1920 Reading railroad fill on the Catasauqua and Fogelsville railroad. Lehigh county PA.

Hello everyone. In this video we take a look at the enormous Reading railroad fill and tunnels.
This is originally the Catasaqua and Fogelsville railroad. There once stood an enormous iron bridge here that was built by the C&F. Eventually the Philadelphia and Reading would take a lease out on this line and as trains became increasingly heavier a new crossing over the Jordan creek would be required. This is was you see now. The Reading dumped slag in this area starting in 1916 and continued this till 1919 creating a fill and then constructing the tunnels we see today.
Another neat thing about the area is that the Lehigh Valley Transit Company had tracks running through the road tunnel. Let’s take a walk and I’ll tell you what I read. Thank you for watching.1/19/25