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12/24/06 - Added a
photo and description of his New Woodstock NY 1945 module from Phil Lord
to the Layouts page
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8/1/06 - Update the 52' Mill Gon
page with a photo of the original paint scheme.
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2/7/06 - A PowerPoint clinic on
building the LV SW8 "Pup" has been added to the DB
Kit page.
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1/1/06 - Information about the Sunshine Models resin kit of
the Bethlehem Steel gondola has been added to the
52 ft Mill Gondolas page.
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10/10/05 - The second production batch of
SW8 dynamic brake kits has been delivered, and the remaining prepaid
orders are have been filled.
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7/28/05 - The page on modeling the LV's 52 ft Bethlehem Steel mill gondolas has been updated, and Chuck
Cover's article on kitbashing one from the Con-Cor HO scale gon has been
added.
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3/16/05 - Added three Interlocking Diagrams for the
Packerton Yard - Lehighton area, linked through the mileposts on the
New York Division - Main Line page. I'll
add more as time permits - look for the milepost numbers that are
hyperlinks.
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1/11/05 - Added a page on Reinhard Platt's
LVRR Central Jersey Mainline layout.
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10/14/04 - The Tuscan F-units are here, and
photos have been posted.
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9/2/04 - Second round test shots of the
SW8 conversion kit arrived in the mail
yesterday. Things are looking better, but I don't think we are there
yet.
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8/31/04 - Updated the page on my layout, now named the
Bethlehem and Penobscot to give a little better
feel for what it covers than just "LV NY Division."
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8/25/04 - Added a page to cover the new
Lehigh Valley F-units in the late Tuscan Red scheme.
ARHS is partnering with Empire Northern Models to have Stewart produce a
limited run of three different F7As and three different F3Bs.
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6/21/04 - Added a link to the new
ARHS eBay Store, where
models of anthracite railroads subjects can be found.
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4/29/04 - Updated the Caboose page
to cover recent evidence for yellow lettering as a variant of paint scheme
#2.
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4/9/04 - Pages have been added to cover the
Alco
Roadswitchers, the Alco Centuries, and
the EMD F-units. These will be filled in as
time permits. Eventually the web site will be reorganized so that
prototype and modeling information is kept together wherever possible.
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4/1/04 - Met with the SW8 conversion kit manufacturer to
discuss revisions to the parts for better detail and dimensional accuracy.
Re-work will begin in about two weeks. A photo of a mock-up using the
trial parts on a P2K SW9 shell has been posted on the SW8 kit page.
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3/24/04 - Test shots of the SW8 conversion kit have been
received for review. See details on the
SW8 kit page.
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12/30/03 - Mike Bednar's new book on the Lehigh Valley
Wyoming and Buffalo Divisions is now available, and you can order it from
the ARHS for 20% less than the list
price. Go to Sale Items, then Books, print out the order form and mark
number B-1267 ($52.00 + $6.00 S&H).
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12/15/03 - Work is in progress for the master model for the
SW8
dynamic brake kit. I'm told that no problems have come up, but it's not
going as fast as predicted. I'm still hoping that advance orders will
be filled during first quarter 2004.
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10/13/03 - Met with the people who will manufacture the SW8
dynamic brake kit, and made some major revisions to the design to ensure
that the finished model will stand up to the rigors of operation and
maintenance. Also added some new parts based on new information about the
LV's SW8s. A revised kit description has been
posted, and the timetable has been updated.
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9/12/03 - ARHS has received 107 advance orders for the
LV
SW8 dynamic brake conversion kit, so this project will be proceeding
ASAP!
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9/11/03 - Added some comments on using the
SW8
dynamic brake kit with the Athearn SW7, in response to questions.
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9/11/03 - Updated the LV Diesels page
to include the latest model releases in HO.
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8/1/03 - Added a page for the ARHS
Lehigh Valley SW8 dynamic brake conversion kit. This project is
finally ready to roll!
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7/7/03 - I have changed my e-mail address to "ed at
lvrrmodeler dot net". The old address has been closed out because it
was collecting so much spam after
being posted on this site. I have also be deleted all other e-mail
addresses, treating them the same way, so your address cannot be
collected by spammers. If you've had to change your e-mail and would like
the new address posted in this safer format, drop me a note.
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4/21/03 - Started filling out the page for
Stirling
Woodin's HO scale East Penn Junction layout as Stirling submits photos
and text.
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3/21/03 - Changed the former Paint and Decals page to
Diesel
Color Schemes, and started adding background info and photos
illustrating the color schemes. Some of this info will be used by Life-Like
to make the colors on their new Proto 1000 RS2 more prototypical.
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3/14/03 - Cleaned up the home page by moving What's New and
How to Contribute to their own pages.
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3/12/03 - Moved the site to a new server, since
the one I've been using will be going out of business at the end of April.
You are now looking at the NEW SERVER.
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3/9/03 - Added a late 1963-1966 freight schedule from Jim
Kerner to the Operations page.
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3/6/03 - Initial trials running a test TOFC train of one 85'
and three 89' flatcars through my hidden Buffalo Division staging loop have
been successful! See the Modeling the Apollos and Mercurys
page for details.
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10/4/02 - Repaired links to
George
Elwood's and John Campbell's LV web
sites, both of which have new URLs. I link to photos on many other web
sites, rather than duplicate the fine work done by people like George and
John in preserving the memory of the LV and other fallen flags.
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8/28/02 - Finally got a decent start on the in-depth
industry pages with Whitehall Cement,
featuring photos by Tom Biery. More to come on this page, someday to include
a modeling section.
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8/22/02 - Added two new freight schedules to the
Operations
page, dated 9/27/53 and 10/28/56, courtesy of Ralph Heiss.
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7/19/02 - Updated the Baldwin
Switcher page to reflect the announcement of Stewart's S-12. Will add
more once I get a good look at the new model.
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5/28/02 - Added an index of LV articles appearing in Flags
Diamonds and Statues to the LVRR Magazine Articles
page.
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5/23/02 - Filled in the October 1969 ORER data on
number of cars in service, on the Freight Car
pages. This will give a better picture of what was still in service, for
those modeling the 1970s.
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5/13/02 - Changed the Paint Mixes page to
Paint
& Decals, after a question from a reader got me digging through my
pile of decals. Your input will help flesh this section out!
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5/3/02 - Added photos of rebuilt PS-1 boxcars from Guil Mack
to the USRE 40 ft rebuilds page.
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4/19/02 - Revised the Caboose
paint schemes numbering system on the Caboose
page, listing only clearly definable schemes and not trying to cover every
minor variation. Added links to on-line caboose photos as well as
references to caboose photos in books and magazines. Still need to pin down
the dates of the Tuscan and PC Green schemes - can anyone help?
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4/2/02 - Added a photo of Curt Pope's HO scale model of LV
137, a VO-1000 in the as-delivered pre-war scheme, to the
Baldwin
Switcher page.
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3/15/02 - Added links to MapQuest
on the On-line Industries page and to
other on-line map service as well, on the LVRR on the
Web page. These maps show the LVRR trackage if you zoom in far enough,
and on Mapquest are linked to contemporary aerial photos on which you can
often still see the LVRR right of way.
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3/13/02 - Updated the spotting differences between the
Valley's DS-4-4-1000s and S-12s on the Baldwin
Switcher page, thanks to the sharp eyes of Norman Mueller.
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2/27/02 - Added a used book search engine to both the
LV
Books and Other Books pages. Provided by
Add-All,
this will search the stock of over 20,000 dealers for the books you want,
and provide price comparisons. I've used it many times on their site, and
find it extremely useful.
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2/27/02 - Corrected some info on the Caboose page, thanks to
comments from sharp-eyed readers Fritz Kuenzel (current owner of 95026) and
Bill Brault.
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2/26/02 - Added the long-awaited
Fantasy
Models page. This is reserved for decorated models sold in LV paint
schemes, for which no LV prototype ever existed. Since all other modeling
references are linked to info about the prototype and there are no
prototypes for these models, I've had no place to publish this material
until now!
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2/21/02 - Added three more years of roster info to the
Freight
Cars pages, thanks to Larry Grubb, who went through ORERs for those
years and put the data into the format used on those pages.
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2/18/02 - Split the Freight Cars
page into smaller separate pages for Box Cars,
Reefers,
Flat Cars, Hoppers,
Gondolas,
Covered Hoppers and Tank
Cars for faster loading on your browser.
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2/12/02 - The
Chart
of on-line customers has been completed for all industries on both main line and branch lines
during the period 1969 through 1972. This exhausts the material contributed
by Ralph DeBlasi and found in the Pennsylvania State Archives. If you have
Traffic Track Diagrams for years before or after 1969-1972, please let
me know.
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2/11/02 - Added info from 1963 list of non-revenue
equipment supplied by Mark Nolan to the Maintenance-of-Way and Work
Cars page.
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2/10/02 - Added a list of Pullman sleepers used by LV to the
Passenger Equipment
page, with modeling recommendations from Wayne Knorek. Added a section on
Gas-Electric
self-propelled cars to the same page. Information on these is spotty - LV had 26 of these cars, but I could
find mention of only 23 of them by car number. Any additional info would be
appreciated.
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2/9/02 - The Modeling
Passenger Equipment page has been updated to include my suggestions for
a "poor man's Black Diamond," using commonly available plastic
kits for a "good enough" representation of the Valley's premier
passenger train. Your suggestions are welcome!
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2/6/02 - I've updated the new Baldwin
switchers page to reflect additional prototype and model information.
This page was created in response to questions about Stewart's new DS-4-4-1000 and
how it differs from the S-12. Lee Turner's O
scale LV 200 has been moved to this page.
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2/5/02 - The Caboose page has
been updated to show more steel cabooose color schemes, and an effort is
underway to classify the color schemes in a way similar to what Carl
Steckler did for LV's diesel locomotives.
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2/3/02 - The SW8 "Pups" page
is almost complete in terms of prototype information. If you can supply a
photo of any of the missing locomotives in the chart at the bottom of the
page, please drop me a note.
There is still plenty of room for your modeling photos and tips, too!
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1/16/02 - Added a page for the 52'-6"
fishbelly mill gondolas, following my policy of further integrating
prototype and modeling information.
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1/4/02 - Expanded the Modeling Freight Cars page to a
section,
with daughter pages on USRE 40 ft rebuilds,
(with Phil Buchwald's article
on modeling the AAR car) and a separate page on
LV's
white boxcars.
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1/2/02 - HAPPY NEW YEAR! One of my resolutions is to clean
up my e-mail "in-box," which is full of great submissions for LVRR
Modeler. Here's what's happened so far:
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Added a page of Passenger
Train Consists for those who want to model the correct mix of cars
in their passenger trains.
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Added the Industries page
that I've planned for so long, to place photos and information about LV
customers so we can model them more accurately (or at least better than
by placing a generic building on the siding). LV
public timetables often featured photos of customer locations, so if you
have some you'd like to share, they will be welcome here!
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Added a Lineside Structures
page, eventually to feature photos & plans of LVRR structures
important to the modeler.
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Added a Modeling Steam
Locomotives page, with Richie Scanapio's article on kitbashing
Dorothy as the first feature.
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Added photos and descriptions of models by numerous
contributors to both the modeling pages and added to the list of
available models on the protoytype pages.
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12/26/01 - Finished Jim Dalberg's New
Jersey Northern page, including photos, track plan and operating
schematic for Jim's LV/CNJ HO layout.
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11/17/01 - Updated the Diesel
Locomotives page to reflect retrofit of MU capability on some SW8s and
SW9s.
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11/14/01 - The Caboose
page is being extensively reworked to include more development history,
phase spotting features, and examples of color schemes. This page is a model
of how I would like LVRR Modeler to eventually treat all of the subject
covered on this web site. Corrections and additions to the caboose page are
welcome! (Several notes from Larry Grubb provided the impetus for this
revision.)
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10/24/01 - Added carloads of anthracite shipped from LV
collieries to the Chart of On-Line Customers, NY
Division Branch Lines. (I needed this info for my ARHS convention talk,
so I added it here, too!)
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10/23/01 - Updated the Diesel
Locomotives page with info showing the differences between LVRR SW8
orders, contributed by Larry Grubb of Life-Like.
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10/8/01 - I've received lots of new material from readers
that will definitely improve the site over the next few months, but I
apologize in advance for the time it will take to get all this material onto
the site. I'm preparing a talk on "Modeling the LVRR in the 1970s"
at the ARHS convention in Scranton on 10/27, so that's taking priority right
now.
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9/6/01 - Added a Site Map to help
you find information.
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9/2/01 - The Freight Car page
has been updated with complete April 1964 ORER listings of cars in service.
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8/31/01 - The Diesel Locomotives
page has been rearranged to show locomotives in order of road number, rather
than dates of service, and the list of pre-war diesel/electrics and
gas/electrics has been updated.
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8/30/01 - Photos of Curt Pope's NW1 model in the pre-war
paint scheme have been added to the Modeling
Diesel Locomotives page.
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8/26/01 - Another Jim Six article, this time on
modeling
GP38AC #313, has been adapted from Mainline Modeler.
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8/22/01 - Posted a copy of the LVRR Form C Clearance Card on the
Operations
Page. This is a full size reproduction of two forms - print it out and
cut it in half for use in your model railroad operations. More forms to
follow!
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8/20/01 - Phil Buchwald has supplied data for the MDC modern
40 ft box car, which is now included in the 40
ft boxcar survey.
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8/11/01 - Jim Six's complete article on modeling
LV
317 from the Athearn GP38-2 kit has been reprinted on this web site. I
hope to be able to bring you more LVRR articles from the model railroad
magazines in the future.
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8/7/01 - Completed the April 1948 ORER listings, started
filling in the April 1964 listings on the Freight Car page.
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8/7/01 - Added photos and a description of Ian Metcalfe's
Beaver
Meadow layout, based on the LVRR ins the Hazelton area during the 1970s.
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8/6/01 - Added a Reefers
section to the prototype Freight Car page.
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8/4/01 - Started a
survey of
available HO 40 ft boxcar kits suitable for representing the
leased/rebuilt PC Green cars on the Modeling
Freight Cars page. Feel free to add your opinions!
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8/4/01 - All caboose modeling material has been consolidated
to a revised Modeling Cabooses page, and a review of the new MDC HO kit has
been added to the caboose model survey.
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8/1/01 - Chuck Huthmaker has added some photos of the
soon-to-be-demolished L&S Division to
his layout page.
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7/6/01 - Added Maintenance-of-Way and Work
Cars page, but not much on it yet.
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7/6/01 - References have been added to the
Freight
Cars page for all articles in the model railroad magazines on LVRR
boxcars, gondolas, hoppers and covered hoppers.
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6/25/01 - Added a page on Paint
Mixes. These arguments get rehashed so often, I thought that those new
to modeling the LVRR might find it useful.
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5/31/01 - The
Chart
of on-line customers has been completed for all industries on both main line and branch lines
from Milepost 1.0 to the west end of the Wilkes-Barre Sales Territory (Milepost
265.7 - Milan, PA).
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5/21/01 - Photos of Mark Nolan's cabooses have been added to
the Brass Page.
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4/1/01 - Notes on the use of
"A" before caboose numbers have been revised on the
Caboose page,
per info from Mike Bednar.
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3/24/01 - A brass models page
has been added, initially featuring Joe Zyla's collection. As with the other
model pages, all model photos and articles are hyperlinked from the
Equipment
pages.
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3/22/01 - The first photograph
of an LVRR customer plant has been added - Tioga
Mills, in Waverly, NY. Walter Chamberlain originally suggested the idea
of including the photos of customer plants that appeared in many of the
public timetables published by the LVRR. They were small photos, with low
resolution, so don't expect too much, but they can provide a good guide for
modelers as to general plant layout and, in the case of aerial photos, track
locations. The photos will be linked to the charts
of customer locations and traffic generated. If you have any of these
photos that you would like to share, please let
me know!
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3/22/01 - The first
passenger
train schedule has been added. I think that the Adobe Acrobat scan is
actually easier to read than the original!
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3/19/01 - An example of an
original Newark Sales Territory Traffic Track Diagram has been added to the
Operations
page, and some of the Operations section has been revised to make it
easier to understand.
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3/16/01 - Freight schedules from
the 1959 and 1968 Employee Timetables have been added to the
Operations
page.
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3/13/01 - Lehigh Valley Railroad
Modeler has a new address and a new, larger, server.
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3/12/01 - Jim Hoegg, our first
Contributing Editor, has organized and filled in all the prototype
information for the Steam Locomotives page. Now we
need you to send in the model information!
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3/8/01 - The former Modeling section has
been renamed the Equipment section, and a new
Modeling section has been added, which initially includes
Layouts,
Diesel Locomotives, and
Cabooses.
You can still find all equipment modeling info from links on the Equipment page.
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3/7/01 - The
Modeling
pages are being filled in with photos and short notes contributed by LVRR
modelers. I'd like to display your best work too!
Send contributions to Ed
Schaller.
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3/6/01 - Freight train schedules for 1955
and 1970 have been added to the Operations page
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3/6/01 - New LVRR documents on traffic
statistics and customer info have been added to the Operations
page
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3/1/01 - The
Freight Car table is being
expanded, back to 1946. People have also contributed data for 1964 and 1969,
which will be fit in if it adds something new.
Several people have sent notes asking why the rate at which
new material is being posted has slowed down, and if there is a problem.
Thanks for your concern, but I'm doing fine! There are several reasons for
the slow-down. No one reason is the most important, but they all impact on
the situation:
