CP-LEHIGHTON

USA / Pennsylvania / Lehighton /

railway, interlocking

Interlocking on the former Conrail Lehigh Line. Formerly the southern end of a concurrency between the Lehigh Valley and CNJ mainlines, it previously retained a 'zombie' signal for the Lehigh Valley main.

Re-signaled around 2015.

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Coordinates: 40°50'16"N 75°42'28"W

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See following links relating to the CP Lehighton, junction created between the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey (both predecessors of Conrail) in the late 1960s (this portion of Conrail became part of Norfolk Southern in 1999): http://www.gingerb.com/cnj_lehighton_to_wk_interlocking.htm http://www.thebluecomet.com/cnj.html http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=130&t=84237&start=15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey

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Lehigh Valley RR Packerton Yard (abandonned) 2.2 km
Lehigh & New England Railroad - Slatington Branch (Abandoned) 10 km
Lehigh & New England Railroad Bridge Ruins 14 km
L&NE Hauto Tunnel (Abandoned) 16 km
Crane Jct to Catasauqua - Lehigh & New England Railroad (Abandoned) 24 km
Wannamaker, Kempton and Southern Tourist Train 26 km
Norfolk Southern Allentown Yard 33 km
CP-HAM (Lehigh Line) 33 km
CRNJ/RDG Allentown Station Wye (Abandoned) 34 km
Dillinger Tunnel 42 km

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