. 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 LVRR Within many railroads, employees organized interest groups that dealt with the issues surrounding particular crafts or jobs. VERY hard to find history! Date unknown. Here is a photo that depicts A&K pulling rail from the trestle that led up to the bridge that went over the Erie Railroad, Genesee River, and Pennsylvania Railroad on the Lehigh Valley mainline. Meyer Pearlman photo. Summer, 1976. . Last eastbound freight heading into Rochester Junction, Late March 1976. In the background is a Lehigh Valley passenger train headed east towards Mendon. Ex Lehigh Valley tunnel under the NYS Thruway on October 9, 1999. In a little over a month, these tracks would never see another train again. 1) The Company. Introduced pool service with the Nickel Plate Road 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. Photos for personal use only. Carmel, Pennsylvania, South Plainfield - Perth Amboy, New Jersey. This facility opened late 1906 - early 1907. The LV tried to diversify its traffic base after World War II but the road was built to handle coal and even had trouble competing against the Lackawanna, a well-managed system with a very competitive route of its own. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company that was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Conrail #1224 (ex-Erie-Lackawanna) with train on the former Lehigh Valley Rochester branch. Unfortunately, the solvent roads were wary of potentially dragging their own companies into bankruptcy while the government was unwilling to fund two giant systems believing the region was already saturated with too much trackage. Double head signal #3731 was the approach signal for Quaker interlocking. NAME: POSITION: . 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. 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. Hopefully more local archives and historical societies will follow the leadership shown by ELH&TS and Springfield and digitize collections of magazines from other roads! ); 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. This is part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Headed for Rochester on the Rochester branch. Late afternoon, February 23, 1973. Lehigh Valley Slide, Lehigh Valley Railroad Photograph, CNW Slide, Pocket Slide Rule Collectible . Location not listed. Rush-Mendon Road in Mendon, looking east. A Box car and Flat car now sit at this location. Additional information/updates by: Martin Baumann and Joseph O'Mara The demolition of the Clover Street Lehigh Valley RR overpass. on May 21, 1978. All rights LV 610 at Rochester Junction, 1952. 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. Tracks were gone summer of 1977, this picture was taken in Feb, 1978. Great Northern. 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. Note station still stands. Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. A final comment: it is very possible depending on the railroad or the era you are researching that records simply no longer exist, or if they do they are buried in a dusty archive somewhere. Facilities and People. Switching the Rochester Branch at Rochester Junction. Taken two months before the end of the LV. In 1853 Asa Packer financed the railroad and changed the name to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. You can see the 3 track bridge over Honeoye Creek, which still stands, in the background. Now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Spring/summer, 1970. Lehigh Valley RR bridge over NYC Auburn branch near Phillips Rd. Lehigh Valley Railroad local PLB-5 departing Rochester Jct. Asa Packer's greats philanthropic endeavor was the establishment of Lehigh University, chartered in 1865 and named for the railroad. The Lehigh Valley had stopped running 9 months earlier! Lehigh Valley Railroad was originally named Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad incorporated in 1846 to build a line from Easton to Mauch Chunk to break a monopoly in coal transport held by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is Seniority Roster of Crossing Watchman. Fairbanks-Morse, ALCO, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, EMD and General Electric (and predecessors) all produced locomotives, some exclusively diesel while others started with steam and moved into the diesel era. Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963. A&K front end loader parked at NY Rt. Lehigh Valley VRR train BNW-3, with 3 Alco C420 Yellowjackets heading west on May 21, 1974. Lehigh Valley Railroad train NE-1 westbound passing the Rochester Junction station in June of 1972. Roster Lehigh Valley Transactions PHI Transactions. This is now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Eastbound Black Diamond Passing the Lehigh Valley Tower at Rochester Junction, Spring 1950. Lehigh Valley Black Diamond, Eastbound at Rochester Junction, Early 1950s. Today, there are tens of thousands of miles scattered throughout the country. Unfortunately, that's a tough question to answer. 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 Dunn Oil Co. at the end of Mill Road, Mendon, February 5, 1952. Its fall helped bring down most other systems in Northeast, setting up a catastrophic situation as the region threatened total shutdown. Click on a railroad to view a roster: Roster Options: . Delano was founded in 1861 under the dark clouds of the Civil War. | That said, each year I see more records and sources posted online as archivists seek to digitize their holdings. The line later expanded past Allentown to Lehigh Valley Terminal in Buffalo and past Easton to New York City, bringing the Lehigh Valley Railroad to these metropolitan areas. Heading to Honeoye Falls and Lima on the Rochester Branch. This article briefly highlights where you can take a train in Indiana to view the fall colors each autumn. A related industry that is also ripe for research is the locomotive builders. When it was formally opened on May 20, 1896, the new state-of-the-art station replaced a sparse wooden station near the same site. Road has been repaved and rails removed on the road, signals still in place, MT 2 removed years earlier. This GP38-2 was built by EMD for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Nov. 1972 and delivered in Cornell red as number 323. Required fields are marked *. Green Mountain & Berkshire. The images in this special gallery are copyrighted by their respective owners, and may not be reproduced without permission. So, its motto, Route Of The Black Diamond, Lehigh Valley railroad wreck at Rush, NY. published "The Railway Employees Journal." began operations on April 1, 1976. LV Baldwin leading westbound at Clover St (looking west). 251 in Mendon, NY on October 25, 1973. Railroads in development during this period were quick acquire former canal rights-of-way when available as their accompanying towpaths offered a superb, "water-level" gradient that carried few curves. Conveyed to the Delaware and Hudson at the startup of Conrail in 1976 she . 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. The Hamlet of Mendon is behind the train about 3/4ths of a mile. 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. 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. LV #217 RS-2 switching cars, Spring 1976. 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. 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. 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. 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. station after the fire on Easter Sunday (4-22-1973). This photo was taken from the Route 65 (Clover Street) bridge, which was about a mile east of Rochester Junction. This area is now Mendon Station Park. Duplicate Slide LV #311 EMD GP38AC Lehigh Valley 1970s ROSTER | Collectibles, Transportation, Railroadiana & Trains | eBay! GitHub export from English Wikipedia. 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: If you are researching anything EMD related please visit this page first. Select Railroad Select Locomotive. Eastbound Lehigh Valley freight train, led by Alco FAs, east of Rochester Junction. What was once a sputtering idea now wasted no time constructing a 45.7-mile line from Mauch Chunk to Easton; according to Mike Schafer's book, "More Classic American Railroads," the route officially opened for service on September 12, 1855. Morgan's firm remained in control long after his death, during which time the LV was a well-managed, profitable operation. 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). 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. Bridge still stands and is part of the Lehigh Valley trail. 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! Presented here is a century-old collection of photographs and stories from Niagara Junction, part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad . Two types of rosters have survived: official rosters (railroad-generated), and advertising rosters (privately-published, based on railroad-generated data). Aside from family stories, how does one go about finding information on Joe's career through company archives or other materials? Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. 5212 was a class T2b 4-8-4 "Wyoming" type locomotive built by ALCO in 1943 for both passenger and freight service. Hazleton Branch, October 1, 1938 . 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. First cut in the Lehigh Valley RR main. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Using his financial success, and with the help of investors, he acquired the DLS&S charter and renamed it as the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1853. Lehigh Valley Railroad AP-2 with N&W pool power, Old Dutch Road, Mendon, NY, May 17, 1972. Local Freight Schedules, probably 1975 (331K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher, Regular Assigned Yard Jobs, 10-28-75(116K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher, Locomotive Assignment Roster, 10-21-75(1199K PDF file*) Source: Glenn Fisher. Note the open phone cabinet extreme left. Photo taken at Mendon NY, Route 251 grade crossing during the summer of 1977, roughly 4 months after the Lehigh Valley had shut down. Resources available to us in the 21st Century tend to vary in quantity and quality depending on the railroad in question. The branch to Rochester also connected here. A&K Pettibone at the Lehigh Valley Railroad West Bloomfield road grade crossing in Mendon NY. 1982) and Lehigh Valley by Robert J. Yanosey . It is unlikely the Lehigh Valley could have survived into the modern era. Another shot of A&K Track Materials crew picking up rail near Clover Street in Mendon NY after the bridge had been removed. Jersey City - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York, Mountain Top - Avoca - Pittston Junction, Pennsylvania, Sayre, Pennsylvania - Fair Haven, New York, Penn Haven Junction - Hazleton - Mt. Lehigh Valley Railroad local MR-1 crossing Mile Square Road east of Mendon, NY on April 12, 1973. 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). The tracks went on top of the bridge, not through it like it is now. By the turn of the 20th century the LVs system was largely complete boasting a network of more than 1,350 route miles while its main line stretched 448 miles from Jersey City to Buffalo. 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. Lehigh Valley Railroad local RM-2 with a caboose hop at Mendon, NY June, 1972. Lehigh Valley Railroad All-Time Locomotive Roster. This is now Mendon Station Park. American-Rails.com collection. A cold February 8, 1973. And by 1879, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's capital was $53 million dollars and carried 4.36 million tons of coal per year. 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. Motorcars However, each declined due to the LV's light traffic, enormous debt, and declining physical condition. 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. Your email address will not be published. Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, early 1970s. As with other equipment, it's up to the individual modeler to decide how much accuracy is "good enough." April 1977. Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound at the Route 64 grade crossing in Mendon, NY. Click here for information on the builders, as well as info on ALCO plant inspector Edward F. Holtz, submitted by Jim Holtz. As Penn Central literally fell apart from its first day of service it came as no surprise that just two years later, in 1970, it declared bankruptcy. The NY&E provided an east-west routing across its home state and was once the longest railroad in the country when opened in 1851. Rush-Mendon Road in Mendon, looking west. Author's collection. Revenue View is east. This bridge still stands. time on what were essentially local feeder lines to the Erie mainline; they were built to the 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)
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