ALCO'S TO ALLENTOWN BY THOMAS A. BIERY (OVER 200 PHOTOS)

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THIS IS ALCO'S TO ALLENTOWN BY THOMAS A. BIERY.  PUBLISHED BY THE RAILROAD PRESS, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA    COPYRIGHT 1998.
INCLUDES STATION LISTINGS, / AREA MAP, / FREIGHT SCHEDULES, / INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.  THIS ITEM WOULD BE A GREAT REFERENCE OF THE HISTORY OF RAILROADING  IN THE ALLENTOWN, PA. AREA.
WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE,
THE HISTORIC LEHIGH RIVER VALLEY.    ALLENTOWN HAS LONG BEEN THE CENTURY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  LOCATED ONLY 100 MILES WEST OF NEW  YORK CITY AND 70 MILES NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA. THE ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON METROPOLITAN AREA CENSUS IS NEARING 650,000 RESIDENTS AS THE NEW MILLENNIA APPROACHES.  THIS MAJOR DISTRIBUTION CENTER SERVING THE VAST POPULATION CENTER OF THE NORTHEAST.  TEN PHOTOS AND A MAP OF THE MAJOR TRANSPORTING ROUTES.
A TRIP AROUND THE VALLEY.  CLIMB ABOARD FOR A SHORT TRIP UP  AND DOWN THE LEHIGH RIVER VALLEY.  WE WILL BEGIN AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE LEHIGH AND DELAWARE RIVERS, WHERE THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROADS CROSS FROM NEW JERSEY INTO PENNSYLVANIA. WE WILL TRAVEL ALONG THE LEHIGH VALLEY THROUGH BETHLEHEM TO ALLENTOWN'S EAST PENN JUNCTION, WHERE EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER. THE READING, CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND LEHIGH VALLEY ALL MET HERE IN A COMPLICATED MAZE OF TRACK
TRAIN WATCHING IN THE 1960's.INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
MOTIVE POWER.
THIS IS AN ALBUM OF TOM BIERY.  HIS KODACHROME  BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY OF THE 69's.  HIS INTEREST IN RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY WAS FUELED BY BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.  THE RAILROADS AND LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED TODAY.  MANY OF THE RAILROADS HAVE ALSO CHANGED BECAUSE MANY RAILROAD LINES WERE  ABANDONED YEARS AGO.
110 PAGES WITH OVER 200 PHOTOS, MAPS  AND  HISTORIC INFORMATION. PRINTED ON HIGH QUALITY PAPER. IT MEASURES 8 1/2"X 11"
HIGH BID PAYS .65 MEDIA  MAIL. LOWER 48  U. S.A.  ONLY..   THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.  CHECK OUT MY OTHER ANTHRACITE RAILROAD ITEMS.  PAYPAL.
ROCK ON ALLENTOWN,  PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.   KEEP RAILROADING MEMORIES ALIVE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, POOR EYE SIGHT.  STAY SAFE