Centuries in the Sunset: Always a fan of the big, blocky lines of MLW's original "safety cab", it was nice to see M420W No. 2045 during my time in Scranton visiting the D-L.
DL 2045 is in Control of the OCS Train Hustling to Gravel Place. The original destination was Slateford Junction but it was pushed back to Gravel Place due to not having enough time.
DL 2045 leads the westbound PO75 through Moscow.
DL 2045 leads PO75 into Scranton with a strig of empty grain hoppers in tow.
Setting out to round up power to bring to the Von Storch shops are former BC Rail M420 and former Erie Lackawanna C425.
During a night photo session at the newly opened Delaware Lackawanna Von Storch shops, DL 2045, an MLW M420W, poses for photos inside the shop before being put away for the night.
These four axles get the day off. I hope the transfer caboose is slated for paint in the near future.
On this day PT-97 is led by a matching consist of "corporate" painted units. The five units are bringing a unit train of grain loads west from the NS interchange at Portland. The last remnants of ... (more)
PT-98 passes the recently opened view of the former Lackawanna Cutoff bridge, which has been dormant for decades. Much talk is going on about getting rail service back from NYC to Scranton, but no... (more)
PT98 pushes across the State Parking Lot, into Bridge 60. The train will add more empty freight cars in Scranton, before heading east to Slateford Junction.
PT98 has just finished building its train and is leaving Scranton. The train is accelerating as it passes through Ridge Row, en route to the Norfolk Southern interchange at Slateford Junction.
A bit of sunshine illuminates PT98 on an otherwise cloudy day.
PT98 hustles east.
