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The John Wilkes was a passenger train of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV). It ran from New York City to the Coxton section [1] of Pittston, Pennsylvania from 1939 until the end of Lehigh Valley Passenger Service in 1961. This train was the last Lehigh Valley Passenger Service operated, along with the Maple Leaf.
The train had a branch originating in Philadelphia in conjunction with the Reading Railroad at the company's Reading Terminal. The branch would link up with the main part of the Black Diamond in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The train's last run was on May 11, 1959, [6] due to widespread cuts to all Lehigh Valley passenger service.
An 1860 illustration of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's unusual double-decker bridge, which crosses the Delaware River in Easton An 1884 map of the Pennsylvania, Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroads Lehigh Valley Railroad's Barge 79, now a museum in South Brooklyn Map of Lehigh Valley Railroad's terminal at Jersey City Map of Lehigh Valley Railroad's Roselle and South Plainfield Railway A share of ...
The train's service began in 1937; a predecessor Lehigh Valley Railroad train, the Toronto, traveled the same route. The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last named passenger trains operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. [3] The route was double tracked from New York City to Niagara Falls and the Finger Lakes Region.
This is a route-map template for the John Wilkes, a Lehigh Valley Railroad passenger train.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
For the Lehigh Valley Railroad he streamstyled engine plus cars of the John Wilkes and related trains - arguably the most interesting Kuhler locomotive. As a consultant to the railroads' architectural departments Kuhler helped modernizing nine stations, including Des Moines, Iowa , of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Milwaukee ...
Pages in category "Lehigh Valley Railroad" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... John Wilkes (train) L. Lehigh Division; Lehigh Line (Conrail)
Lehigh Valley passenger service ended on February 4, 1961, the last trains being the Maple Leaf and John Wilkes. [3] [4] The Lackawanna and Reading railroads' Interstate Express and the Reading's Scranton Flyer made stops at the station up to 1957 and 1949 respectively. [5] In 1962, the two railroads attempted to auction off the station ...