published "The Railway Employees Journal." 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. Location not listed. Wrecks, Also see:
Approach signals for Rochester Junction still in place. It handled bridge traffic in conjunction with the Delaware & Hudson. Please note not all items are on public display. Black Diamond at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, Honeoye Falls NY. 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. 1950 built S-12 #243 idles at the west end of Coxton Yard, Duryea, PA It appears the cab-end truck on Lehigh Valley C420 #411 has picked a switch point, thereby dragging the two adjacent locomotives off the rails as well. This is now the end of the Lehigh Valley Trail on the Rochester branch in Henrietta. These were used to determine work assignments based on the seniority held in each position on the various divisions of each railroad. The name "Wyoming" was selected. Lehigh Valley Eastbound freight crossing 3 track bridge over Honeoye creek, west of Rochester Junction, 1973. Initially, the southern terminus of Easton meant coal would once more require a transfer to barges and either travel down the Delaware River to Philadelphia or cross the waterway for shipment east towards New York. Lehigh Valley Railroad local RM-2 passing through Mendon, NY heading east back to Manchester. stuck in someone else's frame, Lehigh
LV #217 RS-2 switching cars, Spring 1976. Just type in a town or city and click on the timeline of maps at the bottom of the page! Still rule 251, Automatic Block System. Lehigh Valley RR westbound train about to clear the NY Rt. Mile Square Road grade crossing. Your email address will not be published. Allied with the CNJ in some territories to reduce Station can be seen just behind the tender. A&K Railroad materials truck removing rail from the Lehigh Valley Genesee River bridge at Wadsworth Junction, Rush NY, December 1977. (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. 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. 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. Lehigh Valley Black Diamond, Eastbound at Rochester Junction, Early 1950s. 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). Train originated at the former E-L Exchange St. yard. Introduced pool service with the Nickel Plate Road LV - Lehigh Valley Includes listings for Geneva Ithaca & Savre RR. Lehigh Valley RM-2 crossing Honeoye Creek on the Papa Trestle, just outside of Honeoye Falls, March 26, 1975. 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. The ice house/potato warehouse at Rochester Junction, behind the MOW/Passenger car. The free event is a celebration of the . Late afternoon, February 23, 1973. Note the open phone cabinet extreme left. 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. Required fields are marked *. 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 Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company was authorized by the State of Pennsylvania on April 21, 1846, and incorporated on September 20, 1847. Lehigh Valley trains meet at Rush, NY. However, had this occurred more of the LV may have remained in service than what was utilized under Conrail. 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. No two of the seven have the exact same paint . The Valley was running shorter trains at this point. In addition, Railfan.net has scanned many issues of Erie Magazine (as well as Lackawanna (DL&W) Magazine and Erie Lackawanna Magazine) in PDF format, and they can be viewed by clicking here. This facility would undergo a major site reconstruction in 1926. These can be great sources of insite into the day-to-day lives of railroad workers and their families, and may contain detailed stories on retiring employees. Lehigh Valley RR westbound train about to cross NY Rt. |John Wilkes
I stumbled upon some a few years ago for eight Milwaukee Road employees when a railfan friend passed along to me some documents he had acquired. Rochester Junction, 1960s. View is railroad West. 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. LV 95132. 1875-1927, includes views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. With its financial fortunes in steep decline, the LV was success in canceling all passenger services by 1961. 2. Tearing up the tracks at Quaker interlocking, December 1976. 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). View is railroad West. To do this it began a branch from its main line at South Plainfield, which extended northeasterly to Jersey City. Now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. 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. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was another of the many Northeastern carriers built to move anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is
Author's collection. It acquired other small lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey until it reached New York City in the east and . Lehigh Valley Railroad RM-2, having just crossed route 251, passing through Mendon, NY March 28, 1973. Another picture that depicts A&K pulling rail from the rail from the Lehigh Valley Genesee River bridge. The ICC database can be accessed through the DOT website. Dunn Oil Co. at the end of Mill Road, Mendon, February 5, 1952. One good source for information can be the employee magazines that many roads published for their workers. 1969 and July/Aug./Sept. Our hope is that these photographs will give you an appreciation for what key locations along our trail looked like, decades ago. Rochester Jct. Register : Home > Lehigh Valley > Locomotives : Lehigh Valley Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: LV : Click on a locomotive to view pictures: Roster Options: . Lehigh Valley Railroad AP-2 with N&W pool power, Old Dutch Road, Mendon, NY, May 17, 1972. The Lehigh Valley had been gone for two years at this point. 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. 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. 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 Canterbury CT. LV 95025. as P&W 3001, Playhouse, Yarowski Trucking. It was the center for Lehigh Valley rebuilding and maintenance operations. Date unknown. 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). on November 20, 1973. began operations on April 1, 1976. The direct predecessor of the Lehigh Valley was the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad incorporated onSeptember 20, 1847. 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). This photo was taken from the Route 65 (Clover Street) bridge, which was about a mile east of Rochester Junction. Lehigh Valley RR local RM-2 at the Old Dutch Road crossing east of Mendon, NY Jan/Feb 1969. The sun was low in a hazy sky, so Paul Templeton lined it up with the empty signal. The name was changed on January 7, 1853. > Rollingstock : Lehigh Valley Rolling Stock Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: LV : Click on a item to view pictures: Roster Links: AAR Type Home; Rolling Stock Home; LV Main Roster; LV Grouped By . Available from the publisher online at Arcadia Publishing or by calling 888-313-2665. Lehigh Valley railroad wreck at Rush, NY. This usually means that I am not too fussy, especially if I need a lot of a particular type of car! . Today its assets are held by Trustmark Corporation. The Auburn Branch Sayre, PA to North Fair Haven NY, PA | CR, LV, NY&OM Batavia to Leroy, NY NY | LV Buffalo to Victor, NY NY | LV The Cayuga Lake Railroad Auburn to Lake Ridge, NY NY | CLRR, CR, LV The Cortland Branch East Ithaca to Camden, NY NY | LV Ithaca to . All rights
American-Rails.com collection. Seniority Roster of Section and Extra Gang Foreman & Assistant Foreman. Another shot of A&K Track Materials picking up rail just east of Rochester Jct. Lehigh Valley westbound freight west of Rochester Junction, 1975. Notice Mainline track 2 is now out of service, and ends at crossing signal. 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: Train is Lehigh Valley RM2 and is tied down in a small yard that was just off the Rochester Branch. Lehigh Valley GP38-2's #319, #316, and #314 at work in the summer of 1973. Town of Mendon crew working at what had been the Lehigh Valley Railroad at the Old Dutch Road grade crossing. Lehigh Valley Railroad Alco C420 "Yellow Jackets" westbound at Rochester Junction in 1967. View is railroad east and Mendon station park is now where this all was. This property was located on the south side of East 149th Street and west of River Avenue. The station had burned to the ground a year before. 1) The Company. This is now Mendon Station Park. Lehigh Valley VRR train BNW-3, with 3 Alco C420 Yellowjackets heading west on May 21, 1974. 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. 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 Last eastbound freight heading into Rochester Junction, Late March 1976. View is Eastbound and Rochester Junction is about a mile or so behind the photographer's back. Lehigh Valley gas electric at Rochester Junction. . Lehigh Valley train ME 1 at Rochester Junction, March 11, 1976. A cold February 8, 1973. Lehigh Valley FA-2 #594 was photographed here at Niagara Falls, New York on August 22, 1964. This guide highlights organizations in Michigan hosting train rides during the fall season. 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. Kits that dont even have real prototypes are listed on a separate page, titled LV Fantasy Models!, Your email address will not be published. The majority of our collection is connected to railroads or specific trains that served the Rochester area. Bridge was torn down in 1986. Employees of some divisions of railroads even published their own periodicals. By Railroad . 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. Faced with the realization of either a nationalized takeover or a reorganization the government was forced to step in. First cut in the Lehigh Valley RR main. Rochester Junction Station. 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. You never know what might turn up next year! Realizing it needed to cut expenses and increase efficiency when, where, and however possible the railroad quickly dieselized its motive power fleet with models ranging from almost every manufacturer. Rochester Junction is about a mile past the signals. 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). 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. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company that was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Another shot of A&K Track Materials crew picking up rail near Clover Street in Mendon NY after the bridge had been removed. Police escorted the young lady out of the building after her action. Train was headed back to Manchester from Rochester Junction. This is now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. 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. Could The LV Have Survived To The Modern Day? Industrial
Aside from family stories, how does one go about finding information on Joe's career through company archives or other materials? Road has been repaved and rails removed on the road, signals still in place, MT 2 removed years earlier. May 21, 1978. I have completed indexing the entire 660 issue run of Eries and the database of employees is now over 250,000. A&K Salvage crew picking up ties in Mendon, NY on the Lehigh Valley right of way, summer 1979. Paul Templeton photo, Lehigh Valley RR e/b train passing through Mendon, NY on February 24, 1976. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : LV 17: Built by Electro-Motive Corporation; 1929-1951. This article is converted from Wikipedia: Lehigh and Hudson River Railway. 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. Now part of the Lehigh Valley Trail. View is to the east. May, 1978. Lehigh Valley railroad looking East at Rochester Junction, 1973. The entire Northeast would not have been in such a dire situation by the 1970s had deregulation been implemented years earlier. Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound at the Route 64 grade crossing in Mendon, NY. Lehigh Valley Railroad Extra 412 East crossing the Genesee River bridge near Industry, NY. Would guess early 1950s. Train has just crossed Route 251 and is Eastbound. City directories and federal census lists are more accessible and can provide good information on occupations of individuals at specific points in history. This GP38-2 was built by EMD for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Nov. 1972 and delivered in Cornell red as number 323. Eastbound Black Diamond at Rochester Junction, 1940. |LV Steam photos 1855-1936
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. 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. The EB is about to clear, and the WB is getting instructions from the dispatcher. LVRR eastbound train about to cross Route 64 at Mendon, NY, March 24, 1974. Lehigh Valley Railroad Quaker Meeting House Road July, 1977. . Mainline tracks still in place up to the road. Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Collection Number: 3362 Abstract: Financial records, reports, schedules, blueprints, and other records of railway lines in central and western New York State. 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! For a transcription of a published list of 2,340 members of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Veteran Employees Association in 1934, click here. Today, only . 1950s. Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2023. station after the fire on Easter Sunday (4-22-1973). View is railroad west, and the tracks were gone on the other side of Plains Road by this time. 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). This is now Mendon Station Park. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Full Promotional Video: Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway The demolition of the Clover Street Lehigh Valley RR overpass. In 1865, the first passenger train was operated out of Delano to Mahanoy City. Home Site Map Search Contact
The R.O.W. The tracks went on top of the bridge, not through it like it is now. Best of luck with your search!!! This is now Mendon Station Park. Keywords 2014 - 2023 Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc. . Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, today, the Lehigh Valley Trail. Route 64 looking south. Its fall helped bring down most other systems in Northeast, setting up a catastrophic situation as the region threatened total shutdown. 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. Pigs at Lehigh Valley Rochester Junction, 1966. I have put together some listings of Wisconsin and Michigan railroad employees gleaned from 1890 city directories. Another shot of the demolition of the Clover Street Lehigh Valley RR overpass. Facilities and People. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. 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. on November 20, 1973. 395 RAILROAD SLIDE - Steam on the Lehigh Valley at Lehighton, PA Sold by runawaytrainslv69 | Ends on 2023-03-08 23:03:39 .