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Lehigh Valley Railroad The Wyoming and Buffalo Divisons By Mike Bednar w/DJ
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Wyoming and Buffalo Divisions by Mike Bednar
An illustrated operational historsy covering the last twenty years of the railroad and the people who worked there.
Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket Reflections from lights on some photos
144 pages
Copyright 2003
CONTENTS
A Family Album10
Chapter 1: Lehighton and Packerton Area13
Chapter 2: The Lower Gorge: Packerton Junction to Penn Haven Junction21
Chapter 3: The Mahanoy & Hazleton Branch: Felt Booter Territory31
Chapter 4: The Upper Gorge: Penn Haven Junction to White Haven45
Chapter 5: The Mountain: Fraser to Coxton53
Chapter 6: The Snake Path: Coxton to Sayre71
Chapter 7: Sayre: The Mecca of the Lehigh Valley81
Chapter 8: Sayre to Buffalo and Niagara Falls89
Chapter 9: The New York State Branches115
Chapter 10: Rogues Gallery133
Chapter 11: Epitaph141
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
This book chronicles the last 20 years or so of the Lehigh Valley Railroad between the terminals at Lehighton PA and the Buffalo and Niagara Falls gateways. It is the companion book to Lehigh Valley Railroad: the New York Division published in 1993. Both books, written from a railroader's prospective, give the reader an insight into and appreciation of what it was like to work for and operate trains over the "Route of the Black Diamond."
The author and his brothers became friends with and were "adopted" by many of the Lehigh Valley family. Through this kinship the reader will see many interesting views of railroaders at work that otherwise may not be possible.
In addition to the Bednar boys, many distinguished photographers contributed to this tribute to the employees of the "Lehigh."
One thing the author discovered in compiling this chronicle on "the upper end" was that kinships like he experienced in the Catasauqua area existed over the entire railroad. The reader will see this come forth through the photos of employees on the west end. The Lehigh Valley was truly a unique line.
This book is not the typical picture book of this fascinating line but instead is a history of the declining years and the people who tried to keep the LVRR running. It is a tribute to the employees of the Lehigh Valley and to their spirit.
Read on-enjoy the pictures-but always remember the employees who made it all possible.
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