Evident in this photo of Conrail’s Cement Secondary local are assets that have belonged to five different post-1960 railroad companies that have disappeared since then. The train is on the one-time Bethlehem branch of the Lehigh & New England Railroad, which ended operations in 1961. The portion of the L&NE’s Bethlehem branch from Bath to Bethlehem, the Martin’s Creek branch, and the segment of the main line located railroad west from Tamaqua were reorganized as the Lehigh & New England Railway, and operated by the Jersey Central until 1974, when the Lehigh Valley and Reading assumed operation until the formation of Conrail. The bridge crossing over the tracks was part of the Northampton & Bath Railroad, one of the few short lines that actually served all of the locales named in its corporate title. The N&B disappeared in 1979, and the rails came off of the bridge. Finally represented in this list of fallen flags are the Penn Central, original owner of the GP38, and, of course, Conrail. And the Norfolk & Western covered hoppers make six.
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