PHILLIPSBURG RAILROAD HISTORIANS
A 501c3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION
VIDEO LINKS
PRRH Oral History Series

George Michener Hart- First Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum

Remembering George- People who worked with George Michener Hart share their experiences with this unique man

Life on the Valley - Norman Cole Sr and Anthony Gallagher discuss their time on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and other topics

Lester V (Rocky) Rockafellow - Rocky was involved in many aspects of railroading

Mike Bednar and Jerry Hoare - Over 60 years of combined experience working on the railroad

Ron Luckock's O scale "Lehigh River Valley" layout and history of the area

Ron's Lehigh River Valley O scale layout. We tour his massive layout covering the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Central of New Jersey from West Portal NJ to Old Penn Haven Jct in PA

West Portal to Phillipsburg - Part 1 -History and prototype photos

Phillipsburg and the Delaware River Bridges - Part 2 -History and prototype photos

Easton from the LVRR and north - Part 3 -History and prototype photos

South Easton - Part 4 -History and prototype photos

West Easton and Glendon - Part 5 -History and prototype photos

Lower end of the Easton & Northern Branch - Part 6 - A general look at the area
Ron also discusses his stint in the Air Force in Vietnam and what prompted his love of night photography

Redington, Steel City and Freemansburg - Part 7 - This episode looks at the building of the Route 33 bridge over the Lehigh River,
the once busy Village of Redington, then on to Steel City and the Borough of Freemansburg

Bethlehem - Part 8a - This focuses mainly on South Bethlehem, the railroads that ran through there and of course "The Steel"


Bethlehem - Part 8b - Ron continues with more vintage pictures of the Bethlehem PA area and takes us on a
few side trips exploring his interest in model making, railroading and vintage automobiles

Allentown -Part 9 - In this episode we will look at Allentown PA through many of the vintage pictures amassed by Ron.
As usual, emphasis is placed on area's of his personal interest in railroads and automobiles.

Lehigh Gap Wind Gap and Delaware Water Gap - Part 10 - More pictures from Ron's extensive collection, this time in the general area of the Appalachian Trail along the Blue Ridge Mountains from the Delaware Water Gap, through Wind Gap, and ending in the area of the Lehigh Gap. As usual, Ron will take us on many side trips that relate to topics of discussion in the video. He ends this with some very long exposure night photography he took in scenic places across America.

Mauch Chunk (current day Jim Thorpe) - Part 11 - Ron looks at the little borough of Jim Thorpe PA, the role it played as a major coal exporting area and the railroads that serviced the town.

The Lehigh Gorge - Part 12 - We finish this series with a look at railroading in the Lehigh Gorge.



Centerville and Southwestern Video

Becker's Farm Miniature Railroad Essex County, New Jersey (1960)

Centerville and Southwestern Railroad 1957 on Becker's Dairy Farm, Roseland NJ

Centerville & Southwestern Miniature Railroad Phillipsburg, NJ July 18, 2009

Interesting views taken by a camera attached to the C&S engine and rolling stock

C&S operations at the October 2011 PRRH open house / Pumpkinfest

Becker Farms 1st Engine (1500) visits PRRH for a day in May of 2011

C&S engines 1500 and 1502 run side by side in Phillipsburg

Chuck Walsh (Lackawanna Cut-Off) covers the C&S with video, pictues and interviews.

Miscellaneous

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