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Owner: Lehigh Valley
Type: Business Car
AAR Class: PS: Company service car, including office cars, instruction cars, display cars, etc.
AAR Type: M530
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   HW business car.

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Lehigh Valley Observation Car 353, "The Black Diamond"
Title:  Lehigh Valley Observation Car 353, "The Black Diamond"
Description:  Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/19/1979  Upload Date: 2/11/2023 8:29:55 PM
Location:  Boston South Station, MA
Author:  Ralph L. Phillips
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
Lehigh Valley Observation Car 353, "The Black Diamond"
Title:  Lehigh Valley Observation Car 353, "The Black Diamond"
Description:  Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/19/1979  Upload Date: 2/11/2023 8:32:45 PM
Location:  Boston South Station, MA
Author:  Ralph L. Phillips
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/25/2019 9:24:08 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  365   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  Occasionally private cars would turn up in Penn Station. One night I was headed home and saw LV 353 on one of the station tracks. I was able to get a shot of the drumhead.
Photo Date:  11/9/1981  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 3:18:27 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
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Views:  674   Comments: 1
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:50:19 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:50:20 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  859   Comments: 0
LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Title:  LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:52:05 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  872   Comments: 0
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:53:20 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  264   Comments: 0
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:53:21 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:50:20 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  869   Comments: 0
LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Title:  LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:52:07 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  282   Comments: 0
LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Title:  LV #353 & CLOVER COLONY
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/28/1984  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 8:52:08 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  299   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/1984  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 3:46:09 PM
Location:  Newport News, VA
Author:  Russell Underwood
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1434   Comments: 1
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/1984  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 3:46:09 PM
Location:  Newport News, VA
Author:  Russell Underwood
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  804   Comments: 0
LV #353 and SP #8351 CLOVER COLONY
Title:  LV #353 and SP #8351 CLOVER COLONY
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/1986  Upload Date: 10/25/2019 9:58:35 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
High dollar riders
Title:  High dollar riders
Description:  Lehigh Valley 353 was the extra fare car on the BM&R 425 trip to Port Jervis, Here it is on the rear about to go into Otisville tunnel
Photo Date:  8/2/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 4:27:37 AM
Location:  Otisville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  469   Comments: 0
Private Varnish - Lehigh Valley Business Car 353 is carrying the markers on the eastbound New England Section of the Lake Shore Limited.
Title:  Private Varnish - Lehigh Valley Business Car 353 is carrying the markers on the eastbound New England Section of the Lake Shore Limited.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/1987  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 11:25:26 PM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
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Views:  548   Comments: 0
LV 353 carries the "Black Diamond" drum head, as the Lake Shore Limited departs eastbound from Pittsfield
Title:  LV 353 carries the "Black Diamond" drum head, as the Lake Shore Limited departs eastbound from Pittsfield
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/1987  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 11:25:55 PM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  466   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  Bringing up the markers on the Lake Shore this day is LV 353, the "Black Diamond".
Photo Date:  10/5/1987  Upload Date: 8/18/2005 2:19:01 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  756   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/1988  Upload Date: 8/30/2014 1:43:59 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Station
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Views:  248   Comments: 0
LV 353 -
Title:  LV 353 -
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/1993  Upload Date: 10/26/2005 12:22:32 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Jeff Bartkowiak
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  886   Comments: 0
Old Dewitt station
Title:  Old Dewitt station
Description:  Amtrak train 286 makes its station stop at the Dewitt station, the 1957 structure that replaced the old passenger station downtown whose right of way now carries I 690. The new bus and train station near Carousel Mall would open in a couple of years, closing this station far out on the east side of Syracuse. Note LV 353 sitting in the pocket track at left.
Photo Date:  11/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/8/2015 4:58:08 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 368(F40PHR)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
LV 353 Black Diamond
Title:  LV 353 Black Diamond
Description:  Part of the MILW 261 excursion train
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:49:58 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
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Views:  809   Comments: 1
The Black Diamoned
Title:  The Black Diamoned
Description:  A nice early morning shot of Lehigh Valley observation car #353.
Photo Date:  7/10/2006  Upload Date: 2/5/2007 4:27:59 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  620   Comments: 0
Storage Line
Title:  Storage Line
Description:  PRR 1361s cab can be seen in this photo.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/8/2016 2:24:01 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 44(4-6-0) DLW 500(SW8) PRR 1361(4-6-2) EL 3505(Electric M.U.)
Views:  1123   Comments: 0
DL 2452
Title:  DL 2452
Description:  Steamtown Special pulls into Stroudsburg
Photo Date:  11/3/2007  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 1:59:28 PM
Location:  Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  DL 2452(C425)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2007  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 2:01:31 PM
Location:  Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  703   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  Steamtown
Photo Date:  11/4/2007  Upload Date: 11/5/2007 11:45:02 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  593   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/4/2007  Upload Date: 11/5/2007 9:53:15 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  479   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/4/2007  Upload Date: 11/5/2007 9:53:38 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  565   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2008  Upload Date: 12/1/2008 4:11:03 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Huhn
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  550   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  A going away shot of the train with a Lehigh Valley observation car bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  1/17/2009  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 3:09:28 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Austin MacDougall
Categories:  Steam
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Views:  500   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/15/2009 4:00:34 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Derek Buel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  445   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  Bringing up the markers of excursion train.
Photo Date:  9/5/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2009 4:12:41 PM
Location:  Moscow, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  808   Comments: 0
Lehigh Valley Business Car #353
Title:  Lehigh Valley Business Car #353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2009  Upload Date: 9/7/2009 12:16:02 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Rick Glosser
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  462   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 11:11:15 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  390   Comments: 0
Lehigh Valley #353
Title:  Lehigh Valley #353
Description:  LV business car #353 in the roundhouse at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 11/11/2009 9:24:14 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  493   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description:  NRHS "Susquehanna Limited" arriving at the former Lackawanna Station to start the trip along the Susquehanna River to Sunbury
Photo Date:  6/22/2010  Upload Date: 6/22/2010 11:31:28 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  486   Comments: 0
RPCX 800181
Title:  RPCX 800181
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/17/2013 3:05:35 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Austin MacDougall
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  319   Comments: 0
Steamtown Excursion train
Title:  Steamtown Excursion train
Description:  Lehigh Valley passenger car.
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 7:20:03 AM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  341   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/17/2010 7:59:35 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  372   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/17/2010 7:59:43 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  358   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/17/2010 9:03:14 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  360   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/19/2010 10:13:48 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  340   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/20/2010 7:49:29 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  302   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/20/2010 7:49:32 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  375   Comments: 0
Shoving back
Title:  Shoving back
Description:  The runby shoves back into the Station.
Photo Date:  9/5/2010  Upload Date: 12/29/2010 12:18:21 PM
Location:  Moscow, PA
Author:  Dan Davis
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  312   Comments: 0
LV 353
Title:  LV 353
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/23/2011  Upload Date: 8/27/2011 10:17:01 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Carl Perelman
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  641   Comments: 0
UNION PACIFICE BIG BOY 4012
Title:  UNION PACIFICE BIG BOY 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/2/2011 6:23:45 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Gary A Budd
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4) RDG 903(FP7A) NKP 514(GP9)
Views:  709   Comments: 1
LV #353
Title:  LV #353
Description:  The only LV business car ever.
Photo Date:  9/3/2011  Upload Date: 12/24/2011 5:17:59 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Rudy Garbely
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  485   Comments: 0


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