It was just a few years ago that the train overpass at the junction of S. 6th and Lehigh Streets was removed. Although the line ceased operation decades earlier, the overpass remained as a silent monument to our industrial past.
One half block of S. 10th Street was serviced by two different rail spur lines. Lehigh Valley Railroad served Traylor Engineering, while Reading served the Mack Factory.
Great picture!!! It appears to have been shot from the trestle if I'm not mistaken. When I was a kid, in the mid 50's, my Grandfather would take me over to the yard at Auburn and 4th (???) to watch the trains go about their business of putting the train cars together.
Great picture!!! It appears to have been shot from the trestle if I'm not mistaken.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, in the mid 50's, my Grandfather would take me over to the yard at Auburn and 4th (???) to watch the trains go about their business of putting the train cars together.