Lehigh Valley Survivors. Non-Locomotive
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..)
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 1000 - Diner car , located
in Marietta, GA. ![]()
-(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
6 LVRR boxcars in Manchester. 4 steel and 2 wood sided (webpage
with photos! click here)
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
Other Rolling Stock
R&N had the "Big Hook"#96550
which in the last yearsof 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)
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.
Towanda PA. Susquehanna River bridge,
LV main, in use by NS.
Athens PA. Chemung River bridge,
LV main, in use by NS.
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
2 LV Tugboats still
exist!
The Cornell and The
Capmoore
Cornell
The LVRR Tug "Cornell" still exists.
She spent her LV career on the New York City waterfront.
Today she lives and works in Boston,
and belongs to Boston Towing & Transportation.
She is still named "Cornell".
current picture!
take a ride on the Cornell!
http://www.mightytugcornell.org/
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://64.78.30.219/forums/viewtopic.php?t=670
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:
August 14, 2005