9 | Train Number | 10 | ||||
Daily | Miles | (Lehigh Valley) | Services | Daily | ||
11 05A | Dp | 0.0 | New York, NY (Penna. Sta.) (ET) | C R | Ar | 8 20P |
R11 21A | Newark, NJ (Penna. Sta.) | C R | D 8 04P | |||
RF11 50A | 26.5 | South Plainfield, NJ | T C | 7 34P | ||
51.0 | Flemington Jct., NJ (Sundays/Holidays Only) | T | 7 06P | |||
12 49P | 77.0 | Easton, PA | T C | 6 33P | ||
1 05P | Ar | 88.6 | Bethlehem, PA | T C | Dp | 6 13P |
Through Cars to/from Philadelphia | ||||||
317 | Train Number (Reading Railway) | 328 | ||||
11 20A | Dp | 0.0 | Philadelphia, PA (Reading Tml.) (ET) | C R | Ar | 8 10P |
11 26A | 2.9 | Philadelphia, PA (North Broad St.) | C | 8 02P | ||
11 31A | 5.1 | Wayne Junction, PA | T C | 7 58P | ||
11 40A | 10.8 | Jenkintown, PA (Wyncote) | T C | 7 49P | ||
11 59A | 24.4 | Lansdale, PA | T C | 7 30P | ||
12 03P | 27.1 | Hatfield, PA | C | 7 24P | ||
12 07P | 29.6 | Souderton, PA | T C | 7 19P | ||
12 10P | 30.9 | Telford, PA | C | 7 15P | ||
12 15P | 33.6 | Sellersville, PA | C | 7 10P | ||
12 19P | 35.0 | Perkasie, PA | T C | 7 07P | ||
12 29P | 40.2 | Quakertown, PA | T C | 6 57P | ||
12 55P | Ar | 56.6 | Bethlehem, PA | T C | Dp | 6 30P |
9 | Continuing Train Number (Lehigh Valley) | 10 | ||||
1 14P | Dp | 88.6 | Bethlehem, PA | T C | Ar | 6 04P |
1 26P | 93.3 | Allentown, PA | C R | 5 56P | ||
2 09P | 122.7 | Mauch Chunk, PA | T C | 5 13P | ||
145.7 | White Haven, PA | T C | 4 28P | |||
3 40P | 176.0 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | T C | 3 32P | ||
3 56P | 184.0 | Pittston, PA | T C | 3 09P | ||
4 28P | 207.0 | Tunkhannock, PA | T C | 2 40P | ||
5 18P | 254.8 | Towanda, PA | T C | 1 48P | ||
5 47P | Ar | 271.0 | Sayre, PA | T C | Dp | 1 20P |
5 52P | Dp | Ar | 1 15P | |||
6 49P | 307.1 | Ithaca, NY | T C | 12 25P | ||
7 45P | 344.5 | Geneva, NY | T C R | 11 31A | ||
7 59P | 354.4 | Clifton Springs, NY | T C | 11 16A | ||
8 33P | 379.5 | Rochester Junction, NY (Connecting service to/from Rochester) |
T C | 10 46A | ||
392.9 | Caledonia, NY | T C | RF10 30A | |||
DF 9 08P | 410.5 | Batavia, NY | T C | F10 11A | ||
9 50P | Ar | 447.6 | Buffalo, NY (Lehigh Valley Tml.) (ET) | C R | Dp | 9 30A |
Observation Parlor-Lounge Car...New York to Buffalo—24-Seat. AIR-CONDITIONED.
Parlor Car...Philadelphia to Mauch Chunk—28-Seat, Drawing-room. AIR-CONDITIONED. (Passengers in this car for points west of Mauch Chunk including Buffalo, will be provided with simiilar accommodations beyond Mauch Chunk.)
Dining Car...New York to Buffalo. AIR-CONDITIONED.
Observation Parlor Lounge Car...Buffalo to New York—24 Seat. AIR-CONDITIONED. (Passengers in this car to Reading points, including Philadelphia, will be provided with similar accommodations en route, in Mauch Chunk-Philadelphia Parlor Car.)
Parlor Car...Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia—28-Seat, Drawing-room. AIR-CONDITIONED.
Dining Car...Serving all meals. AIR-CONDITIONED.
Parlor Car...Philadelphia to Mauch Chunk. (Parlor car passengers may transfer to Buffalo car at Mauch Chunk.)
Observation Parlor-Lounge Car...Bethlehem to Buffalo.
Dining Car...Bethlehem to Buffalo.
Thru Coach...Philadelphia to Buffalo.
The Lehigh Valley was not well positioned to compete against the larger and stronger roads such as Erie, the Lackawanna, and the New York Central. By 1961 all Lehigh Valley through passenger services would fade into oblivion, including the Black Diamond.
The Black Diamond had been the Lehigh Valley's flagship train since 1896 on the through route between New York City and Buffalo. Alone among the "small fry", it possessed an entry to Pennsylvania Station and Manhattan proper, a relic of USRA control during World War I. Desperate to establish a streamliner brand to compete against the big boys, the L. V. hired industrial designer Otto Kuhler of B. & O. and G. M. & N. Rebel fame. With no budget to speak of his first effort was modest; a skirted and painted steam locomotive hauling a heavyweight Asa Packer. However, the public reception was so positive that Lehigh Valley was motivated to open its coffers wide enough to turn out two new streamliners (albeit largely of heavyweight equipment rebuilt in the railroad's own Sayre shops), the John Wilkes of June 1939 and the streamlined Black Diamond of April 1940.
Read more about the Black Diamond at American Rails and at Scotty's Black Diamond Express page.