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The non-profit Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc (RIPS) has embarked upon the restoration of Lehigh & New England Railroad #611 – one of America’s most historic diesel locomotives. The 73 year-old locomotive will be restored to operating condition. #611 is the last surviving intact diesel electric locomotive from the Lehigh & New England Railroad, which served the coal, slate and cement regions of eastern Pennsylvania along with northwestern New
A 6-minute video detailing the history of Lehigh & New England #611 and why the locomotive has become an icon of the great, late industrial age. Click image above to play or visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWLJKA-crFE
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The non-profit Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc (RIPS) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lehigh & New England Railroad #611, one of America’s most historic diesel locomotives. Built in 1948 by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, NY #611 helped the Lehigh & New England (LNE) become one of the country’s first fully dieselized railroads. The 73 year-old locomotive locomotive will be restored to operating condition. … Continue readingLehigh & New England #611 Acquired
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.
