• Rochester, NY Lehigh Valley Station

  • Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company.
Discussion related to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and predecessors for the period 1846-1976. Originally incorporated as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company.

Moderator: scottychaos

  by NYCRRson
 
John, thanks so much for posting these! I never really understood the track layout at the station but now it is clear to me. I always thought that the tracks were below the station (where the canal towpath was), but now I see how it was setup.

Do you think I could get free lifetime meals (Yum, Yum) at Dinosaur BBQ if I made them a nice HO scale diorama ?

Thanks and Cheers, Kevin.
  by TB Diamond
 
Walked the ramp up from the yard to the station back in the early 1970s. Construction of the Howell Street bridge on the inner loop effectively removed this ramp.
  by jrs363
 
The Rochester Images collection on the Rochester Publiv Library website has some nice photos of the station and platform area.

JS
  by Otto Vondrak
 
NYCRRson wrote: I always thought that the tracks were below the station (where the canal towpath was), but now I see how it was setup.
The tracks below the station in the canal bed were of course the Rochester Subway. Court Street station was located at the entrance to the tunnel, adjacent to the LV station, half exposed and half under Court Street.

Looking at the stone piers, it looks like the LV left a provision in case they wanted to add a third track to the terminal?

-otto-