The
Lehigh Valley had exposed stream locomotive operated car float yard
in New York City between 26th Street and 27th Street on Twelfth Avenue.
This yard was rebuilt when the railroad built the Starrett-Lehigh
Building. The Lehigh Valley shared there float bridge (also called
a transfer bridge) with the Erie Railroad until the Erie completed
there own a few years later.
The photograph shows
the Starrett-Lehigh Building with the Miller Expressway in the foreground.
The white building to the left of the Starrett-Lehigh Building is
the B&O Railroad’s 26th Street terminal. Below the photo
is a track plan published in the Transfer magazine from the Rail Marine
Special Interest Group.