I know it's a long shot, but would anybody happen to know when the Lehigh Valley train station in Stockertown, Pa. was demolished?
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I would like to know when the one in Fisherville, Ky. was demolished, that I used to
hang out at as a kid. There was a little old lady, maybe a widow, in Iowa (I think)
who, some years ago, was selling what I think were repros of old postcard photos
of assorted stations all over the country. (she did not have Fisherville, but did have other obscure stations in that area). Maybe she or some other source for those
still exists. There is a series of books handled by train show book dealers, "Images
of America", brown soft cover, that cover a lot of surprisingly local historical scenes.
(I found one with the 1930's car dealer building that became my childhood barber
shop) These books are found in other bookstores, I think in the Strasburg's book
shop now in the mall with their hobby shop on the edge of Lancaster, etc.
This is what I found.
bandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad station
This property is now owned by Norfolk Southern. They use and maintain the very busy trackage above here. While there are No Trespassing signs everywhere, I see people walking and jogging around here frequently. In Easton, PA. Built in 1930s as a two story structure. Second story demolished in early '70s.
Bob,
That was the Easton, Pa. station not the Stockertown station. But thank you.
I searched the Pa. listing of (8500) titles of I.O.A., and nothing closer than two titles
of Bethlehem, Pa. could I find. (No Easton or Nazareth, except for Nazarth Racetrack) With familiarity to area, and putting in the zip code as they ask on the site, maybe if you skimmed the Pa. listings, something close might pop up. There area a lot of RR
titles in this series, EBT, Ligonier Valley RR, etc.
My curiosity sent me on a hunt under "Stockertown, Pa.", in which I turned up an
old grist mill remodeled into a residence, three aerial views of a huge Hercules
Cement plant, one titled "Stockertown Station". and a lot of babbling about a rail trail, but not one stinkin' photo of the station. Also a discussion about Karst topography (porous) limestone as in the Mammoth Cave area of Kentucky which supplied the
cement plant.
I have found two photos of the station. One online from 1965 and the other in the book called The Lehigh Valley Railroad, East of Mauch Chunk. That picture is from 1956, but no info on when the station came down.
I had relatives who used to live close to the station. Every time I would visit I would walk the tracks. I never realized where the station was until recently and I never recall seeing it as a kid.
