Lehigh Valley Train #26 "The Asa Packer"         
Location needs to be verified. If location is correct, this is Main Street prior to grade separation and the fence is Johns Manville plant. This is probably train #26, "The Asa Packer" which left Allentown at 4:16 PM and arrived at Manville at 5:39 PM. Second car appears to be a Pullman Standard Osgood Bradley "American Flyer" 1930s lightweight coach. Also note the heavyweight with railroad roof and skirts added for an attempt at semi-streamlining. The other railroads that added skirts to heavyweights also modified the roof. This is a sign of the LVRR.
Date: 6/1/1949 Location: Manville, NJ Views: 2640 Collection Of:   Charles Knox Freericks
Author:  Charles Knox Freericks
Lehigh Valley Train #26 "The Asa Packer"
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  1940s and 1950s
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