With work at South Plainfield completed, NE-1 is on its way to Allentown as it rolls around the curve at Bound Brook, NJ on March 13, 1976. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo. We did not chase to Allentow... (more)

My father and I were were back out on the LV the next Saturday. Unfortunately, Saturday, March 13, 1976, was also an overcast day in New Jersey. We were rewarded with C628s on NE-1 again, this t... (more)

After the passage of NE-87, LV NE-1 passes under the Route 145 bridge as it departs Treichlers, PA on March 6, 1976. Ted Steinbrenner Photo.

While NE-1 beat us to Allentown, my father and I were back on the chase when NE-1 departed Allentown Yard. Now in afternoon sunshine, LV C628s 639-640 lead NE-1 at the South Albert Street crossin... (more)

The crew on NE-1 and the conductor on AP-2 greet each other as the caboose for AP-2 passes LV 639 on the head end of NE-1 at the Bufflehead Road crossing in Bridgewater, NJ on March 6, 1976. With... (more)

LV NE-1 has completed its work at South Plainfield and is back on the move, rolling through the Prospect Avenue crossing in New Market, NJ on March 6, 1976. This is my father's picture. R.T. ... (more)

Our next move was to South Plainfield Yard. After making their set-out, LV C628s 639-640 make a pick-up, passing the new LV Yard Office as they head back to the mainline on March 6, 1976. You mi... (more)

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 back their set-out up the yard lead / Perth Amboy Branch to South Plainfield Yard. This is my father's picture. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 have dropped their train, NE-1, on the east side of South Plainfield and pull past the Metuchen Road crossing to make a set-out and pick-up at South Plainfield Y... (more)

My father and I moved to the Park Avenue overpass on the east side of South Plainfield for the arrival of NE-1 on March 6, 1976. We were rewarded with C628s 639-640, the first time we saw C628s... (more)

The Lehigh Valley repainted caboose 95085 into a Bicentennial scheme and renumbered it 1776. On January 9, 1976, the Winter sun glints off caboose 1776 as it brings up the rear of NE-1 at the loc... (more)

One of our favorite spots when chasing JSA-1/NE-1 to Allentown was the Mechlin Corner Road overpass in Jutland, NJ., which was easily accessible from Route 78. Here is NE-1 with 3 C420s in the Su... (more)

Forty years ago, it was common knowledge that the Lehigh Valley Railroad would cease to exist on the coming April 1. I made a commitment to capture as much of the Lehigh Valley as I could in the f... (more)