(Photograph of Lehigh Valley Business Car)

September 6, 1916

Lehigh Valley #353 was delivered to the Lehigh Valley Railroad on September 6, 1916 by the Pullman Company at a cost of $33,000. The all-steel, heavyweight car represented the pinnacle of technology and luxury. The car served the railroad's Chief Executive Officer for sixty years, until the Lehigh Valley was absorbed into Conrail.

National Park Service photograph