Along the Lehigh New England

This is a preview of Along the Lehigh New England. This DVD will be available from www.johnpmedia.com November 1st, 2019
DVD Summary Below:
Along the Lehigh & New England is a collection of scenes on the Lehigh New England Railroad from Tamaqua, PA to Campbell Hall, NY between the mid 1940’s and the early 1960’s
Enroute, we’ll view regular steam and diesel operations and catch sightings of interchange railroads
We’ll then close with two Reading excursions on the Lehigh & New England in 1949 and 1958
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar. Color and B&W; approximately 47 minutes runtime

[@TheJpec361]

"Get off the goddamn railroad..." Big Mike is a treasure...

[@travelingman484]

J Peck Does anyone know if big mike is on Facebook? I’d love to talk to him. I’m a new arrival in Pennsylvania and I’m a fanatic of all Pennsylvania based railroads.

[@TheJpec361]

No, his younger brother Daniel is although not very active. I think he still works for NS.

[@Shadowfax-1980]

Danny Soldano he writes articles in some of the train magazines

[@b3j8]

"Don't yas know any better!" LOL. I've got a buddy from Chicago (Chicawga) and his folks talk the same way!

[@williamschaadt8876]

I lived up from tad more round house on route 946 north..from 1946 to 1961 I saw a lot of railroad history there..when we moved there it was steam engines only. I am 81 years old..I would like to go and see it again.

[@nevetslegasi5686]

I love how Mike can look at a scene, and tell you exactly where it is. Shows he really KNEW the whole system.

[@garykuipers2696]

I have all of your L&NE videos and they are great! I remember this railroad as a child crossing the Delaware River at Portland, PA and at the diamond at Augusta, NJ. I worked with two former L&NE conductors on the ELRR , ConRail, and NJT. Also worked with several former L&HR men. All of the highest caliber. I spent 43 years of railroad service and enjoyed it! Your videos are wonderful quality and worth the money paid. Mike's commentary is priceless.

[@Robowarrior834]

I wish your content would come to Netflix, or some form of rental locations. Would love to watch more, but cant afford to buy them all.

[@JPMediaRR]

Unfortunately, there is still not enough interest in streaming our content to make it worth the time to produce multiple formats for delivery. Not to mention the costs and legality of third-party hosting of our content, make it unfeasible for a small business like ours to do so.

[@wlalevee]

John Pechulis does it again! Outstanding and second to none in railroad videos!

[@justinodonnell4944]

I loved it. Dad worked for D&H and I especially like the anthracite roads.

[@philfrancis6238]

The side rods on the steam locomotive tenders are part of s steam operated auxiliary engine that took steam from the locomotive for additional power used when starting a train. As L&NE locomotives shown did not have trailing trucks the booster had to be located under the tender. Some roads used the front truck, others the rear truck on the tender for a booster engine. NYC used the trailing truck on their 4-6-4 and 4-8-2 locomotives.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thumbs up as always! 🚂🚃🚃🚃

[@danielboone3770]

Awesome trains!

[@ERIELACKU34CH]

I have this one. Its great. Ive been to some of the locations.

[@barbarapenny3521]

The Chain interchange went through our farm. There was a siding there for unloading things

[@patricknoveski6409]

Classic, love the commentaries! Old footage is Money! Thanks boys.

[@ericschmincke1328]

Looks fantastic as usual. Mike Bender pulls a good commentary as usual as well.

[@paulquick8806]

Soo glad for historical footage..thanks🎥🎶🚂🚂.. ..LMAO Mr Bednar👍👍👍👍

[@PRR5406]

Camelbacks, FA1's, and a lost Pennsy Mike. Love it.

[@KFCJones]

If the railroad itself could open up its mouth and speak, it would sound like this man Bednar.

[@mikeggg5671]

There is no anthracite railroad footage made that isnt better with Mike Bednar narrating!

[@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks]

Very nice John.

[@erwinstang70studiosk64]

I love steam and the f units your a excellent commentator. your voice sounds great.

[@JohnDoe-sc7vz]

When men worked hard for little fortune, and still made it in life.

[@JohnDoe-sc7vz]

Those companys cared about there workers and tried to last as long as they could.

[@YuhChorp]

Fucking love the dude commentating. Don’t know shit about trains but love his commentary.

[@kurt8986]

Sweet vid

[@georgestreicher252]

When I was a kid, I would put pennies on the track at Warwick , N.Y.

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

VERY NICE

[@herpderp6705]

Damn nice! Wish the shipping costs werent so ridiculous to Germany.

[@pneumatic00]

I've never seen a connecting rod between wheels on a tender as at 2:21. Maybe it powers an oil pump?

[@spectatorjim1993]

Some steam locomotive tenders had powered booster axles mainly used for extra power when starting a train. Most of this equipment is hidden out of sight except for the connecting rods.

[@travelingman484]

Big mike is a great link to the Pennsylvania based railroads. Mike reach out we’d love to talk to ya.

[@RailfanNetwork]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamielacourse7578]

Time travel is possible......it just depends on your point of view......

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

At 38 Seconds I almost had an Heart attack A ERIE railroad A1 Berkshire Died and gone heaven 💔

[@matthouseholder6928]

3:59 - Why did the Lehigh & New England 2-10-0s have driving wheels on their tenders?

[@brianburns7211]

Matt H Some of the shots looked like they had boosters on the tender. The drawback of this was that the weight of the tender was so variable as coal and water got used up. The extra weight makes a big difference in the traction which it can get.

[@Learn-more610]

Next: part five, Delps edition

[@donnebes9421]

Wonder why New England was in the name of this railroad. It doesn’t seem like it traveled to or from New England, and neither Pennsylvania or New York are part of New England.🤔

[@stephenvanwoert2447]

Sometimes rr names were aspirational in order to raise money when they were being built. The NYO&W got to Lake Ontario but never went Western. The Rock Island (CRI&P) never reached the Pacific. The Frisco (SL-SF) never got to Frisco. The L&NE probably did have good connections with southern New England via the New Haven RR, which crossed the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie. So much has been lost for many years.

[@williamh.jarvis6795]

I believe that they had a chance to enter New England c/o the former Central New England Railroad going NE to Springfield, MA after they would be able to cross over the Hudson River using the massive Poughkeepsie Bridge (now, the "Walkway over the Hudson," a part of a rail-trail system), somehow, some way. That is, before the New Haven Railroad dominated the Poughkeepsie bridge. One should do a search and check out: "The Battle of Montague Farm," in Grandy, CT. Quite a fascinating story about a Mr. Charles Montague, the supposed owner of a small farm, to where the Central New England Railroad had so much difficulty acquiring this some 300+ foot strip of land for their right of way. Mr. Montague was unwilling to sell them this land for any price, despite never even seeing the property he had purchased! The CNE Railroad literally had to build a detour route around this parcel of land owned by Mr. Montague, first going east, then, turning north, thus, adding some 4 miles to this route to make the connection! Turns out that this Mr. Charles Montague served as a secret agent for the New Haven Railroad! The Central New England's route would be supposed direct competition for the New Haven Railroad!

[@ernestimken6969]

PA to NY is not New England. It starts from CT and north to ME.

[@JPMediaRR]

Lehigh New England refers to the NAME of the railroad - The Lehigh & New England Railroad or LNE. The LNE ran from PA to Maybrook, NY and connection with the New Haven and other railroads at Maybrook yard.

[@derrickridge6725]

I love the movie didn't appreciate the language towards the end

[@19king14]

Are you familiar with this train Lehigh New England derailment? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5WtgZx7ed6kqJo

[@JPMediaRR]

I am not, but I may know some who are. Is there a way to contact you outside of KZbin? My email is sales(at)johnpmedia(dot)com