LVRR Videos

Mark I Video

  • Memories of the Lehigh Valley Railroad – Volume I
    Covers the area between Newark, NJ and Allentown PA. From film by Wilson Jones. 30 minutes, full color, synchronized sound. “Accurate locomotive and environmental sounds have been added to the originally silent footage.” 1988.
  • Memories of the Lehigh Valley Railroad – Volume II
    Covers the area between Bound Brook, NJ and Manchester, NY, with extended sequences at Sayre, PA and Geneva, NY. Mostly covers the diesel era, but includes a 1940 sequence at Sayre with streamlined 4-6-2 and Wyoming 4-8-4s. From film by Guy Wicksall and others. 30 Minutes, color and b&w, synchronized sound and location graphics. “16 mm archive film is enhanced by accurate locomotive and environmental sounds.” 1989.
  • Memories of the Lehigh Valley Railroad – Volume III
    Covers the golden years of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, from New York Harbor to Buffalo. Features steam and early diesels. 30 Minutes, color and b&w, synchronized sound, maps and location graphics.1997.
  • Memories of the Lehigh Valley Railroad – Volume IV
    Covers diesels on the main line, from Easton PA to Victor NY. 30 Minutes, full color, synchronized sound, maps and location graphics. 1997.
  • Railfan Adventures in the Lehigh Valley – Volume I
    “Lehigh Valley, D&H, and Reading trains in the Allentown, PA area and along the main line to Jim Thorpe and beyond.”
  • Railfan Adventures in the Lehigh Valley – Volume II
    “Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, and on the scenic main line to Jim Thorpe.”
  • Railfan Adventures in the Lehigh Valley – Volume III
    “More main line action, plus scenes on the Homestead Branch, Allentown’s industrial trackage, and at Jim Thorpe, plus Allentown Yard and Bethlehem engine terminal.”

Digital Image Works

  • Rails Along the Lehigh
    B&W and color footage by Charles Houser Sr., covering LV, CNJ and RDG steam and first generation diesels. Also some footage of Ironton, LNE, DL&W and B&O. Quality is generally poor, with extreme color shifts. 90 minutes, silent with film projector noise dubbed in! 1992.
  • Lehigh Valley on Penobscot Mountain
    Covers diesels on the main line and L&S trackage from Bridgeport PA to Laurel Run PA during 1970-76. Includes D&H power on NE-84 and NE-87, and N&W power on the Apollo run-throughs. From Super 8 film by Bob Powell. Full color, sound with narration. 1995.

Clear Block Productions

  • Vignettes of the Lehigh Valley – Volume One
    Covers diesels on the main line from Easton PA to Niagara Jct NY. From film by LV employees Charles and Kenneth Bealer. 60 Minutes, full color, sound with narration. 1996.
  • Vignettes of the Lehigh Valley – Volume 2
    Covers main line and branch line action from Bethlehem PA to Hazelton PA, including Allentown’s Barber Branch, during 1948 to 1968. From film by Claude Goebel, Charles Houser Sr, Bruce Kantner and Mike Bednar. 45 Minutes, color and b&w, sound with narration. 1997.

Tiger Valley Models

  • Lehigh Valley Video
    Features 145 trains, mainly mainline around the Phelps area. All of the second generation road power is represented, with some FA and F7, Baldwin switchers and RS2/3. Made from 8mm and super 8 film shot by Guy Wicksall and Guil Mack between 1964 and 1976. No sound.
    Guil says that “Several shots show the complete train, which I have found useful, especially if I live to be about 130 and decide to model a complete train.”

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