Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Steamtown: DL&W 565


Another view of the 565 from last Saturday. This is one of the two remaining DL&W steam locomotives. The other one is in St.Louis.

Steamtown: DL&W 565


Delaware Lackawanna & Western 565 in the roundhouse at Steamtown last Saturday. This locomotive is undergoing cosmetic restoration.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Steamtown


Jersey Central No 57 at Steamtown on Saturday morning.

Steamtown


Jersey Central 56 and 57 at Steamtown last Saturday morning.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Nay Aug Falls


Nay Aug Falls, this morning, at 10 AM

Steamtown


Canadian pacific 2317 chugging through the yard yesterday morning.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Steamtown


Canadian National 3254 makes its way through the yard, from two weeks ago. The sand house and one of the oil tank walls are visible in the background.

Electric City Trolley


Philadelphia Suburban No 80 arriving at Steamtown last Saturday morning.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Scranton: Roaring Brook

Looking east along Roaring Brook, towards the Myrtle Street bridge.

Scranton: Roaring Brook

Looking west along Roaring Brook, near Myrtle Street. From last Sunday.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Steamtown


In the distance was this wooden caboose, of uncertain ancestry.

Steamtown


On Saturday we spotted this Lehigh Valley caboose in gray primer.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls at 10:20 this morning.

Electric City Trolley


Philadelphia Suburban No.80 southbound at South Washington Avenue, yesterday morning.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Steamtown


Canadian National 3254 steaming away last Saturday morning.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

Looking east along the Erie, towards the big cut. From last Sunday.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Laurel Line


Philadelphia Suburban No.80, northbound, approaching the south tunnel portal on Scranton's South Side. From Labor Day.

Laurel Line


Philadelphia Suburban No.80, southbound, passing Meadow Lake Road bridge abutment, on Labor Day

Monday, September 14, 2009

Electric City Trolley


Philadelphia Suburban No. 80, northbound about to enter the south tunnel portal on Scranton's South Side. From Labor Day.

Steamtown

The Steamtown boarding platform, looking west, from last Tuesday.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Nay Aug Falls


Nay Aug Falls, a little after 10 AM this morning.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Steamtown Rail Fest 2009

Nickel Plate sleeper City of Lima at Rail Fest last Saturday. The Jersey Central freight station is on the right, behind the tent.

Steamtown Rail Fest 2009


Amtrak 190 at Rail Fest last Saturday.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Laurel Line


Another view of the south bound trolley.

Laurel Line


Philadelphia Suburban no 80, approaching the bridge abutment where Meadow lake Road once passed over the Laurel Line and Stafford meadow Brook.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls, a little after 10 o' clock this morning.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co. Railroad

Below the Erie tracks, pipeline work has commenced along the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co. Railroad, which was abandoned in the 1870's. This right-of-way once led from the ore mines behind Moosic Mountain, down to the Iron Furnaces along Roaring Brook.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division


Pipeline work has started up again. This is at about milepost 12.6, looking west.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Delaware-Lackawanna RR: Scranton

The same pair of locs a minute later, passing Mattes Street Tower.

Delaware-Lackawanna RR: Scranton

A pair of D-L locs pushing a cut of cars past Lackawanna Station on Saturday morning.