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Lehigh Valley Memories By David Marcham 1941-1959 NY Finger Lakes Region Soft Co
Lehigh Valley Memories photos and text by David Marcham
A tour of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New YOrk's Finger Lakes regions 1941-1959
Soft Cover
88 pages
Copyright 1998
CONTENTS
Preface9
1 A LIFELONG OBSESSION11
2 THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD13
The War Years21
3 FINGER LAKES OPERATIONS22
A Morning in Ithaca 26
To Interlaken and Return30
Along the Auburn and Ithaca Branch32
Ex-Employee Recalls 37 Years on Lehigh 35
The Black Diamond 36
Freight Trains and Yard Work 38
Line Cleared after Freight Wreck41
Extra Trains and Unusual Occurrences 42
Frank "Lehigh" Wingert 44
Mainline Operations 46
Auburn Branch 52
Cortland Branch Milk Trains54
Railway Scene of Student Pranks57
Canastota Mixed Trains 60
4 POSTWAR CHANGES64
Exit the Gas-Electrics 68
Lehigh Engineer Voices Regret as Train 302 Makes Last Trip 69
Mainline Dieselization 70
Vanishing Steam 72
"Leave It to Leo" 74
Detours, Circus and Railfan Extras 75
Reliable Service and New Traffic 76
5 END OF AN ERA78
Appendix: Finger Lakes Stations 82
Bibliography 84
Index 86
ON THE BACK COVER
RIDE THE TRAINS AND MEET THE MEN who run a picturesque segment of one mid-size Class I American railroad during two roller-coaster decades - the boom years of World War II, the shift from steam to diesel power, and ultimately the decline and abandonment of passenger service.
The author starts as a young railfan who realizes the dream of working for his hometown railroad, and goes on to a career with the Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, and Boston's famed "T," the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Complete with over 100 photos by the author, timetables, maps, lists of stations, and illustrations of souvenirs, signals, signs, markers, and telegraphy.
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