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Berkheimer Foundation Grant Received

January 23, 2025 riptrack

The Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc. is honored to announce receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Berkheimer Foundation of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania to further the restoration of the last surviving diesel-electric locomotive from the Lehigh & New England Railroad (LNE), 77-year- old #611. The grant was arranged by the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (https://www.lehighlines.org). This comes just weeks after a previously announced $10,000

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LNE Alco #611 Trucker Hats Available Online

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025 riptrack

Our beautiful trucker hats are now available online and at train shows. $30 plus shipping. Order here: https://riptrack.org/shop/

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LNE #611 As Ford Motor Company #10013

October 16, 2022October 22, 2022 riptrack

It is documented that after being used to scrap much of the Lehigh & New England, #611 spent a bit of time in industrial service before being sold to the Ford Motor Company. Ford put #611, now numbered #10013, into service at the company’s River Rouge steel mill in Detroit, Michigan. During her early years at Ford, #611 wore a white paint scheme which may have been a touch-up of

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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday & a Healthy New Year!

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 riptrack

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Introducing the Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc.

September 1, 2021November 19, 2021 riptrack

The non-profit Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc. was formed in 2021 by a group of historians interested in preserving and providing stewardship for railroad and industrial artifacts. … Continue readingIntroducing the Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc.