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Lehigh Valley Barge No 79

Started by marklayton, September 24, 2010, 05:11:43 PM

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marklayton

Last month I had a unique opportunity to take a cruise in the New York City harbor on Lehigh Valley Barge #17 in tow of tug Pegasus.  The barge is the last extant example of an all-wooden cargo barge, out of the large fleet operated by the railroads.  It was built in 1917, and now lives in Red Hook in Brooklyn, serving as a floating venue for performances, mostly for school children.  Pegasus was built in 1907 as Standard Oil #1, and was operating in revenue service until 1997.  It is now a museum boat.

I took a lot of detail photos for a 1:32 scale floating model.  The barge captain had a scale drawing that came from the Antracite Railroads Historical Society, so I have dimensions.

Mark
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Malachi Constant

Cool project and sounds like you've got all the info lined up ... look forward to it.

Cheers,
Dallas
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JohnP

Indeed this will be something different. The floating aspect will add another dimension as well. Plus you had the opportunity to visit the real thing.

I always liked the Lehigh Valley. It was a good, working man's Eastern railroad. No frills but had all the right stuff from the coal to the passenger trains.

Keep us informed Mark.

John
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marc_reusser

Look forward to seeing your build thread.

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Mark

Looks like an interesting thread.  Will be following along.

Jerry
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