Another Reading Northern: After spending the morning observing 2102 put on a grand performance in the second-to-last of the year's "Rambles", it was bittersweet to find myself sta... (more)
A Hotel with Heritage: Despite no longer fulfilling its original purpose of serving trains, the venerable DL&W depot in Scranton, Pennsylvania, still maintains a sense of style and panache ... (more)
A pair of ex-FURX units now owned by CitiRail lead train 159 from Philadelphia by the Steamtown North switch. CITX 3067 is an ex-CNW unit.
A pair of SD40-2s lead 159 upgrade out of Scranton just after sunrise as they pass the connection for Steamtown and the Delaware Lackawanna.
Canadian Pacific Railways 2317 (4-6-2, Montreal Locomotive Works, 1923) operating at Steamtown NHS in Scranton, Pennsylvania on July 18, 2009. The locomotive has been out of service since 2010.
Steamtown National Park's Scranton Limited excursion headed up by Nickel Plate GP9 no. 514 cruises south on the former DL&W freight mainline under a set of now defunct US&S color lights. To the ri... (more)
On the to do list.
CP 257 approaches the Steamtown North switch as they work their way uphill out of Scranton with a dual flag AC4400 leading.
BR1 returns from NS as they pass another set of DL power at Steamtown.
Delaware-Lackawanna BR1 brings a cut of outbound interchange towards the NS main at Steamtown North. Powering the 23 car train are 3 ALCOs and MLWs. They'll shove down to Taylor Yard, then pick up... (more)
Cresting the hill out of the yard. Passing the former Delawanna Lackawanna & Western interlocking.
LL-1's power is set to return to Bridge 60 after pushing nine covered hoppers up the hill.
Arrived just in time to see crews heading to their assignments.
Just peaking out of Nay Aug tunnel, PO75 heads back to Bridge 60.
