Nostalgia & History > Lehigh Valley whereisit

Photo taken in summer of 1970.

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JPB Wrote:
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> Photo taken in summer of 1970.

Catasaqua, PA? (Likely spelled wrong)

I am going to guess its beneath either the Minsi Trail bridge or the Fahy bridge in Bethlehem.

Is that a B&S boxcar? Nice

That's the old Chenango Street viaduct in Binghamton, unless I'm badly mistaken. The LV had a daily turn from Sayre to Binghamton via Erie and then E-L trackage rights from Owego to interchange with the D&H. The D&H also had a daily reciprocal run over to Sayre and back.

In the early 1970s, the Lehigh's train worked days, and the D&H turn worked nights. I believe the photo shows the eastbound LV turn.

Art House

With that Buffalo Creek 40' box car I am guessing Tift Street Yard, Buffalo.

jcb

http://www.bensonrailphotos.com

I am going with Art Houses guess as Binghamton. Location of where QD is today.

Sayre trun arriving Binghamton. Leaving the Erie to swing north to D&H's Bevier St. yard.

KG

You guys are good! It is indeed LV's Sayre - Binghamton turn exiting the EL for D&H at the Chenago St viaduct. Sorry for the backlit picture here...

I also added another day's run to Binghamton with an RS2 / RS3 pair leaving the LV tracks in Owego to gain access to EL's track 2

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mjbobb Wrote:
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> I am going with Art Houses guess as Binghamton.
> Location of where QD is today.


It was "QD" in those days, too Mike. I was a trainman on the D&H in 1970, and worked our Sayre job a number of times. Running over the Erie to Owego, and then the Lehigh's branch from Owego to Sayre was always a fun change from working the trains north over our own main line to Mechanicville from Binghamton.

I can't recall the symbols, but both our Sayre turn and the Lehigh's Binghamton turn connected with specific D&H trains to and from Mechanicville and the B&M connection. On some occasions, the southbound D&H train would be late, and the Lehigh's turn would just grab its caboose and run back to Sayre light.

Art House

A Lehigh Valley forum thread identifies the LV train symbols as OF-1 and FO-2

And I think the D&H trains were FO-4 & OF-3.

The sharks weren't in use on the D&H turns until 1975, correct?

mc5725 Wrote:
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> JPB Wrote:
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> > Photo taken in summer of 1970.
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> Catasaqua, PA? (Likely spelled wrong)


I'm not very good at guessing these!