40th anniversary of last day of Lehigh Valley RR

[dj_paige]

March 31 1976 to March 31, 2016 (today)

Any memories of that last day?

[TB Diamond]

You bet.

The absolute dreary weather on 31 March 1976 was appropriate for the occasion.

[CPSmith]

I'm still editing photos, but here's a head start:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/archivethu ... ?id=115216" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[kilroy]

Nice photos.

I always wondered if they picked 04/01 for Conrail day as they thought it would turn out to be just a bigger Penn Central fiasco.

[johnpbarlow]

I'm still editing photos, but here's a head start:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/archivethu ... ?id=115216" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Terrific photos! Brings back a lot of fond memories!

Re: the pictures of the manifest departing westward from Manchester Yard, I'm guessing the string of empty 2-bay B&O/C&O hoppers behind the locomotives came from the then Milliken power plant on Cayuga Lake and will be dropped a few miles further west at P&L Junction at Caledonia for interchange with the B&O. Shortly before C-day I recall seeing cuts of these hoppers at Caledonia (a very interesting place with 5 active RRs up until April 1, 1976: EL, PC, B&O, LV, and G&W).

Keep 'em coming!