The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

The L  & HR was a modest 90 mile line that ran across the northeast corner of New Jersey and served primarily as a bridge line between the New Haven Railroad from the large yard located in Maybrook, NY and the Lehigh valley area near Easton, PA.  Although the railroad itself stopped short of Easton ( Belvidere, NJ to be exact), there was a large amount of overhead traffic carried over the years.  Eventually with the mergers of the Erie and the Lackawanna and then the Penn Central merger making the primary reason for its existence redundant, the L &HR  was finally absorbed into Conrail on April 1, 1976.

  The sign mounted on the general office building located in Warwick, NY.

     The L &HR had a small fleet of smartly painted Alco C-420's.  These were the sole power for the railroad following the retirement of the RS-3's.  Not having many yards and only being 90 miles long, the L &HR didn't much in the way of switchers.  1973.

  This neat caboose built of wood sits tucked away next to the shop building.  1973.