The Conrail Lehigh Line most people are familiar with is the link between Bethlehem, PA and Oak Island Yard in Newark, NJ utilizing a mixture of former Lehigh Valley and CNJ trackage. However, the Lehigh Line/Lehigh Secondary also extended north into the former Anthracite country of PA, running through Jim Thorpe and Sayre, eventually reaching a connection with the Southern Tier in New York.
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Conrail SD60 #6856 leads a Conrail SD60M #5525 through Hilliside NJ on the Lehigh Line on April 15th 1993.
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Two CP SD40-2s, a Susquehanna B40-8, and another two CP SD40-2s are at the former Lehigh Valley yard in Packerton with CP train 556.
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A pair of consecutively numbered former Kansas City Southern SD40-2s sit just north of Allentown on CP train 266.
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CR 2645 and CR 3087 on RUCC-5 at Boundbrook, NJ back on 9-26-78. John Durant Photo.
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An Eastbound in the Sayre yard with a pair of clean blue engines and a black switcher.
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2 CR freights are in the Sayre yard as viewed from the famous Sayre footbridge.
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Assorted power at the service tracks and a RDG GP-35 leading a freight from the yard.
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The Sayre footbridge was still a good spot to view colorful lashups during early CR.
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The engine service area at Sayre had a couple sets of blue engines on hand.
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CR 5639, SP 7385 and UP 9225 are on OIPI going off the Lehigh Line onto the Trenton Line at Port Reading Jct. in Manville, NJ 4/1999.
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A pair of ex EL geeps, ex LV power, ex PC power and CR blue at the Sayre Engine facility.
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A pair of then-new C40-8Ws bring Allentown-Selkirk manifest ALSE through Bound Brook in the summer of 1993.
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SD40 6244 and another SD40 bring an eastbound manifest into the receiving yard at Allentown.
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An SD40-2 and two GP35s lead Selkirk-Allentown train SEAL through Bound Brook in early 1985. Not long after this date the Lehigh Line will be reduced to single track between here and CP-POTTER in Edison, NJ. The third unit in this lashup is still wearing PC paint.
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Two SD50s bring the ENOI through CP-Bound Brook in the afternoon.
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An SD50 and two SD40-2's (one of which in NS paint) lead ENSE9 through Readington Twp.
MP59.1 CR Lehigh Line
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Conrail 7880 is on the point of WPAL-10 at Port Reading Jct in Manville, NJ 4/1999.
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Conrail GP38-2s 8059 and 8060 is seen at Phillipsburg, PA in 1982.
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An Eastbound departs Sayre under stormy skies. It started pouring just after I got this photo.
