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| The last of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Yardmasters, Al Feuerstein, classified freight cars and supervised operations of the Packerton Yard. He leans against a Norfolk Southern rail car on his first visit in many years to the remains of the Packerton Yards. |
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| Ken Hurley was the Assistant Yardmaster at Packerton Yards. |
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| The discussion will be moderated by Mike Bednar, a former Packerton Yards employee and author of numerous books on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. |
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| Packerton Yards 1951 |
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| LVRR Paint Crew III - 1925 |
This event is SOLD OUT
For over a century, Asa Packer's Lehigh Valley Railroad provided coal transport and railroad jobs in Eastern Pennsylvania. On March 31, 1976, it ceased operations.
Now, some 35 years since it closed, only a handful of former workers remember its operations. This Packerton Yards Remembered program is bringing them together.
The program will feature Yardmaster Al Feuerstein and his assistant Ken Hurley. The discussion will be moderated by Mike Bednar, a former Packerton Yards employee and author of numerous books on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The Packerton Yards Remembered program is presented by Carbon County Magazine with the sponsorship of Pufferbellys Railroad Gift Shop and the Jim Thorpe National Bank.
The event will be held on Thursday evening Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Deaf Welcome Foundation Theater*, 206 N. Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Blvd., Lehighton.
Seating is limited to 50 and reservations are required. The program will give priority to former Packerton Yards workers, LV Railroad workers, railroad historians and Carbon County historians. The program will encourage participation with the audience and the program may be recorded as a living history.
Reservations are required!
To make a reservation, send an email to: info@carboncountymagazine.com.
Please include, separately for each person registering: name, email, phone, and indicate if you are a former railroad worker, historian, etc.
If email is not available, call: 570-325-9375.
*The Deaf Welcome Foundation Theater is located at 206 N. Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Blvd. (Rt. 209), Lehighton. From Lehighton, take Rt. 209 towards Jim Thorpe and turn left just before the rear entrance to the Revco Drug Store.