- HAUTO SCALE TO PEN
ARGYL LINE
- AT MP 45.6
- BENDERS JUNCTION TRAIN ORDER OFFICE
The connection to the L&NE's line to
Bethlehem Junction was at Benders
Junction. In this scene the east leg of the wye diverts from the main
track toward Bath (via Summit) while the line straight ahead leads to
Tamaqua. The track at the far left is a siding. The buildings from right to
left are telephone booth, train order office, tool house, and section house. -
southwestward
view, May 21, 1939 - Richard S. Loane
An eastbound freight with L&NE No. 307 and
helper,
No. 401, drifts down the top of the grade at Summit Siding
towards Benders
Junction.
MP 7.1
L&NE helper No. 401,
at Cement Junction (Bath wye) on the line Benders Junction to Bath, displays
white extra
flags on its smoke box as it steams down the grade from Chapman.
The diamond crossing, barely visible in front of the locomotive, is
the Bath-Portland Spur. The diverging line in the foreground is the south
leg of Bath wye and leads to
Martins Creek. No. 401 will position itself on this leg of the wye
awaiting the arrival of a westbound train (headed towards Benders
Junction) in need of assistance. -northwest view, circa 1930 - photographer
unknown
L&NE No. 401 has completed its reverse move
and is now waits on the south leg of Bath wye.
This leg connects the Bath to Bethlehem line to the Bath to Martins Creek line. The overhead bridge behind the
locomotive carries the Northampton & Bath Railroad over the L&NE
to a connection with the L&NE at Bath yard. The distant chimneys are the
Keystone Portland
Cement Company's plant, which is served by both the N&B and the L&NE.
- southwestward view, circa 1930 - photographer unknown
A Northampton & Bath Railroad freight, high on a bridge
embankment, is about to cross over the L&NE at Cement
Junction. - November 27, 1968 - Reverend A. W. Kovacs
MP 4.6
Although the grade up to Summit started at Clyde (below Cement Junction),
the 2.74 percent stretch of grade between Chapman and Summit was the most
severe on the L&NE. In this scene L&NE No.
401 sits under the water tank on the old Chapman Quarries siding that
once led to the quarries (hence the town name Chapman Quarries). The
spur was abandoned and dismantled prior to World War II leaving only a short
stub to clear
helpers from the line.
- northwestward view, circa 1930 - photographer unknown
L&NE No. 307 and helper No. 401, in a great
blasting of coal smoke and steam, round the final bend before topping the
grade at Summit . Although it looks like two helpers are involved, the third
plume of smoke is from the booster engine under No. 401's tender. - southwestward view, April 1946 -
Richard S. Loane
L&NE No. 307 and helper No. 401 near the
top of Summit grade with half of their train in a move known as doubling
the hill. After cutting off these cars at Summit siding, the two engines
will drift back down the grade to Bath and bring up the rest of the train.
After putting everything back together and performing the required air brake
tests, helper No. 401 will return to the hole at Chapman Quarries siding.
- southeastward view, April 1946 -
Richard S. Loane
The connection to the L&NE's line to
Bethlehem Junction was at Benders
Junction. In this scene the east leg of the wye diverts from the main
track toward Bath (via Summit) while the line straight ahead leads to
Tamaqua. The track at the far left is a siding. The buildings from right to
left are telephone booth, train order office, tool house, and section house. -
southwestward
view, May 21, 1939 - Richard S. Loane
An eastbound freight with L&NE No. 307 and
helper,
No. 401, drifts down the top of the grade at Summit Siding
towards Benders
Junction.
MP 7.1
L&NE helper No. 401,
at Cement Junction (Bath wye) on the line Benders Junction to Bath, displays
white extra
flags on its smoke box as it steams down the grade from Chapman.
The diamond crossing, barely visible in front of the locomotive, is
the Bath-Portland Spur. The diverging line in the foreground is the south
leg of Bath wye and leads to
Martins Creek. No. 401 will position itself on this leg of the wye
awaiting the arrival of a westbound train (headed towards Benders
Junction) in need of assistance. -northwest view, circa 1930 - photographer
unknown
L&NE No. 401 has completed its reverse move
and is now waits on the south leg of Bath wye.
This leg connects the Bath to Bethlehem line to the Bath to Martins Creek line. The overhead bridge behind the
locomotive carries the Northampton & Bath Railroad over the L&NE
to a connection with the L&NE at Bath yard. The distant chimneys are the
Keystone Portland
Cement Company's plant, which is served by both the N&B and the L&NE.
- southwestward view, circa 1930 - photographer unknown
A Northampton & Bath Railroad freight, high on a bridge
embankment, is about to cross over the L&NE at Cement
Junction. - November 27, 1968 - Reverend A. W. Kovacs
MP 4.6
Although the grade up to Summit started at Clyde (below Cement Junction),
the 2.74 percent stretch of grade between Chapman and Summit was the most
severe on the L&NE. In this scene L&NE No.
401 sits under the water tank on the old Chapman Quarries siding that
once led to the quarries (hence the town name Chapman Quarries). The
spur was abandoned and dismantled prior to World War II leaving only a short
stub to clear
helpers from the line.
- northwestward view, circa 1930 - photographer unknown
L&NE No. 307 and helper No. 401, in a great
blasting of coal smoke and steam, round the final bend before topping the
grade at Summit . Although it looks like two helpers are involved, the third
plume of smoke is from the booster engine under No. 401's tender. - southwestward view, April 1946 -
Richard S. Loane
L&NE No. 307 and helper No. 401 near the
top of Summit grade with half of their train in a move known as doubling
the hill. After cutting off these cars at Summit siding, the two engines
will drift back down the grade to Bath and bring up the rest of the train.
After putting everything back together and performing the required air brake
tests, helper No. 401 will return to the hole at Chapman Quarries siding.
- southeastward view, April 1946 -
Richard S. Loane