On a bleak spring day fifty years ago, a Lehigh Valley switch crew and their SW8 "pup" work Richards Yard at Easton, PA, as a westbound freight behind a pair of Century 628s (led by the appropriat... (more)

A trio of Lehigh Valley Century 420s await their next job at Oak Island Yard in Newark, NJ. The generally grubby appearance of these Alcos was unfortunately typical at the time... their original g... (more)

Lehigh Valley RS-2 works the Chapin Manufacturing siding at Batavia, NY. According to their website, Chapin is a manufacturer of lawn and garden products since 1903. They must be a good rail cus... (more)

LV 522 was built as a F3(a), but later upgraded to F7(a) standards. Here it leads an eastbound through Bound Brook with three of LV's 400-series RS11s still painted in their original Cornell Red ... (more)

3 Snowbird C628s lead a westbound into Allentown yard. I don't have the date for this slide, but the color of the trees says early Fall, C628 625 was painted Cornell Red before the Fall of 1973, ... (more)

My father made a trip to Sayre on April 18, 1959 and took many pictures from the footbridge over the engine terminal. It was clear that in 1959 it was a novelty for the crews to see someone takin... (more)

One of our favorite spots when chasing JSA-1/NE-1 to Allentown was the Mechlin Corner Road overpass in Jutland, NJ., which was easily accessible from Route 78. Here is NE-1 with 3 C420s in the Su... (more)

This one took a little detective work since I didn't have my father's slide handy. This picture was taken from a bridge that no longer exists of a railroad that no longer exists (including the tr... (more)

The Black Diamond passes into history. A number of my father's photos of the last days of LV passenger service appeared in Lehigh Valley 3 In Color, but here is one that they didn't use. PA-1s 6... (more)

The Lehigh Valley's transition back to Cornell Red is readily apparent as SJ-4 makes a set-out at South Plainfield Yard. Lead locomotive, RS11 7642, has fairly recently been repainted in Tuscan R... (more)

LV GP18 #304 leads leased BAR GP7 #65 and GP38AC #310 on an eastbound about to make a set-out at South Plainfield Yard. 304 is only a few months removed from a rebuild at ICG's Paducah shops wher... (more)

This pictures appears to be from the same day as my previous post. This is a westbound, probably JB-3 or JSA-1. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

I don't have any information on this picture other than it is of an LV eastbound at Bound Brook in the Winter. I'm guessing my father took this in the early 1960s. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

LV SW8 #276 brings a local into Bound Brook for some work in early spring 1972. Built in 1952, #276 survives today as Reading and Northern 801. Not sure if I was with my father on this day, but ... (more)

An overview of Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Engine Terminal reveals a variety of power in various states of readiness. As an SW1 leaves the turntable and heads out to work, two RS-11’s are on one of ... (more)