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Lehigh and New England Main (V 2.1)

The Lehigh and New England was anthracite/cement hauling railroad that existed from the late 1800s to the early 1960s. They're scenic route stretched from the coal fields of the Panther Valley in Pennsylvania, to the mountains of Maybrook New York.
Included in the layout is Arlington yard, the LNE's primary source of anthracite. Arlington features Coaldale Breaker which supplied hoppers with their loads. Moving past Arlington, the line crossed the Lehigh Valley RR, Lehigh River, and CNJ with an impressive bridge (which sadly does not exist today). Further down the line we have Benders Junction. At this intersection heading East we arrive at Pen Argyl. Pen Argyl was the main yard of the LNE. It included a sizable car shop along with a roundhouse. Moving from Pen Argyl we cross the Delaware River and enter Hainesburg Junction. Here they interchanged with the New York Susquehanna and Western Railway.
Traveling underneath the Lackawanna Cutoff, we continue on NYS&W track until Swartswood (JU). LNE track resumes till we reach Pine Island Junction where everything is joint owned with the Erie Railroad. The line crosses the Erie Graham Line and the New York Ontario and Western Main at Campbell Hall, New York. It then diverges off towards Maybrook yard where various interchanges occurred with the New Haven, Lehigh Hudson River Railway, O&W, Erie, and New York Central. Maybrook was considered the New England gateway. It received all New England bound freight from the northeast.

In this slight update I filled in parts of scenery in Arlington and Benders Junction. I also added a small behind the scenes staging yard in Maybrook.