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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.
Interior of a parlor car, c. 1899. The Black Diamond, also known as the Black Diamond Express, was the flagship passenger train of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV). [1] It ran from New York to Buffalo [1] from 1896 until May 11, 1959, when the Lehigh Valley's passenger service was reduced to four mainline trains.
The 1970 Lehigh Valley Railroad derailment was a train derailment in the town of Le Roy, New York, that resulted in a toxic chemical spill severe enough to qualify as a Superfund site. As of 2024, [ref] the site is still undergoing remediation.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is the most extreme muscle car to ever leave an automaker's factory. The 1025-horsepower drag racer wasn't part of the orignal plans however. It was born from spite.
The Lehigh Valley (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania.It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bounded to its north by Blue Mountain, to its south by South Mountain, to its west by Lebanon Valley, and to its east by the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey. [1]
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County, in May 2010. The following is a list of notable people who were born, or lived a significant portion of their lives, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Mopar (a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts") [1] is an American car parts, service, and customer care division of the former Chrysler Corporation, now owned by Netherlands-based automobile manufacturer Stellantis. It serves as a primary OEM accessory seller for Stellantis companies under the Mopar brand.
Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located near Mohnton, Pennsylvania, just outside Reading.It opened in 1962 as a 1/5-mile dragstrip. It was eventually lengthened to its current quarter-mile length in 1964.