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Snowbirds in Lehigh Gap th.jpg
Snow birds lead a consist south through Lehigh Gap on the former rails of the Central of New Jersey.

Gap1969.jpg
Dismantling of the old Lehigh and New England Railroad bridge has not yet begun in the background. You can also see that the Lehigh Valley Railroad has been reduced to a single track at this point in time. Great shot of the Gap.

Gapwinter.jpg
Jersey Central tracks through the snow on the right side of the photo (east bank of the river)

LVGap1968.jpg
A Lehigh Valley freight heads south on the Jersey Central tracks in the fall of 1968. In the background, you can see the old Lehigh and New England bridge being dismantled.

LVStation62.jpg
Passenger station and freight depot for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The railroad reached Slatington in 1856, and that was when the first depot was constructed.

WillowAve.jpg
This is a view of the houses that lined the west side of Willow Avenue in 2011. Compare to the earlier postcard image of the same scene from 1910.

Perspective Panorama2.jpg
We took these photos that were then merged together into this panorama of Slatington in late spring 2011. We were standing high atop some slate quarry trailings and looking south toward the town.
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