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To the west of the Lehigh Valley is the WK&S Railroad in Kempton, which takes passengers on a 6.5-mile ride through bucolic farmlands in Berks and Lehigh counties.
At least one rail car wound up in the Lehigh River in the March 2, 2024 derailment of Norfolk Southern trains. NTSB is investigating.
Bethlehem; Lehigh Valley train crash highlights shortcomings of automated railroad braking system. Updated: ; Mar. 27, 2024, 12:44 p.m. | Published: ; Mar. 27, 2024 ...
Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Christmas 2014 Open House has a 4,000-square-foot layout that features the Lehigh Valley Railroad stations in Easton and Bethlehem and the Bethlehem Steel ...
Lehigh Valley . Lehigh County ... Booms were placed around the locomotives to contain the spill of diesel fuel. "There is no immediate danger, and the river will be fine," McClure said.
Recently the group has begun a campaign to restore #611, the last surviving diesel-electric locomotive from the Lehigh and New England line. Members announced that a grant of $5,000 from the ...
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Steam locomotive No. 126, relic of an era when coal was king, rolled into Kutztown on Thursday afternoon for a two-weekend engagement at the borough’s historic train station. The coal-fired l… ...
A giant of New Jersey railroad preservation, Michael Del Vecchio of Randolph, who was a prominent railroad magazine editor and author, musician and volunteer firefighter, died on Aug. 31 at age 63 ...
The Federal Railroad Administration, which oversees the safety reporting program, sent safety personnel on Saturday to help the local authorities in the Lehigh Valley, the agency said on social media.
Some Lehigh Valley residents on social media reported hearing about the derailment. Images from the Nancy Run Fire Company's Facebook page showed train cars off the tracks along the Lehigh River.