Very near to the state line is the small town of Windsor, NY. October 29,
1978.DELAWARE AND HUDSON
This page will cover from Binghamton south to Wilkes-Barre, PA and down to Allentown, PA.
The original D & H went only as far as Wilkes-Barre. However with the beginning of Conrail on April 1, 1976, it was extended to Harrisburg, Newark, NJ and later via trackage rights over CSX to Baltimore. This page will cover as far as Allentown. Prior to the Conrail merger, the D & H and the Lehigh Valley operated through trains known as NE-87 and NE-84. These trains ran from Potomac Yard in Alexandria, VA to Portland, Me. Using a combination of B & O, Reading, Lehigh Valley, D & H and Boston & Maine, these trains were the competition to the Penn Central.
The original D & H main south to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre began at Ninevah Junction, NY. Following the Guilford take over, they purchased the former Lackawanna main from Binghamton to Scranton and the original mainline was abandoned. This page will have several photos on the original main.
Very near to the state line is the small town of Windsor, NY. October 29,
1978.
U23B 2304 leads this northward freight stopped at the north end of the siding
near Lanesboro, PA.
2304 rolls into the passing siding at Lanesboro, passing under the famous
Starucca viaduct.
Back in July, 1975, a Penn Central GP-35 leads a southbound train under the
viaduct.
Shoving hard on the rear of this train are four Norfolk and Western GE units and
this D & H RS-11.
Views of the train near Thompson, PA
The Thompson, PA station. 1976.
Forest City, PA
Uniondale, PA. All of the track in the above photos has been removed.
The D & H set up a new terminal in the former Lackawanna yard at Taylor,
just below Scranton.
State of the Art transportation, D & H style. July 1983.
Taylor yard in the early 1980's.
In 1998, the CP has ownership of the D & H and a mixed bag of units gets
ready for a northbound trip to Binghamton.
In August 1976, a former Lehigh Valley C-420 sits in Hudson yard, Wilkes-Barre,
PA
A few views of some Alco RS-32 units in Hudson yard.
Some units sitting in Hudson yard.
An RS-3u, 502 and an N & W U30C lead trains into Hudson yard in 1982.
A wreck train was stationed at Hudson in the event of a derailment. 1973.
The D & H once used this small roundhouse in downtown Wilkes-Barre, photo
1973 just after abandonment.
The former Jersey Central track was used to climb out of the Wyoming Valley and
head south to Allentown. At the top of the grade is narrow gap in the
mountain known as Soloman's Gap. Here are three northbound trains about to
descend the hill into Wilkes-Barre. The snow day pictures date from 1977,
while the 7411 is from 1982.
In 1977, the D& H was very busy running the former Lehigh Valley Apollo
trains between Newark, NJ and Buffalo. Some run through Union Pacific
SD-40's lead a westbound Apollo through Mountaintop, PA. This is former
CNJ track and the site of a yard at the top of the Ashley Planes.
Rolling through the the plateau on Penobscot Mountain. The tress are still
bare even on this mid-May date.
Roaring at full throttle climbing the grade to the top of Penobscot Mountain and
about to enter the White Haven tunnel.
After passing through the rather inaccessible Lehigh Gorge, the first town
reached is Jim Thorpe, formerly known as Mauch Chunk. In the center photo,
note the abandoned CNJ yard on the right. The train is on the LV. 1975.
Around the other side of the mountain from Jim Thorpe 7411 passes the remains of
the Lehigh canal just west of Packerton. This train is BS-1 and is running
from Bethlehem to Buffalo, NY. The format of this page is from west to
east, so we will be back-tracking the train in our photo sequence.
712 leads a southbound in the same area, but from a trackside level. Photo
courtesy of Gary Madden. 1973.
At Packerton Jct., the railroad crosses the river to the west side. 754
leads a train enroute to Allentown in the rain in 1975.
7411 comes off the former CNJ at Lehighton and passes through the now removed LV
Lehighton yard in 1982.
On a very cold January 23, 1977, two Union Pacific SD-40's pass Lehighton Tower
on the former Lehigh Valley main with the D & H Apollo train. Conrail
later abandoned the LV east from here to Allentown and the tower was
demolished. The track to the left is the CNJ ramp track built to connect
the CNJ and the LV in 1965 as part of a track consolidation in order to reduce
costs.
At one of my favorite locations, 7411 passes through Weissport, PA on the former
CNJ side.
Our train passes through the New Jersey Zinc plant at Hazards, PA. Note
the signal bridge and tower that controlled this once very busy point. All
former Jersey Central and Chestnut Ridge Railway trackage.
Over on the former LV side, the UP units roll west at 60 mph through the Lehigh
Gap. The abandoned Lehigh and New England right of way is on the side of
the mountain above. 1977.
On a beautiful day in 1975, C-628 613 leads a southbound NE-87 through the
Lehigh Gap on the old CNJ side. The old L &NE bridge once crossed over
the gap. The remains of the bridge piers can be seen on the left.
754 passes southward through the small town of Treichlers, PA.
613 passes the Siegrfried station in Catasaqua, PA. Today this station has
been restored.
U33C 758 leads a train into Allentown, PA yard passing R tower in 1974.
Here is 7411 departing the west end of the newly re-configured Allentown yard in
1982.
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