Pen Argyl, PA pictures from 11/16/2001


  I stumbled across this roundhouse while going for a motorcycle ride in NorthEastern PA, on November 16, 2001. It was an unusually warm day, so I was out and about when out of the corner of my eye I swore that I saw a roundhouse. At the time, I had never heard of the L&NE (Lehigh and New England) Railroad, and had no idea who this site formerly belonged to. (My excuse is that I'm from Western PA and born too late to see the L&NE....) Luckily, I was carrying my trusty digital camera, so I took some pictures of the sights. It is quite an impressive facility and it's a shame that nothing is being done to save the facility as a historical rail treasure. It is currently being used as a light industrial park.

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Looking at the Roundhouse and turntable.
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Another shot of the roundhouse and turntable.
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This was the powerhouse (small building) and the car shops (big building).
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Turntable and the (recently?) filled turntable pit.
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Another shot of the filled pit. The doors appear to be bricked up.
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Looking down the former ROW. The turntable is directly behind me. Water tank would have been ahead on the left.
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Looking the other way down the ROW towards the tuntable. Sorry for the bad shot but it was into the sun.
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Straight shot down the turntable. Not that power is still connected to it.
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The right side of the roundhouse.
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Front of the roundhouse.
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A closer shot of the turntable bridge (also into the sun....)
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The turntable and the left side of the roundhouse.
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Closeup (and full sized) picture of the above ground part of the turntable.
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Left side of the roundhouse. (and my trusty railfanning vehicle)
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