South Scranton Reflection

The Shot of the Day...err trip perhaps!

On this particular weekend I made a little speed trip down to Scranton to spend 24 hrs with two o... (more)

Delaware Lackawanna SC-22 crosses the Lackawanna River on their way back to Scranton.

Penn Central was never known for colorful locomotives! A pair of minimally redecorated former New Haven units, a Century 425 and a U25B, depart the north end of Cedar Hill Yard in North Haven, CT,... (more)

The Kyle Railroad has replaced the Cadillac & Lake City as the operator of the former Rock Island across Kansas, bringing former SP&S #320 for motive power.

DL 2457, and DL 414 idle away under a full moon and cloudy skies at Bridge 60 in Scranton on a cold night.

This festive former PRR C425 was found idling in front of the Steamtown roundhouse along with Delaware Lackawanna's former DL&W Caboose.

On October 5th, 2019, the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, with cooperation from the Livonia Avon and Lakeville railroad, ran excursion trains from Lakeville to Industry using the mus... (more)

The Livonia, Avon & Lakeville heads south.

The SC-7 crew has completed their work at the former D&H Green Ridge Yard and have added a large cut of loaded frac sand cars to their train. The head end has just crossed the Lackawanna River on... (more)

The engineer on Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 shoves west to clear the switch for the Vine Street Branch. In the process SC-7s three ALCOs respond with a cloud of black exhaust smoke. The train will ... (more)

Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 heads for Carbondale via the Vine Street Branch with three units and five cars in tow. The crew would pick up a healthy cut of frac sand loads at Green Ridge Yard before ... (more)

On October 5th, 2019, the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, with cooperation from the Livonia Avon and Lakeville railroad, ran excursion trains from Lakeville to Industry using the mus... (more)

Calling railroad AAA - two DL C425s head out of Scranton light on their way to rescue the road train, which has stalled in Devil's Hole due to wheelslip. Here they are about to reach Mattes Street... (more)

Calling railroad AAA - two DL C425s head out of Scranton light on their way to rescue the road train, which has stalled in Devil's Hole due to wheelslip.

Delaware Lackawanna's local job has been called to rescue the day's road job, which reported excessive wheel slip due to wet leaves at Devil's Hole. The pair of C425s is seen running past the Stea... (more)