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the mansion in miniature

Ron Luckock built a huge O gauge model railroad of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Jersey City thru Philipsburg & Easton all the way past Mauch Chunk and up the Lehigh River gorge to Penn Haven Junction. The Asa Packer Mansion is in the background of the model, and here is the prototype.

the asa packer mansion in the background

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8 page Brochure

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mauch chunk postcards

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lehigh coal & navigation co

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the switzerland of america


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the switzerland of america

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Railroad Gothic

In the fall of 1970, my senior year at Lehigh, I heard about a waterfalls near an S-bend in the Lehigh river, so of course