LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY
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Snapshot History: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company * Incorporated - Under Pennsylvania law - April 21, 1846, as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuykill & Susquehanna Railroad. Renamed January 7, 1853 to L.V.R.C. * Affiliates - July 1864, the Beaver Meadows R.R.-absorbed; August 1864, the Penn Haven & White Haven - acquired; May/ June 1868, The Hazelton R.R. and the Lehigh & Lucerne R.R.- acquired; 1871, Morris Canal & Banking Company - Leased; January 1917, The company controlled, being the majority stockholder, the Lehigh Valley R.R. of New Jersey; the Easton & Northern R.R.; the Schuykill & Lehigh Valley R.R.; The Delaware, Schuykill & Susquehanna R.R,; The Pennsylvnia & New York Canal & R.R.; the Loyalsock R.R.; The Montrose R.R.; The Lehigh Valley Railway (of New York); The Lehigh & New York R.R. and (controls byu long term lease) the State line & Sullivan R.R., and the Hayt's Corner, Ovid & Williard Railroad. In addition, the company held interests in several coal companys including the Lehigh Valley Coal Company of 1875. * Total Length of various segments as of June 39, 1916 - 1,443.81 miles; as of December 31, 1930 - 1,361.70 miles; The company's double-tracked main line extends from Jersey City and Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, via Phillips, N.J. and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. * Control: As of August of 1931 the Pennsylvania R.R. directly owned 31% of the company stock and indirectly owned 21% of the stock actually belonging to the Wabash Railway, who the Pennsylvania R.R. controlled. December 31,1949: Lehigh Valley Railway Co. of New Jersey, the Lehigh Valley Rail Road,and several snaller wholey owned subsidiaries were merged into the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. In September of 1951 the company was completely dieselized. As of 1960 the company reported owning 223 diesel locomotives. The company reported as of January of 1961 owning 1,127 miles of main line in New York and Pennsylvania. In addition, they also operated over 946 miles of spurs, sidings and yard tracks. June 24, 1970. Because of the Penn-Central bankrupsty an imbalance of financies occured and the company immediately stopped receiving money from the P.C. but at the same time continued paying on depts to them. Thus, three days after the Penn-Central went into bankruptsy, the Lehigh Valley followed suit.
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LEHIGH VALLEY STEAM POWER
LV 4-6-0 Camelback #1623
Image, Lehigh Valley Camelback 4-6-0 #1623 Order No. LV1623I Lehigh Valley 4-6-0 Camelback locomotive #1623 is captured in this view at an unknown location. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------LV 4-6-2 #2099
Image, Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 loco #2099, A Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 steam locomotive #2099 is seen at speed along the double track right-of-way. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------LV 4-6-2 #2147
Image, Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 loco #2147, 1935 Photographer: John Siebert East Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1935: Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 steam locomotive #2147 is seen at the coal loader. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------LV 4-8-4 #5126
Image, Lehigh Valley 4-8-4 loco #5126, 1934 Order No. LV5126I Lehigh Valley Northern locomotive #5126 poses in this 1934 photograph. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------LEHIGH VALLEY DIESEL POWER
LV EMD GP's #304 & #302
Order No. LV304X2I Photographer: Wilmer Hendricks Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1975: Two Company GP's work the main line. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------LV EMD GP's #312 & #314 +
Image, Two Lehigh Valley EMD GP's #312 & 314, & 1975 Copyrighted, for reference only! Several Lehigh Valley GP's are seen in the company's yard waiting to go into service. --------------------LV EMD Alco RS #400
Image, Lehigh Valley ALCO RS series #400, 1976 Order No. LV400I Photographer: Robert J. Yanosey Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June, 1976: A lone Alco RS diesel locomotive graces the Lehigh Valley yards. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------
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