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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:5/1/1972 - 8/1/1972
Album Info:This is a collection of color photos taken by W. Gearick of a variety of Lehigh Valley diesels taken in 1972 after LV declared bankruptcy.
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LV 633 = Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 633 = Lehigh Valley
Description:  Resting under the massive and now defunct coaling tower at the Bethlehem Engine Terminal is Alco built #633. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:11:04 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 633(C628)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
Lehigh Valley & Reading Diesel Collection
Title:  Lehigh Valley & Reading Diesel Collection
Description:  Sitting idle in the Bethlehem Engine Terminal are these four!diesels from Lehigh Valley and Reading - all awaiting their fate after the collapse of the eastern railroads in the 1970's. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:11:26 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 633(C628) RDG 607(GP7) RDG 3616(GP30)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
LV 521 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 521 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Here is another 1948 EMD built F3B unit sitting with its sister 513 in the Bethlehem Engine Terminal in 1972 bwaiting an unknown fate after the collapse of the eastern railroads. TheDieselShop.com lists this as an F7B unit while most list it as an F3B. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:11:51 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 521(F3B)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
LV 310 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 310 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Another Lehigh Valley EMD unit built just a year before this photo was taken sits in the Bethlehem Engine Terminal. This unit eventual became Conrail #7656 and then on to Norfolk Southern, first as #2881 and then renumbered as #5655. Quite a boomer! W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:12:02 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 310(GP38AC)
Views:  687   Comments: 0
LV 631 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 631 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  This Alco C628 unit delivered to Lehigh Valley in November of 1965 now sits in the Oak Islacd Terminal in Newark, NJ, on this day in July of 1972. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:10:55 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 631(C628)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
LV 185 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 185 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Sitting quietly in the Oak Island Terminal is this EMD NW2 unit looking pretty clean and sharp. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:12:26 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 185(NW2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
LV 106 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 106 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Sitting quietly in the Oak Island Terminal in the Newark, NJ, this SW unit awaits its fate after the collapse of the eastern railroads. LV #106 was one of 6 SW units purchased from EMD in 1937-38. This lobo is new to the RRPicArchives site. Thanks to David Beauregard's help (see comment below), the unit has been correctly identified as an SW900m unit. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:13:00 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 106(SW900)
Views:  886   Comments: 1
LV 216 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 216 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  the 1950 Alco RS3 unit sits patiently in an unknown location, but with Tom De Pollo's help (see comment below), it wns Richards Yard outside of Easton, PA. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  8/1/1972  Upload Date: 8/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Easton, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 216(RS3)
Views:  4935   Comments: 1
LV 513 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 513 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Nice example of a 1948 EMD built F3B unit sitting with F3B unit #521 in the Bethlehem Engine#Terminal. Interesting that most sources list this as an F3B while TheDieselShop.com lists it as an F7B unit. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:11:38 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 513(F3B) LV 521(F3B)
Views:  819   Comments: 1
LV 7644 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 7644 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  This Alco unit delivered to the Oehigh Valley RR in November of 1957 sits in an unknown location, possibly Oak Island Terminal in New Jersey, Bethlehem Terminal in Pennsylvania, or even the Sayre Yard in Pennsylvania. Anyone recognize the locaiton? The loco is awaiting its fate after the collapse of the eatern railroads. W. Gearick photo
Photo Date:  5/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:12:38 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LV 7644(RS11)
Views:  622   Comments: 0


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