Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5106 leading a 50-car freight train at Allentown, Pennsylvania on April 3, 1933. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-054-04, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2144 leading the last run of train 27 at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1938. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-092-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-5 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2101 with passenger train 28 east at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 1938. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-010-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad G-14 0-6-0C steam locomotive 3421 at Oak Island in Newark, New Jersey on May 27, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-015-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-5 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2101 at Oak Island in Newark, New Jersey, on June 11, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-012-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad R-1-B 2-10-2 steam locomotive 4059 at Newark, New Jersey, on June 11, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-015-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotives 487 and 453, with 488 pushing on the rear, hauling an 90-car coal train east at Bloomsbury, New Jersey, on September 30, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-004-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-3 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5128 with freight train BNE#2 east at Bloomsbury, New Jersey, on September 30, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-018-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2024 with passenger train 25, the "Asa Packer," heading west at the railroad location of Treichler on the west bank of the Lehigh River in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania on November 11, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-008-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-5 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2101 with passenger train 28 east, the "John Wilkes," at Fullerton, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-011-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2102 with passenger train 28, the "John Wilkes," at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Novmber 14, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-012-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2117 with a freight train west at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-013-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2101 leading train 28, the "John Wilkes," at Alpha, New Jersey, in 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-109-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2102 leading train 28, the "John Wilkes," at Alpha, New Jersey, circa 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-097-04, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2095 leading train 31 at Bloomsbury, New Jersey, in 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-103-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotives 2102 and 2097 with eastbound passenger train no. 10, the "Black Diamond," doubleheaded at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, for the grade to the summit, circa 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-091-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad steam locomotives 457 and 2144, a 2-8-2 and 4-6-2, leading local freight train east at Alpha, New Jersey, on March 23, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-08-004-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2023 with passenger train no. 25, the "Asa Packer," running west at Easton, Pennsylvania on May 5, 1940. The train's namesake was the father of the railroad and founder of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-088-04, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2022 with passenger train no. 25, the "Asa Packer," running west along the Lehigh River south of Slatington, Pennsylvania, in July 1940. The train's namesake was the father of the railroad and founder of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-088-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-2 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5207 leading a freight train west across the Susquehanna River and approaching the station at Towanda, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-094-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad streamlined K-6 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2023 leading passenger train 9, the "Black Diamond" with all red cars, west at the railroad location of Treichler in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-090-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive 440 haulling a freight train west at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-087-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2023 with passenger train no. 25, the "Asa Packer," running west along the Lehigh River south of Slatington, Pennsylvania, on October 8, 1940. The train's namesake was the father of the railroad and founder of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-088-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5107 heading west with a freight train east of Slatington, Pennsylvania, on October 8, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-093-04, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad K-5 4-6-2 steam locomotive 2102 with the "Asa Packer" passenger train at Geisingers, a railroad location within Salisbury Township between Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-091-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 locomotive no. 2102 leads train no. 28, the "John Wilkes," near Bloomsbury, New Jersey, on March 31, 1941. Engineer is visible in the window of the locomotive's cab. This image was the first shot Furler took with his 5x7 Graflex Speed Graphic camera. Photograph by Donald W. Furler. Furler-12-024-02; © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 2-10-2 steam locomotive 4056 with a freight train north near Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-030-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5208 leading a freight train west at Rummerfield, Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-043-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-3 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5126 leading a milk train west at Rummerfield, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-038-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2125 with train no. 28 at Geisingers, a railroad location within Salisbury Township between Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 13, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-026-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad N-5b 2-8-2 steam locomotive 457 leading a freight train west at Geisingers, a railroad location within Salisbury Township between Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 15, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-003-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-2 S-2 steam locomotive 5001 with a 51-car freight train west at the interlocking tower at the railroad location of Treichler in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-032-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2095 leading train 9, the "Black Diamond," past the interlocking towner at the railroad location of Treichler in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-019-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5208 leading a 105-car freight train west at the railroad location of Treichler in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-043-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5210 leading a freight train east at Laurys Station, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-047-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5214 leading freight train BNE-2 east at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-047-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2125 with train 9, the "Black Diamond," at the railroad location of Treichler in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-026-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5215 leading a freight train west at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-047-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad N-5b 2-8-2 steam locomotive 450 standing opposite Bellewood "OX" Tower at Pattenburg, New Jersey, on February 16, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-003-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5206 leading a 116-car freight train west with at Pattenburg, Pennsylvania, on February 16, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-042-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5110 leading a freight train east at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on March 2, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-038-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6b steam locomotive 2088 leading train 9, the "Black Diamond," at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on March 2, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-013-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5105 leading a freight train west at Cementon, Pennsylvania, on April 7, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-03-093-03, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2097 decorated for the railroad's centennial and leading the second section of train 9, the "Black Diamond," with ten cars past the interlocking tower at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-021-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-3 steam locomotive 5129 leading a 101-car freight train west at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-040-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2092 leading the first section of train 9, the "Black Diamond," west at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1946. Note the banner on the front of the locomotive for the railroad's centennial. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-016-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-3 steam locomotive 2024 leading train no. 21, the "Asa Packer," west at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-011-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2093 decorated for the railroad's centennial and leading train 9, the "Black Diamond," at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-017-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2095 leading train 9, the "Black Diamond," at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 1946. Note the caboose of a freight train receding on the other track. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-018-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad diesel locomotive 51 with passenger rain 9 at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1946. This was Alco's 75,000th locomotive, built for the Santa Fe and demonstrating on the Lehigh Valley. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-045-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5202 leading a 127-car freight train west at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-041-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2103 with a troop train west at Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-025-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-3 steam locomotive 2033 leading train 21, the "Asa Packer," at Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1946. The train's namesake was the father of the railroad and founder of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-010-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-2 S-2 steam locomotive 5003 pulling a 53-car freight train west with 4059 pushing at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-032-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2095 leading train 10, the "Black Diamond," east at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-019-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-3 steam locomotive 2035 leading passenger train 31 at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, on September 7, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-012-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2128 with train 28 at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-027-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad S-2 4-8-2 steam locomotive 5000 with a Lehighton-Easton freight train at Catasauqua Tower in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-031-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive 5100 leading train JK1 west with 66 cars at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-034-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-3 steam locomotive 2032 leading train 25, the "Asa Packer," at Treichler, a railroad location in North White Hall Township, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-011-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Treichler, located at milepost 104.2, was once listed in the railroad's timetable as "Cherry Ford," and you can just make out "CF" on the end of the tower's nameplate. The mechanical interlocking was installed in 1927 to control train movements between the four-track section east of Treichler and the two-track section to the west.
Lehigh Valley Railroad N-5b 2-8-2 steam locomotive 495 leading a 91-car freight train west at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-004-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotives 2059 and 2096 leading passenger train 9, the "Black Diamond," west of Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-013-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2097 leading train no. 9, the "Black Diamond," Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-022-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5107 leading a freight train west at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-036-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2092 leading train no. 28, the "John Wilkes," east at Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-016-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-3 steam locomotive 5127 leading a 104-car freight train east at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-039-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad J-25 4-6-0 steam locomotive 1136 leading a local freight train west at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on October 26, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-006-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2091 leading train 9, the "Black Diamond," at Aldene, New Jersey, on November 28, 1946. The bridge in the background crosses the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-015-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2089 at Roselle Park, New Jersey, on January 22, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-24-123-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad S-2 4-8-2 steam locomotive 5000 with a freight train west along the Lehigh River at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in April 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-030-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5102 leading a freight train in the Lizard Creek area on May 10, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-060-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5210 leading a freight train west at Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-044-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5107 leading a freight train west at Treichler, a railroad location in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, on May 11, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-037-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2141 with train 28 at Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, on May 24, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-028-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5201 leading a 102-car freight train west at Slatington, Pennsylvania, on May 24, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-041-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad steam locomotives 4026 and 5219, an R-1 2-10-2 and T-2b 4-8-4, pull a 57-car freight train west between Mauch Chunk and Coalport, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 1947. The 4026 was probably a headend helper added at Lehighton for the trip up the mountain. Photographed by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-057-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-2 steam locomotive 5207 leading freight train BNE-2 east at Cementon, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-063-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-6B steam locomotive 2099 with train 9, the "Black Diamond," west at Coalport, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1948. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-12-053-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive 5110 leading a freight train east along the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 1948. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-061-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Three Lehigh Valley Railroad R-1 2-10-2 steam locomotives—4000, 4043, and 4048—pushing an ore train at Centralia, Pennsylvania, on July 24, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-056-01, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lehigh Valley Railroad 4-6-2 K-5 steam locomotive 2102 leading a freight train west along the Lehigh River at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, Furler-22-054-02, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
