Right behind ME-2 came AP-2, led by U23Bs 503-512-502, past NE-1 at the Bufflehead Road crossing in Bridgewater, NJ on March 6, 1976. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Continuing the events of March 6, 1976, NE-1's progress soon stopped at the end of double track at the Bufflehead Road crossing in Bridgewater, NJ for a meet with Mercury-2 and Apollo-2. Here, GP... (more)

LV NE-1 has completed its work at South Plainfield and is back on the move, rolling through the Prospect Avenue crossing in New Market, NJ on March 6, 1976. This is my father's picture. R.T. ... (more)

Our next move was to South Plainfield Yard. After making their set-out, LV C628s 639-640 make a pick-up, passing the new LV Yard Office as they head back to the mainline on March 6, 1976. You mi... (more)

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 back their set-out up the yard lead / Perth Amboy Branch to South Plainfield Yard. This is my father's picture. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 have dropped their train, NE-1, on the east side of South Plainfield and pull past the Metuchen Road crossing to make a set-out and pick-up at South Plainfield Y... (more)

My father and I moved to the Park Avenue overpass on the east side of South Plainfield for the arrival of NE-1 on March 6, 1976. We were rewarded with C628s 639-640, the first time we saw C628s... (more)

Here is the switcher lineup at South Plainfield yard on March 6, 1976. NW2 181, SW900 122, and two other switchers await their next assignment. In the background is the new yard office, a pre-fab... (more)

Continuing our day on March 6, 1976, this is my father's picture of an unusual piece of equipment we found at South Plainfield that morning. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Saturday, March 6, 1976 dawned overcast, but with only a month left before Conrail, my father and I would not be deterred for spending the entire day on the Lehigh Valley. We were rewarded with t... (more)

Far From Home Without Your Glasses. Former Chicago & North Western Railroad, No. 4073C was painted as Lehigh Valley 576 (sister unit C&NW 4087C/NJT 420/LV 578) on behalf of the United Railr... (more)

Forty-Five Years Ago On this day in 1976, the Erie-Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Reading, Penn-Reading Seashore Lines, Buffalo Creek, Niagara Junction, ... (more)

The Lehigh Valley repainted caboose 95085 into a Bicentennial scheme and renumbered it 1776. On January 9, 1976, the Winter sun glints off caboose 1776 as it brings up the rear of NE-1 at the loc... (more)

During a visit to Lehighton, Pennsylvania, we found three light Lehigh Valley GP38-2’s idling on one of the main tracks. LV 323 was built in November, 1972, and after a long career on the Delawa... (more)

The Lehigh Valley’s first purchase of second-generation EMD power was an order for four GP38AC’s in 1971, which was followed by the purchase of twelve GP28-2’s a year later. Here one of the ... (more)