Re: (rshsdepot) Easton, PA

["James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>]

This is the former Lehigh Valley station, built in 1927 and now
abandoned and derelict.  "Lehigh Valley" lettering can still be seen on
the viaduct over 3d St., at least for now.
 
J. Kelling

That ratty lookin' railroad trestle

by Edward Sieger 
Monday October 20, 2008, 2:38 PM

As evidenced by the scaffolding climbing the wall at Route 611 and 
South 
Third Street, artist Matt Nixon has started transferring his  
transportation-themed mural from paper to reality. Canal pioneer Josiah
White  will feature 
prominently in the mural.

Then there's the matter of the Norfolk Southern-owned railroad trestle 

spanning South Third and long-vacant train station. The city's working
on it,  
Mayor Sal Panto told those at the sparsely attended town hall meeting
last week  
in the South Side.

The city managed to coax some Norfolk Southern representatives north to
 look 
at the station, which now serves as Easton's front door thanks to 
I-78.

By next spring, the station will be power washed, new lighting 
installed, 
the railing across the trestle replaced and "Welcome to Easton" 
painted across 
one side of the trestle.

"We were trying to get it done this year, but Norfolk Southern moves
slower  
than the city," Panto said.
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