RailPictures.Net Photo: LV 271 Lehigh Valley EMD SW8 at Allentown, Pennsylvania by Doug Lilly

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» Lehigh Valley (more..)
» EMD SW8 (more..)

» Unknown
» Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» April 02, 1977

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» Doug Lilly (more..)
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An SW8 in one of the Lehigh Valley’s later paint schemes works the west end of the yard in Allentown Pennsylvania. Today, I would never expect to see a piggyback car in a classification yard, but single-car routings mixed in general freight was commonplace in the 1970’s.

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