Re: (LVRR) Lehigh Valley - hexagonal concrete phone boxes?

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

There's one at the preserved Williamsville, NY LV depot which is owned by the
Western NY Chapter NRHS.

Seems that wasps just love to take up residence in those things. No matter
what RR it is on which I find one it always seems to be infested with them!

Henry

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bill K. wrote:

> On a recent visit to the former P&L Jct, I noticed at the remaining switch
> into the former interchange yard between the LV and the G&W, there was a
> large phone box, more of a phone booth, cast in concrete in a hexagonal or
> octagon shape.  It was in fair shape, although gutted and the door long
> gone.  I thought only the Erie used these type of phone boxes - is/was this
> an LV installation, or was it something provided by the G&W or BR&P?  At one
> time another track went a few carlengths further east before joining the
> mainline, so it's not at the very end of connection to the interchange yard
> (originally) but is very close.   Until seeing this I was not aware of one
> of these anywhere else, although in places where the main is gone you might
> be able to check with the landowner and see if they'd let you recover the
> metal boxes tossed aside the ROW when the tracks were removed.
> 
> I wasn't able to check if there was a second one on the west side of the
> junction; in fact it appears as though the ROW has about 12' of fill on it
> west of the former BR&P.
> 
> 
> I have photos, if they turn out, as soon as I find something to use the
> disposable camera up shooting.  (I picked that day to forget my good camera,
> of course).
> 
> 
> Bill K.
> 
> 


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