JOHN PECHULIS MEDIA 84 minutes
By the 1970ï¾s, the once thriving Anthracite roads were struggling to survive. The long decreasing demand for coal, along with a series of other contributing factors, left these roads in spiraling financial decline. These railroads managed to keep the freight rolling into the mid 70ï¾s with little resources available, but the die was cast and all the Anthracite roads would eventually be swept into Conrail in 1976. In Volume 3 of the Anthracite Railroads in the 70ï¾s series, weï¾ll continue our look at the ailing operations of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Treichlers, Pennsylvania to Lockwood, New York in the last few years leading up to Conrail.
