If anyone has a photo of anything on this site and would like to have it included, please send it in!
with date, location and photographer.
(with full credit to the photographer of course..)
also, if you know of something not yet on this list that should be on it, please let me know..
I do not claim this list to be complete! ;)  (but would like it to be as complete as possible..)

sscotsman@yahoo.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Passenger and Freight Stations.

Flemington Jct. NJ depot
Flemington, NJ depot
Pittstown, NJ depot
Clinton, NJ depot -  " I believe this is one of the structures in the Fox Lumber yard in Clinton, there is a building there almost identical
                                   to the structures in Flemington, Flemington Junction, and Pittston." - Dave Pearson
 
 

Bethlehem, PA - Company offices, and Bethlehem freight house which is used by NS BnB department
Sayre PA, Passenger station. - tracks in use by NS.
Sayre PA, Freight Station,  (a few relics of shop buildings still exist in the Sayre yard..not much though.)
Bethlehem, PA depot
Fullelrton, PA depot (check this one)
Easton, PA depot
Lehigh Gap depot, PA (check this one)
Bear Creek, PA depot (moved)
Weatherly, PA depot. in use as Weatherly town offices.
Bloomsbury, PA  depot which is a fertilizer dealer and gets rail service.
Depot at Three bridges mp48 on the Lehigh Line which is a private residence.

P&L Jct depot- at Genesee Country Museum, Mumford NY.
Rochester depot- in place as a restaurant. (Dinosaur BBQ! mmmm!) (no tracks)
Honeoye Falls depot- in place as a residence
Hemlock
Geneva depot- in place and secured and frt hse. (no tracks)
Gorham,Rush,Naples (?)
McConnellsville depot- moved and is available for relocation
Cazenovia depot - and frt.hse in place
DeRuyter frt hse ,
New Woodstock depot- in place as a museum
Cortland depot - in place as restaurant  also frt hse
Cuyler depot- in place as museum
Truxton depot - in place as town office
Aurora,Locke,Owasco Lake,Union Springs,East Ithaca,Groton,
Ithaca - in place as restaurant
East Ithaca station, moved about a mile from its original location.
Berkshire,Flemingville,Newark Valley,Owego,Horseheads,Breesport
Williamsville depot- in place under restoration last surviving complete depot from the Geneva & Buffalo
Buffalo depot - at Dingens & Ogden sts
Niagara Falls- frt hse
P&L Jct speeder shed- still at P&L junction.
Owego, NY depot
Cortland, NY depot

Other surviving stations in New York State, from all railroads.
http://ny.existingstations.com/
 
 
 

Roundhouses and other shop buildings.

Manchester NY, Roundhouse. vacant/abandoned. days may be numbered. (webpage about roundhouse, click here)
Auburn NY, Roundhouse.
White Haven, PA Roundhouse  -  "engine house, being converted to the town library.
                                                     There is a bridge 1/4 mile of there that still sports LV markings." - Dave Pearson

Cortland, NY Roundhouse

South Plainfield, NJ -Yard Office,
Packerton Jct. car shop.
East Mauch Chunk frieght house.
Weatherly, PA shops
Various buildings and tracks at the Coxton Yards, near Pittston, PA., now owned by the Reading and Northern.
Hazleton PA - yard office and single stall engine house.
Two buildings located at old Richards Yard (very private property) both are lettered Lehigh Valley
 
 

Cabooses

LVRR Surviving Cabooses, sorted by number

LVRR Surviving Cabooses, sorted by location
 
 
 
 

Passenger cars - 7 known surviving passenger cars!

LV 353    business car (observation) at Steamtown   -(2003)

LV 1551  "Black Diamond" used as business office by NYSW, Cooperstown NY -(2003)

LV 1552  "White Diamond" at PA Railroad Museum, Strasburg PA. -(2003)
                   1551 & 1552 were the Solarium observation cars of the 1939 edition of the Black Diamond.

LV 1553 - "Harriet"
LV 1554 - "Emerald"  both were John Wilkes pullman heavweight coaches, both stored in Winslow Jct, NJ, owned by the ARHS? -(2003)
 (info link)

"Queen Anne" currently for sale as the "City of Peru" by Ozark Mountain Rail Car, Forsyth MO-(2005)
              The "Queen Anne" was one of the observation cars for the 1925 Black Diamond.
               STILL for sale in August 2005!
               lots of photos here.

RDC
Both of the LV's RDC's still survive!

40 - is preserved at the Strasburg Railroad. 
 
 

41 - isnt doing so well, she is languishing in Canada.
       ex-CP RDC-5 9306; ex-CP RDC-2 9116; nee LV 41
      "IRSI 6143. 41 was sold to CP and numbered 9116. CP rebuilt it to RDC1 specs(classed RDC2m/RDC5),
       renumbered it 9306. Sold to VIA Rail Canada, who overhaulled it in 1980 and renumbered it 6143.
      In 2000 VIA Rail sold it to Industrial Rail Services Inc. in Moncton, NB. IRSI will be using the car for rebuild fodder."
      link
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Freight cars

Boxcar - Crane Iron site, Catasauqua, PA (still in LVRR paint)

2 bay hopper, Temple, PA

The "map" boxcar, South Plainfield, NJ

Wood LV boxcar, Coplay PA (details here)

Wood-sheathed box car 75073 is preserved at the RR Museum of Pennsylvania.

"The RCTHS has a complete LV 65' gondola parked at Temple Pa. with their collection. It is former LV # 34317. It is complete right to the trucks with LV 34317 cast into them". -Robert Hoegg.

Pemberton Historical Trust - 2 Bay Hopper (came out of John Roebling Sons works in Roebling, NJ).

BR&W has at least one 50' LV Plug Door box car still in LV Colors - Ringoes, NJ

A red and a green green box car in the Bethlehem engine terminal, and sitting in a gondola is a LV tank car (still lettered) no frame with the car.

LV boxcar 66523, still in full LV lettering! Hamburg, NY 

The Manchester boxcars:
6 LVRR boxcars were in Manchester, NY for many years. 4 steel and 2 wood sided cars.  (webpage with photos! click here)
some were used for storage by a grain facility.
Update on the Manchester boxcars:
One of the steel cars was scrapped in 2007, and one of the wood cars was moved to nearby Victor.
(the wood car is currently (October 2009) sitting on the old NYC remnant in Victor)
The second wood car in Manchester was scrapped in September, 2008.
This leaves three steel LV boxcars in Manchester, and no wood cars, as of October 2009.
Click here: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=89 for more info.
 
 

Other Rolling Stock

R&N had the "Big Hook" #96550 which in the last years of the LV was based in Lehighton, behind the warehouse.
Now it is on R&N, but not owned by R&N. rolled over onto the operators side.But as far as I know IS NOT SCRAPED. (Pick) (2003)

Update..OCtober 2009..Sadly the "Big Hook" LV 96550 has been scrapped, at RMDI around 2004.
more info:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=57282
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=46934&p=687030

Bridges

Leroy NY -LV main-Buttermilk Falls bridge- concrete arch was just recycled to carry gravel trucks..
Honeoye creek bridge, - LV main- just West of Rochester Junction..used as rail trail bridge. no track.
Mainline bridge over Genesee River, south of Rochester. no track, now part of a railtrail.
Towanda PA. Susquehanna River bridge,  LV main,  in use by Lehigh Railway..
Athens PA. Chemung River bridge, LV main,  in use by Lehigh Railway..
Sayre PA.  (South Waverly, north end of yard). Shepards creek bridge, LV main,  in use by NS.
Sayre PA. Shepards creek bridge, Auburn Division,  just east of the old shops, no tracks, in use as automobile bridge.
("Shepards Creek" seems to be a Valley-only name..im from Waverly so thats the name I use! ;)
on maps it usually named "Cayuta Creek")
Newark, NJ - Brige over Freugenhysen Ave in Newark still has LV markings on it.
Westfield, N.J. The LV main line bridge over Westfield Ave.still carries a small painted on LV diamond on both sides of the bridge. -very visible.

(LOTS of bridges are surviving! probably hundreds. maybe not worth listing..however I will add bridges if anyone sends them in!)
 

Map of existing LV track, in use or not in use, and what railroad if in use..
 
 

Barge
Lehigh Valley barge #79 still exists, as a waterfront museum in Brooklyn.

"Not sure if anyone already mentioned it but there is a former Lehigh Valleybarge that is undergoing restoration. Originally LV #79, the wooden hulled, wood deck house barge is owned by a private individual who is in the process of restoring it. Last I heard the 88-year old barge is in dry dock in Waterford, NY along the Hudson River. This is the last survivor of its type."
John Komanesky

It has its own webpage!
http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/drydock.htm

in 2002 the barge was towed up the Hudson to Warwick, NY to undergo drydock repairs.
 
 
 
 

Tug Boats

4 LV Tugboats still exist!
of the 6 post-war LV tugs.
 
 
 

Bethlehem
The LVRR Tug "Bethelem" still exists.
She is in South Carolina, and operates with Moran as the "Christopher B. Turecamo",
out of Charleston.

1953 - built  by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
            Hull no. 346
            O/N 0266784
later became "Shannon Smith" for New Orleans' Crescent Towing & Salvage Co.
and is currently the "Christopher B. Turecamo" operating for Moran at Charleston, SC.
 
 
 

Capmoore
The Capmoore is currently out of service in Charlestown, Mass. (August 2005)
Her future is uncertain, and she could possibly be scrapped.
see this thread for more info:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=670
 
 
 
 
 

Cornell
The LVRR Tug "Cornell" still exists. She spent her LV career on the New York City waterfront.
Today she is back home in New York City, after almost 60 years as a working tug.
She is still named "Cornell" today.

current pictures!
(before repainting into LV scheme)

(current paintscheme)

1949 - The Cornell was built at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY
            O/N 0259949
1950 - went into service with the LV in New York harbor.
1971 - Sold to Ross Towing of Boston, and spent the next 30 years working around Boston.
         - Owned by Boston Towing & Transportation.
2003 - Sold to Tibbets Towing and moved south to Maryland.
2007 - Sold to Lehigh Maritime, and moved again, this time back to her original home, the Hudson river and New York City.
           during 2007 she was restored and repainted in her original LV Cornell Red paintscheme!

http://tugboatcornell.com/
 
 
 
 

Wilkes Barre
The LVRR Tug "Wilkes Barre" still exists. (maybe)

1949 - The Wilkes Barre was built at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY
           O/N 0258938

The Wilkes Barre was last known as the "Julia C. Moran" and is believed to now be in Mexico.
While trying to find out more info on the Wilkes Barre, I discovered there was a much earlier tug also
named the "Julia C. Moran", built in 1906!

There seems to be some confusion over the tugboat name "Julia C. Moran"
because some on-line tugboat sources indicate the Julia was built new for Moran in 1951 (by Jakobson)
So was the LV's Wilkes Barre actually a THIRD Julia C. Moran?

First, there was the 1906 Julia C. Moran, also mentioned in a 1916 New York times article available on-line.
That first Julia is not in question.
The question concerns the second, and possibly third Julia.
Was there only one 1950's Julia? or Two?
Was the first Julia built new for Moran, and the second Julia was the Wilkes Barre?
or were they one and the same? (which would mean the Julia was not built new for Moran, but was built for the LV)
or was the LV Wilkes Barre never actually a Julia C. Moran at all? and that info is simply wrong??
it is all uncertain at this point.
 
 
 
 

Thats four of the six LV "post-war" tugs surviving, the other two:

Hazleton

The Hazleton was sunk on November 6, 2004, off the coast of New Jersey to become part of an artificial reef.

1950 - The Hazleton was built at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY for the LVRR.
ship number 259281.

The Hazleton's last operating name was the "Captian Bill" of the company McAllister Tug,
she was renamed the "Veronica M" just before she was sunk, and retains that name in her new "life" as a sunken artificial reef.
click here for photos of the Hazleton being sunk.
and here for some photos of the Hazleton as a reef.
 
 
 

Lehigh

The Lehigh was later the Swan Point 
and was last known as the JB Eskridge.

October 19, 2002 - The Lehigh (as the JB Eskridge) was sunk in the Atlantic ocean off of Virginia Beach 
                                to become part of an artificial reef. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Doodlebugs!
SEVEN Lehigh Valley Doodlebugs still survive in 2003!
they are owned by Sperry Rail, and are track inspection cars.
LV 14 - now Sperry 123
LV 15 - now Sperry 128
LV 20 - now Sperry 124
LV 26 - now Sperry 125
LV 27 - now Sperry 131
LV 28 - now Sperry 130
LV 29 - now Sperry 129

Here is the Sperry roster: http://www.railfanusa.com/rosters/srs.html
And here are some recent photos of the LV cars: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/sperry.html
 
 
 
 

Scot Lawrence
Started February 2003..

Last update to this page:
November 1, 2009
 

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