The 1980s were an exciting time in the development of the railroads and for railroad preservation. We take a look at a couple of Pennsylvania successes, the Blue Mountain & Reading and Steamtown.

Chase a DMIR train to Dock-#5 and back to Proctor. Then follow a northbound from Proctor to the Fairlane Pellet Plant. We also see the GB&W and CNW. Shot in June 1982.

After the fall of the Anthracite roads in 1976, the D&H continued the “Alphabet route” trains via trackage rights. We railfan former the DLW and CNJ lines.

Climb aboard and sit back and relax as we tour the city lines of the Lehigh Valley Transit Company. We’ll tour the lines from both trackside and while riding in car. Rare film, mostly color.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was an Anthracite coal hauling railroad which extended from New York City to Buffalo New York. Volume 1 looks at steam and first generation diesel operations between the mid 1940’s and the mid 1960’s.

Volume 3 of Lehigh Valley’s Buffalo Division covers the Lehigh’s west end mainline operations from Sayre to Buffalo and the Niagara Branch to Suspension Bridge. Part of the program is in the cab.

The Conrail Reading Line is Reading & Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage between Allentown-Bethlehem and Reading. We’ll look at Conrail and D&H operations on the Reading Line, including the Temple Hill Track, between 1980 and 1984.

The Conrail Lehigh Line is former Lehigh Valley and CNJ joint trackage from Oak Island Yard to Sayre and connection with the Southern Tier line. We’ll view Conrail and D&H trains on the Lehigh Line between 1979 and 1986.