After approaching on slow order out of Gouldsboro, the crew "blurps" up to speed on the approach to "Toby" with their first stop at Bestway in Cresco on a sparkling afternoon in the Poconos.

Delaware Lackawanna train PT-98 rolls East through Tobyhanna,Pa. with two RS3s and a C-420 in charge on 09-11-12.

The trackside faithful at Scranton wasn't sure how this day was going to pan out. A few of us were starting to get nervous when the CNJ 1554 started acting up and the five Alco SPG Job was badly... (more)

DL 4068 & DL 1554 charge south after a troubled and late start out of Scranton on a gorgeous afternoon in the Poconos.

Delaware Lackawanna train PT-98 rolls East through Mt Pocono,Pa. with two RS3s and a C-420 in charge on 09-11-12.

Delaware Lackawanna train PT-98 rolls East through Elmhurst,Pa. with two RS3s and a C-420 in charge.

Batten Kill RS-3 #605 heads east for Cargill where it will switch out its train and head to Eagle Bridge to interchange with Pan Am Southern and the D&H. For the most part, the Batten Kill only t... (more)

8255 pulls the excursion train north over the trestle by Nowhere (Yes, Nowhere). The steam engine on the opposite end encountered trouble upon arrival at Norwood and the 8255 was dispatched to com... (more)

Two Delaware Lackawanna RS-3s roll train PT-98 East into Tobyhanna, Pa. on 08-21-12.

Maybe where CSX got the idea? Power hungry D&H leased this RS-3. Note 1967 Ford Country Squire in background - as common as RS-3s back then.

PT-98s crew is assembling the day's train to the NS interchange at Slateford Jct. and is seen here lifting a heavy cut of loaded center-beam cars along Ridge Row. This train was led by all four o... (more)

The other heritage fleet... The D-L has amassed quite a heritage fleet of its own. I suspect there is nowhere else in the world where you can see four ALCO RS3s hauling revenue freight on ... (more)

A mid-morning power shuffle afforded this view of D-L's three ex-D&H RS3s at rest near the Bridge 60 tower. Out of view is CNJ 1554 which would be the 4th RS3 on this day's PT-98 job. The goal was... (more)

Storming through Tobyhanna: PT-98s departure from Scranton could not have been timed worse with regard to the weather. At most locations it seemed to be sunny right up until the train arri... (more)

The scene at Colonie Shops, Spring 1976. The D&H was flush with leased Alcos. United Railway Supply RS3 has yard switching duties. Ex-LIRR C420s are just on the property. CPR RS3 can be seen i... (more)