One of the "off the shelf" paint schemes, offered by EMC to new customers back when #112 was delivered to the LV in 1939, still in its original as delivered paint in October 1950. Ansco color/col... (more)

Delivered earlier in that year, LV 560 gets a hand wash at the Oak Island engine terminal. I was chased out of there after these shots on account of high anxiety at the start of the Korean War. ... (more)

Another perspective with a PA-1 in my viewfinder at Oak Island on that day back in 1950. Ansco color/color corrected

I wandered into the Lehigh Valley engine terminal at Oak Island and managed to snap off a few shots before I was chased off due to the heightened security concerns coinciding with the start of the... (more)

Rounding out my series of wreck cleanup shots is likely LV #23, a "no name" train, westbound for Lehighton, Pa., passing the cleanup at restricted speed. Thanks to Railfan & Railroad for help ID'... (more)

Since nobody seemed to be bothered by me shooting pictues, I went in a little closer and got this. Maybe you will be able to recognize a long lost relative who worked for the LV at the time.

In this picture, you see a set of bogies being lifted by a derrick. Its a study in RR employee hierarchy of the day...the workers in the foreground, and the bosses, who appear to be standing in t... (more)

Continuing my series of shots from a LV wreck cleanup, in this view I have crossed the tracks and we watch as a crane has a load of ties out of the gondola ready to drop. The man in the foregroun... (more)

In those days the RRs cleaned up their own messes. A LV work train with 2 cranes is dispatched to clear a path.

In this view, another steam engine, LV 3189 joins the 5218 in work train detail clearing up a freight derailment on the LV main at Union. I was a 17 year old high school kid with my Bolsey camera... (more)

This is my first box of Kodachrome, I stumbled upon this LV freight derailment wreck site where a gang was working to clear the mess. Steam only had one more year on the LV; by this time it was r... (more)

The view out of the station window shows two pristine Lehigh Valley F-units. Other than location this shot could be historically accurate for the 1960's!

It might as well be the 1960's as a Lehigh Valley extra visits southern NJ with little giving away the actual date. Actually these ex-CNW F7's are on display at the Tuckahoe station on the Cape Ma... (more)