Roundhouse (L&NE)

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Roundhouse for the Lehigh & New England Railroad (L&NE). Railroad abandoned on October 31, 1961. The L&NE's largest terminal was a few miles west of downtown Pen Argyl. Facilities included a roundhouse and turntable to service steam locomotives, a diesel shop, a car shop, and a large bi-directional hump freight yard. Maybrook, New York, trains were both dispatched from and receive at Pen Argyl terminal.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_and_New_England_Railroad
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Coordinates:   40°51'33"N   75°16'33"W

Comments

  • Turntable that was here is now at Strasburg at the museum over there.
  • The turntable at the Railroad Museum of PA was the former Reading turntable from Cressona, PA, not from here.
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