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Allentown and Auburn Railroad's 206 train, an EMC Winton-engined switcher used to pull tourist trains and the occasional freight train. The Allentown and Auburn Railroad dates back to 1853 when a charter was issued to the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company and the Central Railroad of New Jersey for the Allentown Railroad, a railroad that was to run from Allentown west to the Philadelphia and ...
Aug. 12—ALLENWOOD — The 47th annual train meet of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Warrior Run Fire ...
Allentown station is a defunct train station in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was constructed by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and Reading Railroad in 1888 and 1889. For most of the late 19th and early 20th century, it provided passenger train service between Allentown and various U.S. Coast locations.
U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt arriving at Allentown station in August 1905. The Lehigh Valley Railroad opened its original line between Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania in 1855; the first passenger train ran between the two cities on June 11. [1] In 1890, the Lehigh Valley Railroad relocated its station to downtown Allentown, just off its ...
The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) had reached Phillipsburg, New Jersey in 1852, on the outskirts of the Lehigh Valley, and anticipated extension to Allentown.If a direct route could be built from Allentown to the Susquehanna River, western traffic could reach New York City faster than by detouring through Philadelphia and traveling north over the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
In 1981, NJT commissioned the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to conduct a study of 112 train stations under its jurisdiction built before World War II that were still in operation. Many of thematic nomination stations are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (ID#5080) on March 17, 1984. [ 16 ]
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Lehigh Valley Transit Company's transfer point at 8th and Hamilton Streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1914 Lehigh Valley Transit Trolley #304 in 1920 A 1920 postcard of a Lehigh Valley Transit's Liberty Bell Trolley crossing the present-day Albertus L. Meyers Bridge in Allentown in 1920