(rshsdepot) Bangor railroad stations. Bangor, Penn. (DLW, LNE)

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR
Lehigh and New England Railroad

Bangor Slate must have been a good customer: http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/roofingexhibit/slate3a.jpg
It is still an industry in Northampton County: http://www.capco.ie/roofing/penrhyn.htm
Aerial trams were used to transport the slate around the mines: http://www.gingerb.com/Slate%20Pits%20View%201.jpg
Slate pits: http://www.gingerb.com/Slate%20Pits%20View%203.jpg
South of the Pen Argyl area is rich in slate. The two photos above are recent photos from South Pen Argyl slate mine. 

DL&W 1912 Freight depot: http://www.west2k.com/papix/bangordlwfreight.jpg
L&NE 1909 freight depot: http://www.west2k.com/papix/bangorlnefreight.jpg
There are no rails in Bangor anymore.

The State Belt Street Railway of Bangor, Penn.: http://206.103.49.193/odds/pa/jpg/bsb01.jpg
http://www.clintonhollins.com/img/71090.jpg
Bangor, Pa. is the Antique Gateway of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The DL&W's Bangor & Portland railway paralleled the L&NE's line  between Bath and Nazareth.

The former Town Hall in Bangor is interesting: http://www.slatebeltheritage.com/

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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #954
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org