Setting out cars for NS interchange. Delaware Water Gap in background.

Storming the curve out of Scranton with the DL 405 & DL 2452 with cars for Interstate at Tobyhanna and Bestway at Cresco before a 11 car pickup at Slateford Junction.

Charging up the 1% grade towards Pocono Summit, PT98 passes under the former DL&W signal Bridge at Elmhurst. This train will run all the way to Slateford Junction to interchange with the NS.

The Laurel Line job briefly pauses in front of the D-L (former EL) Bridge 60 Tower which currently houses the dispatcher's office. 405 and 2423 will soon continue their switching duties before hea... (more)

Fall is coming to the Gap as the Portland bound turn passes through. The lead unit was originally purchased by the Lehigh Valley RR and looks right at home on this line.

The DL and NS contribution to the Lackawanna Railfest are seen basking in the warm morning sun in the roundhouse area of Steamtown. The DL 405 was repainted last year, and look fabulous on this su... (more)

In the teeth of the grade headed back to Scranton, DL 405 and 4 other ALCOs dig in to get their train over the Pocono Mountains on a beautiful late Memorial Day weekend.

DL 405 leads 4 sisters through East Stroudsburg as they begin their Westbound assault on the Pocono Mountain grade.

After working Bestway Lumber, a quintet of ALCOs led by a very clean 405 passes the former Lackawanna station at Cresco, PA

The DL combined a grain train with PT98, with PT98's power back in the consist. The train split at Tobyhanna, and the grain train continued on to Pocono Summit while PT98 switched Tobyhanna before... (more)

With grain for Mt. Pocono and empties for the NS at Slateford Jct a C-420, RS-11, C-425, C-425 lashup charges uphill.

DL 405 leads three other alcos south along the Delaware River with interchange cars for NS at Slateford Junction.

It doesn't usually get much better than this for an Alco lover in 2009! A monster grain train on the grade out of Taylor Yard for Harvest Mills. Five different Alco models under load with a fr... (more)

A special trip chartered by the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society is on its last leg of its journey from Scranton to East Stroudsburg and return. DL 405, and MHWA 2453 smoke it up a... (more)