VACANT 1950's Lehigh Valley RR Train Station (Viewer Suggestion)

This Viewer Suggested location takes me to the location of a 1950's Vacant & Decayed former Lehigh Valley Railroad Train Station. When this was brought to my attention, I knew I needed to see it for myself, so I added it to my list and finally made time to check it out. Although the doors are wide open, it is posted and sits along an active rail line, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it from the outside. So I invite you to come along with ‪@rj78productions88‬ & myself as we take a look at this location that is part of Railroading HIstory.
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[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for taking a look at this sad station that holds many stories within its walls.

[@mimig5357]

What an interesting video of a piece of history that is slowly being reclaimed by nature. Thank you for being so respectful as you document these beautiful historical artifacts! I enjoyed coming along!!!

[@gaylebrodt676]

Lots of informative and interesting history right there. I can just imagine what it was like back in the day with all the activity going on. You managed to give us a great look inside of it too. Excellent photos once again and a super awesome video! Thank you JP!

[@JPVideos81]

Always fascinating. Lets hope this one gets saved.

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

I loved this explore .....I bet if you close your eyes and listen..you can hear the clamor of the coming and going of trains and freight back in the '50's ....The voices of those now gone are echoing still ..if you listen .

[@JPVideos81]

Very noisy with traffic, but I can definitely imagine the voices and sounds that were once prevalent here.

[@Westerner78]

All the traffic that used to be on the trains.

[@maryjones6580]

WOW THAT'S ABOUT 72 YEARS OLD.. LOOKS BETTER THANK I WOULD THINK. PRETTY NEAT SEEING IT . THANKS FOR SHARING 💙💙

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for stopping by Mary 💙 🙂

[@maryjones6580]

YOUR VERY WELCOME 🤗

[@SR-zi6eo]

Thank you for taking us along with you; I enjoyed it as always. Much appreciated…..🌝

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure

[@garymessina1609]

Awesome adventure JP and RJ awesome video thanks

[@dr.leonardhofstadtersavage6413]

Nice looking old building JP👍👍👍👍 excellent video

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks 👍

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Big difference between then and now! Thank you for respecting the signs. What a shame people have to ruin old buildings with graffiti.

[@jamesholt7612]

Awesome video JP.

[@steveward3412]

Thanks for the tour. It's always great to see an old piece of railroad history. We have an old station that I believe was the Katy/ Santa Fe line here in the town where I live in Oklahoma just waisting away at the end of downtown. Sure is sad to see such beautiful old buildings just rotting away. Keep up the great videos. I love your channel.

[@Northcoastrails]

What a beautiful old building JP I also have a Lehigh valley train set

[@JPVideos81]

Awesome

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome! So glad someone suggested it! Love seeing the old photo for comparison! Awesome opening with the camera tricks! And RJ! Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure JP!

[@brianabramo135]

Love seeing these old stations, thanks for sharing. It would be cool to see it preserved. It was definitely a passenger station due to the old baggage carts in the older picture

[@Westerner78]

Yes and other items. Like two bathrooms! One was for women. Did a huge package and express, mail business here. Loss of that bankrupted all the private rail operations across the country.

[@terryciavola5962]

Great video Jason. Love these finds and the history of them! 👍🥰

[@JPVideos81]

😊💙

[@rj78productions88]

This was such a cool piece of rail history and I am very grateful that you brought me along to see it and for the awesome day of fun we had.

[@JPVideos81]

It was a great day for sure!

[@mattcrowley3075]

Once again you have given us a great look at railroading JP! AWESOME!

[@Westerner78]

Last Train 1960, THE MAPLE LEAF a overnight mail and express train. Those are express carts on the platform. The black top is the platform. The garage doors were where the package express and local mail was loaded or loaded. Railway Express was the carrier. It's Fedex or United Parcel business today. All former passenger train business! The tracks next to it. Was for the set out cars to be loaded or unloaded. The concrete post at 8:00 was I believe for a mail box! Most stations had them. Trains had Post Offices on them next to the unit. At the stop the Postman got off and pulled the box. Mail was there in hours not days like by truck today. And for 5 cents not 66! You are at time table mile post 207 from New York. The afternoon Diamond which was in your picture stopped here and had heavy loading. The night train THE MAPLE LEAF was restricted to only NY and Philly Passengers. I liked the video, saved me a trip up there to see it. Gas is not twenty cents a gallon today.

[@mikewinkelman7015]

We used to visit a small depot when I was in grade school and watch the Rock Island Rocket come thru and the occasional steam train later in life Chicago North Western railroad bought out Rock Island Lines. The depot was a nice brick building but when they took over they tore it down. Never forgot that was very sad to me had a lot of childhood memories with my friends watching trains. Time marches on.

[@skeeterfan3626]

Thank you for a cool and informative video. Much appreciated!

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Jay, it looks like it would have been a pretty busy place back in the day as you can see it was built with staff in mind to be there to man in it. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞

[@russelltrupia4479]

Great video Jason I like when RJ comes along, be careful going home and keep the proper distance between you and RJ,👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

Drove together this time

[@russelltrupia4479]

@@JPVideos81 Good thinking😀👍

[@dtslord]

Great video as always! Thank you so much for checking this location out!

[@JPVideos81]

Couldn't have done it without the great suggestion!

[@hardworker1957]

Brings up memories of the movie 'The Station Agent' starring peter Dinklage. Excellent movie.

[@StantonsJourneys]

Shout out the viewer for this one wow, thank you for showing us around J.P. They should preserve it.

[@christinereed3337]

I liked seeing the old photo compared to what it looks like now!👍

[@JPVideos81]

It certainly helps with then and now look

[@samrock7632]

Very clever editing with the use of the destroyed TV and the vintage model screen, good job! It was also interesting to view on Google Earth using the GPS coordinates listed on the station list @ 2:32. Even though I was born in Allentown and my Grandfather was the RR switching Yard master, I never heard of Tunkhannock and wanted to see where it was.

[@coalcrackerchris]

Nice location!! Ooh! A TV! Love the old car in the historic photo. I think the sensor in the 'well' is for an oil tank. Might have been converted from coal heat to oil???

[@richdiscoveries]

Now that was really cool, nice little piece of rail history

[@JPVideos81]

Yes it was. Thanks Rich

[@janetfeathers4128]

Thank you, JP, for sharing another piece of history.

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure Janet

[@pamelanoel8948]

I lived in Edwardsville (near Wilkes-Barre) for a time and there was a turnstile (not sure of the technical term) that engines would get on and it would turn until the engine was lined up on the track that it was to go. Not sure if it's still there but it was really interesting to see.

[@JPVideos81]

Turntable I think you're referring to, but I dont know of any in wilkes barre right now.

[@billlukasik1801]

The turntable and area that you are referring to is just across from the Lowe's. Nothing remains of the actual structure but one can still make out the outlines of what was once there.

[@stevebush6048]

That was called a turntable and they were in a "Roundhouse". The railroad workers could work on the underbellies of the old steam locomotives. There used to be one outside of East Stroudsburg at gravel place.

[@newtonsweet529]

@@billlukasik1801

[@buttonvalley]

Great video! I've driven by that so many times (that highway is the US 6 bypass) and have never noticed it. By the way, the DL&W freight station in Nicholson that's listed has had a complete restoration done. I'm not sure what they plan to do with it now, but it is a beautiful to see it returned to its former glory.

[@JPVideos81]

Always good with something like that gets saved.

[@Westerner78]

Museum on the original line. The highway was the main line of the DL&W before the viaduct and mountain top line was built.

[@paulsalmon5928]

Artistic approach is interesting. Anything LV that still exists is worth a good look.

[@lovesmashbox]

so cool to take a look back at the train station . love this type of video .

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed

[@evarodriguezalequin5705]

Thank you for sharing. I could Imagine how nice it was back in the days. I. Wondering if can be saved.

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

Great video. Enjoyed the tour. I wish you had gotten closer to the old passenger station just so we could see the rail side of the building. I enjoy the railroad history.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@suzanjournagan1112]

Nice bit of history, thank you for the comparison photo of its glory days .

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Thanks Jay Hey RJ CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WATCHING

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

Hi Ted ......hope you have a Merry and blessed Christmas ....

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

@@barbara-pigeonbray4579 Thank you same to you .

[@jeffgentle6497]

It's interesting to see a lot of these railroad buildings in your region are made from brick. Back in the 50s a lot more affordable and definitely built to last. The Lehigh Valley in its day was a respectfully decent operation. It would be cool to restore this once prominent railroad station. We in St. Louis had both brick and wooden railroad stations on the okd Frisco now BNSF and Missouri Pacific now Union Pacific. Our downtown Union Station was once one of the busiest ones especially during the troop transport during WW II. Now it's just a tourist attraction. We have an ugly Railroad/Bus station. 😔 Thanks for taking us along Jay!!!

[@JPVideos81]

It was certainly built strong and still in good enough condition to be saved.

[@Westerner78]

Did ya like the UNION TRAILER ? That was there for years? That was before the bus / rail station of today.

[@billwalton5577]

So,cool what a piece of railroad history another great video✌👍👍

[@johnnyringo3171]

Always enjoy old RR buildings. Would be great if this one could be renovated and repurposed.

[@carolkokx9638]

You make very amazing videos

[@703am]

i know of two vintage rail stations in my local area, one, someone bought and remodeled and now they live there, the second one is along the local bike trail, and they restored it part rail history and some trail history. enjoyed the video by the way you guys make a great team

[@allenthibault9523]

Love your blogging on This one J.P. !🤗✌❤

[@mattPG78]

Pretty neat little find. I'm really loving the quality out of the DJI action 3! The color and stabilization is excellent.

[@JPVideos81]

I love it!

[@cessna54tango]

Should have told me you were in town, I would have given you the grand tour over at the airport. Also, The line that ran behind the station wasn’t the Erie, it was the junction of the Montrose branch of the LV. That went from Tunkhannock to Montrose. The rail bed is a walking trail now on the east side of Tunkhannock, and it crosses the bottom of our property by Lake Carey. It’s pretty neat the station still exists and they didn’t destroy it building the bypass highway around town. Would be awesome to see it restored!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for the clarification on the other line.

[@MrIceman22]

Great Video Jp it always awesome to get viewer request on stuff like this thanks again buiddy :D

[@JPVideos81]

Sure thing!, thanks for checking it out.

[@barbaraellis5654]

Thank you for showing us too bad they can't fix it up and have a museum of the old days!

[@rikspector]

Jay, It's so sad that passenger service in the U.S. is so limited when the potential for less crowded and cleaner roads is right there! I'm glad you found before pictures. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@robertmanley7556]

Such a shame they couldn't keep it up and use it for the history of it .....I noticed they're were several sets of tracks missing and all the buildings from the picture in the 1950s behind the station are all gone now as well ....sad how time has changed so much ....but the cross buck signs and the yield signs are there for a road that is closed now 🤔. Great video as alway's history is alway's cool to learn about !!! 👍👍

[@elizabethlucey4527]

Hi rj how the heck are you and jp and everyone tonight are you him staying warm and drive safely please buckle up keep up the good work and videos ok happy holidays to you and yours ok from the zentgraph family here in medford Oregon ok

[@MEL2theJ]

Thank you! 👍 Loved it

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidhibbs6989]

NICE video! But I wish people would just stay home and destroy their own stuff 😂

[@jillmiles7105]

Agreed 🤣

[@travisjackson7848]

The mountains smaller as well. But thanks for taking us back to the pass

[@lifewithroscoe6513]

Very nice! Hopefully the RBMN will rehabilitate the building.

[@johnchambers8528]

This station was a combined freight and passenger station. The photo you showed with the baggage carts and the fact there was a paved area to the track was so passengers could get on and off. The baggage carts could be used either for baggage or express traffic on the front cars of the train.

[@JPVideos81]

Makes sense. Thanks for that info.

[@IamKittySweets]

love your videos thanks

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you like them!

[@JamieMakin]

Cool find, thanks so much for sharing! I believe that's the location Reading & Northern ran Santa trains out of a few weeks ago. I almost went to chase that, but I had gone to RSME with RJ one of the days and it rained the other day. Maybe I'll go next year so I can check that out while I'm there. Next year Reading & Northern is bringing passenger service to Pittston. That's another half hour or so up the line, so maybe in the future they can rehab that and run regular trains out of it again? Lots of possibilities! It needs a lot of work but seems like it's still intact enough to do so.

[@JPVideos81]

With Andy behind the plans and projects, anything is possible.

[@robkrasinski6217]

2102 now goes from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock usually in June. There is a run again this year. You can buy tickets at the Reading and Northern site. That is a long all day excursion from 9 AM to about 7 PM. There is a layover In Tunkhannock for a festival. I wonder who owns the ex-LV station in Tunkhannock? Was that a freight or passenger station? It’s just a block brick building. Other LV passenger stations most of which are gone were more elaborate.

[@JamieMakin]

@@robkrasinski6217 I believe the Tunkhannock station was for freight and is currently owned by Reading & Northern.

[@Jeff-gi6vd]

Great video JP! Are you going to do another live stream where you drive around looking at Christmas light displays? Those are always neat!👍

[@catherineengle4196]

I bet it was a really nice station back in the day. ✌

[@JPVideos81]

Not as fancy as others, but definitely had some charm.

[@larryberger9440]

Nice video but you need some assistance. Those carts are called baggage carts. There were found at every train station to up- load and un- load baggage, freight, mail and other materials that was carried by the railroad in their baggage cars. The windows have glass blocks installed. They are glass bricks which allowed light to pass through. So now you have learned 2 new things. you are welcome.

[@pambrown8697]

Always sad to these old stations in ruins.

[@davehitt]

Thats cool!

[@offshack]

The road behind the station is the "new" US Hwy 6 bypass that was opened in the late 1990s. Most of those streets used to go right up the hill into town but they closed most of them in the late 80s when they turned the area between the railway and the river into "riverside park" after numerous floods destroyed much of what was along there. In the "old" 1950s picture you can see the old Billings Mill in the background - that was torn down in the 80s around the same time those other tracks were put to rest. One of those tracks was kept active much later than the others as it went into the Agway Supply, which was located directly underneath what is that section of Hwy 6 bypass now. The station was still relatively well maintained until around that time as well. I would say it's been 35-40 years now since they stopped using it for anything. I lived within a mile or so of here the first 22 years of my life and used to walk along the river there daily - I've been gone since the mid 90s, but still have family and property there.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks so much for the additional info

[@robkrasinski6217]

I think the only freight business RBMN has up that way is the P&G plant on the other side of Vosburg Tunnel in Mehoopany which is the northern end of R&N ownership, Lehigh Railway operates the line to Towanda and Athens below Sayre under lease from NS.

[@jamesalinio5277]

Hey there JP and RJ78, that's a sweet find of a disused railroad structure, just imagine the possibilities of what that building could become if it were properly taken care of, especially if whoever got it could have rail service restored to it, a possible revenue maker for the community. Sadly, with the way the economy is, that may never happen. What is really mind boggling is, there is so much history in the region of North East Pennsylvania that most people have either not seen it or haven't looked for it, it just sits there being reclaimed by nature and destroyed by vandalism, old railroad tracks that are being made into walking trails, old railroad sidings that went into coal mines, the list is endless and everything is right there for everyone to go see yet they can't see past their noses to go and explore the great outdoors, they'd rather stick their noses in front of their cell phones, even when driving, nobody cares anymore about our regional history, of which there is plenty to get out and see

[@judygarnet425]

I enjoy your videos! This is always fun! What year did they stop using this rail station? ❤️❤️❤️

[@JPVideos81]

I couldn't find confirmation of that unfortunately

[@lifewithroscoe6513]

By using the information that you provided, I was able to locate where you were at. The road behind you is the US Route 6 bypass and not Pa 29

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for the correction.

[@lifewithroscoe6513]

@@JPVideos81 Consider checking out the rails to trails in Hazleton. It's a nice walk and you pass over here the NS and RBMN run.

[@gailspaw5521]

Thank u

[@anthraciteproductions4732]

That was the new station there was an older one there but that one was demolished

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it’s got the clear mixed-use utilitarian look that a lot of similar stations of the era had

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for the information!

[@gailspaw5521]

So kool

[@dalejensen5828]

I bet the last doorway you peaked into was a small passenger waiting room with the two bathrooms there.

[@toddgrinolds3069]

Interesting place. Wonder how many of these they had? Was this a common thing back in the day?

[@thirzapeevey2395]

I bet that area got utterly destroyed in Hurricane Agnes. It was probably already closed by then, but I bet the rails, road, and building got undermined and weren't worth fixing. Then they came along and improved the road behind it, and raised the grade, so that the cross street was unusable. I was in Williamsport for that storm, and I remember the news showing how bad things were in Wilkesbarre, Scranton and Harrisburg every day. Thankfully, Williamsport had the dikes. The flood nearly got to the top, but the dikes held the water back. They may have even raised that grade so it would be above the average flood. According to google map, that is route 6 behind it. It is heartbreaking how much we have lost as a nation.

[@brianleeper5737]

The service entrance cable from the electric meter does not look like it's more than say 40 years old. It's definitely not the original from the 50s. It appears to be PVC jacketed cable, which came out sometime in the mid 70s according to what I read.

[@Delirious365]

So check out the train station in Liberty State Park Jersey City New Jersey. 3:41. 3:54

[@bsalightning69]

I'd love to own a building like that, and make it into something useful... If nothing else, make it into a home with a huge o scale train layout...

[@staceyrees353]

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[@randomvideosn0where]

Thanks for sharing this station with us! That music is terrible.

[@Westerner78]

The picture of the train about a minute in the video. Might be the last Black Diamond. Why? The mail and express carts are empty! Which was a major source of income for the passenger trains. Unless it was a Sunday? Most people have that off to go and take pictures of trains. Loss of the packages and mail was the end of private passenger trains across the country. The night train continued until if could be replaced by slow, expensive trucks.

[@garyhundley8493]

Been watching another guy video west Pennsylvania railroad. Have you checked that out?

[@bostonrailfan2427]

half of the station was passenger use, hence the asphalt platform, the rest was freight and baggage, hence the carts and loading dock…odds are the freight was the real breadwinner there since it was built when the passenger trains were in steep decline in ridership and quality

[@JPVideos81]

Makes sense. Thanks for the correction.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@JPVideos81 it stood out for the reasons you mentioned: the baggage carts, sign, and low platform…freight stations don’t need a low platform as they’d unload onto a high platform right into the building.

[@Nav1gamer]

You happen to notice the rail was section and not ribbon. You wouldnt happen to have caught the weight would you’d have JP?

[@Malien-xr7ux]

Hello, what is the opening music please?

[@JPVideos81]

Lucid - Nomyn

[@Malien-xr7ux]

@@JPVideos81 Thank you 👍

[@ErikVince]

Well that's the end of that toilet someone really blew it up

[@JPVideos81]

😁

[@craigbrowning9448]

One thing I've seen around train stations are those rolling carts (for the movement of baggage Etc) that look like they date from the time of steam locomotives in the 19th century still in use. A Couple of them are seen at the left of the photo.

[@joanwilliams1376]

So sad to see depots no longer in use.

[@douglasroberts6316]

Hello Where was it ???

[@markdantonio1582]

so we know the year it was built?

[@GEAUXUNA]

Great video. Music and everything. Explosive diarrhea lol.

[@JPVideos81]

💩😁

[@rhondaking6433]

Funny how much irt actually resembles a train car with a caboose attached lol ...designed with purpose? ...purely a coincidence? 🤔

[@JPVideos81]

Makes you wonder if that was a plan or not

[@markmilitant]

America has gotten so greedy we no longer have a railroad in the Lehigh valley from Easton to Allentown just commercial trains and highways all for money smfh

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

History barley holding on

[@robm6504]

Less walking away from the camera would be nice!!

[@davewait6469]

NO. THANKS

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great yet also sad video will the freight train station be saved? 👍😢🚉

[@JPVideos81]

We can only hope

[@paulahartley7129]

Yes it's sad when people come a long and break things 😪 image all the things thats place seen just in 70 yrs wow cool Station 🚉 that was funny 😄 with the toilet 🤣part 🚽