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Playhouse Square: The Ohio Theatre

2012-02-14T06:59:00.000-08:00

Today is the 91st anniversary of the opening of the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square. This program is from the week of April 11, 1921.

Playhouse Square: The Ohio Theatre

2012-02-14T06:58:00.000-08:00

Program from April 11, 1921.

Scranton Skyline

2012-02-13T06:16:00.000-08:00

Scranton skyline from the Harrison Avenue Bridge, yesterday morning.

Step Falls

2012-02-13T06:15:00.000-08:00

Step Falls from the Harrison Avenue Bridge.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-02-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning, a bit on the icy side.

Nay Aug Park

2012-02-12T08:57:00.000-08:00

Empty picnic tables waiting for spring.

Nay Aug Park

2012-02-12T08:55:00.000-08:00

The park was deserted this morning.

Jersey Central Railroad

2012-02-10T10:20:00.000-08:00

A telltale remains along the Lackawanna Valley Heritage Trail, which was once part of the Jersey Central. The Lackawanna Railroad's Bridge 60 is in the background.

Jersey central Railroad

2012-02-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

Jersey Central bridge over Scranton Street. This bridge now carries the Lackawanna Heritage Valley trail over the abandoned street.

Erie Railroad: West Junction Branch

2012-02-08T06:21:00.000-08:00

Looking towards Dunmore in a rock cut. At one time this was the loaded track of the PCC gravity railroad leading to the Number 6 Plane.

Erie Railroad: West Junction Branch

2012-02-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

Looking toward the Dunmore yard. This is near Bunker Hill Road in Scranton, just below the mainline of the Erie's Wyoming Division, which this connected to at one time.

Erie Railroad: West Junction Branch

2012-02-08T06:17:00.000-08:00

Culvert under the West Jct Branch.

Roaring Brook

2012-02-06T07:45:00.000-08:00

Roaring Brook, looking downstream from near Myrtle Street, yesterday morning.

Roaring Brook

2012-02-06T07:43:00.000-08:00

Roaring Brook, looking upstream towards the Myrtle Street bridge, yesterday morning.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-02-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Little Willie & the All Stars

2012-02-03T05:31:00.000-08:00

This was one of my favorite Cleveland groups from the early 1980's. In the band were Willie Moore, Michael Dee, Roy Pekoc, Mark Pekoc and "Perfesser" Dan Mahoney. They played throughout the Greater Cleveland area, but Andy's on Buckeye Road was the best place to see them. I always remember Willie sipping VSQ brandy during breaks at Andy's, walking around chatting up the girls. This ad is from the Call & Post, September 12, 1981.

Laurel Line

2012-02-01T05:16:00.000-08:00

Looking north along the Laurel Line at the old bridge abutments near Connell Junction, last week.

Stafford Meadow Brook

2012-02-01T05:14:00.000-08:00

Stafford Meadow Brook, looking downstream from near Connell Junction last week.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-30T06:42:00.000-08:00

Waiting for summer.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-30T06:41:00.000-08:00

The water slide looks pretty lonely this time of year.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-01-29T14:25:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning. The snow and ice from last week are gone.

Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company Railroad

2012-01-27T05:53:00.000-08:00

Looking inbound on the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company Railroad. This was used to move iron ore from the mines behind East Mountain to the Scranton Iron Furnaces. This was abandoned in 1872.

Meadow Brook Valley

2012-01-27T05:51:00.000-08:00

A thin layer of ice on the Rock Crusher Pond, Wednesday morning.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

2012-01-24T06:13:00.000-08:00

A rail head view looking west along the Erie, from mile 12.4.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

2012-01-24T06:11:00.000-08:00

Looking east along the Erie, from about mile 12.4, on January 10.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-01-22T09:09:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-22T09:08:00.000-08:00

Gazebo at Nay Aug Park.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Park this morning, after yesterdays snow.

Delaware - Lackawanna Railroad

2012-01-20T06:47:00.000-08:00

Delaware - Lackawanna 3643 and 3000 behind Steamtown Mall last Saturday morning.

Delaware - Lackawanna Railroad

2012-01-20T06:44:00.000-08:00

Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern 2453 at Lackawanna Avenue last Saturday morning.

Lehigh Valley Railroad

2012-01-18T06:06:00.000-08:00

Lehigh Valley covered hopper at Steamtown. I believe this is owned by the Reading Historical & Technical Society.

Lackawanna Railroad

2012-01-18T06:04:00.000-08:00

Lackawanna covered hopper at Steamtown last Saturday morning.

Lackawanna Railroad 565

2012-01-16T06:13:00.000-08:00

Lackawanna 565 in the Steamtown roundhouse last Saturday morning. This locomotive is currently undergoing cosmetic restoration.

Lackawanna Railroad

2012-01-16T06:11:00.000-08:00

A Lackawanna Railroad boxcar at Steamtown, on Saturday morning.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-01-15T09:43:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning. Getting icy down there.

PCC Plane Number 5

2012-01-13T07:51:00.000-08:00

Interior view of the below photo.

PCC Plane Number 5

2012-01-13T07:49:00.000-08:00

This is probably the largest part remaining of Plane Number 5, it looks like it may have been a part of a small room in the corner of a building.

PCC Plane Number 5

2012-01-11T05:27:00.000-08:00

We took a trip up to the ruins of Plane Number 5, on East Mountain, yesterday morning. This was part of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's Railroad, usually referred to as "The Gravity", this was last used in 1885, replaced by the Erie's Wyoming Division.

PCC Plane Number 5

2012-01-11T05:25:00.000-08:00

Ruins of Plane Number 5 on East Mountain.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

2012-01-09T07:07:00.000-08:00

Approaching the Big Cut near milepost 14, looking east.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

2012-01-09T07:05:00.000-08:00

Looking west along the Erie, from near milepost 14, last Friday morning.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-01-08T09:56:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Step Falls

2012-01-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

Step Falls from the Harrison Avenue Bridge, this morning.

Wyoming Avenue

2012-01-06T05:14:00.000-08:00

Looking south down Wyoming Avenue yesterday morning.

Scranton Public Library

2012-01-06T05:13:00.000-08:00

Scranton Library yesterday morning.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-02T06:05:00.000-08:00

Yesterday morning at the park.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-02T06:03:00.000-08:00

Looking towards the Everhart Museum yesterday morning.

Nay Aug Falls

2012-01-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls, on New Years morning.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

Davis Trail, down towards the Falls, or up to the upper trail.

Nay Aug Park

2012-01-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

New marker at the Nay Aug Park Greenhouse.

Lackawanna Railroad

2011-12-30T06:01:00.000-08:00

Delaware-Lackawanna diesels behind the Steamtown Mall last Saturday morning.

Lackawanna Railroad

2011-12-30T05:59:00.000-08:00

Locomotives and freight cars along the main line behind the Steamtown Mall, last Saturday morning.

Don Clark's Miniature Memories

2011-12-28T06:06:00.001-08:00

A scale version of the Nicholson Viaduct, at Don Clark's Miniature Memories in the Steamtown Mall in Scranton.

Don Clark's Miniature Memories

2011-12-28T06:03:00.001-08:00

A view of Don Clark's Miniature Memories from last Saturday morning.

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everybody!
The Sterling - Lindner tree, a one time Cleveland tradition.

Connors' Park

2011-12-23T10:28:00.000-08:00

Christmas decorations in Connors' Park in South Scranton.

Connors' Park

2011-12-23T10:26:00.000-08:00

One of the Christmas trees in Connors' Park in South Scranton.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-21T05:47:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76, heading south to Moosic, last Saturday morning. This was the last weekend of operation for the season.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-21T05:45:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound at Laurel Line Tunnel, last Saturday morning.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-21T05:42:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 about to emerge from the south end of the Laurel Line Tunnel in South Scranton, last Saturday morning.

Everhart Museum

2011-12-19T06:21:00.000-08:00

The Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park, yesterday morning.

Nay Aug Park

2011-12-19T06:20:00.000-08:00

Davis Trail in Nay Aug Park yesterday morning. Soon this will be covered in snow and ice.

Nay Aug Falls

2011-12-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning. The trail leading down there is starting to get a bit icy.

Nay Aug Park

2011-12-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Park, a bit chilly there this morning.

Stafford Meadow Brook

2011-12-16T13:42:00.000-08:00

Looking upstream along Stafford Meadow Brook, from near the laurel Line Tunnel.

Stafford Meadow Brook

2011-12-16T13:40:00.000-08:00

Looking upstream along Stafford Meadow Brook, from near the Laurel Line Tunnel.

Ed Miller Memorial Tunnel

2011-12-14T10:07:00.000-08:00

A short distance south of the Laurel Line Tunnel in South Scranton this sign was recently erected. Ed Miller from Pittston was a local rail photographer/historian without whose work much of the past rail history would have been lost.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-12T06:19:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76, southbound at the south end of the Laurel Line Tunnel, last Saturday morning.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-12T06:17:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound, heading towards the Stafford Avenue bridge, last Saturday morning.

Nay Aug Falls

2011-12-11T09:48:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Nay Aug Park

2011-12-11T09:47:00.000-08:00

Looking down into Nay Aug Gorge.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-09T06:10:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound just below Cedar Avenue last Saturday morning. There's still two more weekends with Santa on the Trolley, December 10-11, and December 17-18.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-09T06:08:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 arriving at Steamtown after the first trip of the day, from last Saturday morning.

Lackawanna Station

2011-12-08T05:23:00.000-08:00

The interior of Scranton's Lackawanna Station, last Saturday morning. The station is now a Radisson Hotel.

Roaring Brook

2011-12-07T06:01:00.000-08:00

Looking upstream at Roaring Brook, from atop a levee along the Lackawanna Railroad, west of Myrtle Street.

Luna Park

2011-12-05T05:24:00.000-08:00

We stopped by the remains of Luna Park yesterday. This Scranton amusement park closed in 1916, and later about half the park grounds were buried under fill for Interstate 81. This is on of the footers from the footbridge that led into into the park from Nay Aug Park, crossing Roaring Brook and the Lackawanna Railroad tracks.

Luna Park

2011-12-05T05:23:00.000-08:00

A portion of the Shoot-the-Chute. Most of this was buried under rock fill during the construction of I-81.

Luna Park

2011-12-05T05:18:00.000-08:00

Footer from the Scenic Railway, that runs just above the Lackawanna Tracks, just west of Myrtle Street. The Scenic Railway was a primitive roller-coaster.

Nay Aug Falls

2011-12-04T10:41:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Nay Aug Park

2011-12-04T10:40:00.000-08:00

Roaring Brook, looking upstream from the Nay Aug Park footbridge.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-02T06:31:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound crossing Cedar Avenue last Saturday morning. Holiday trolley trips with Santa Claus are scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays through December 18th.

Electric City Trolley

2011-12-02T06:29:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia Suburban 76 about to cross Cedar Avenue.

Steamtown

2011-11-30T05:29:00.000-08:00

Canadian National 3254 backing onto Bridge 60 last Saturday morning.

Steamtown

2011-11-30T05:27:00.000-08:00

Canadian National 3254 in the Steamtown Yard last Saturday morning.

Lackawanna Railroad

2011-11-28T06:09:00.000-08:00

Nickel Plate 514 heading east along Ridge Row on Friday morning.

Lackawanna Railroad

2011-11-28T06:05:00.000-08:00

Canadian National 3254 leading an eastbound excursion last Friday morning. In the distance Delaware - Lackawanna 3643 waits on the siding with a westbound freight.

Nay Aug Falls

2011-11-27T10:22:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Nay Aug Park

2011-11-27T10:21:00.000-08:00

Roaring Brook looking downstream from near the Myrtle Street Bridge.

Lackawanna Railroad

2011-11-25T09:27:00.000-08:00

Canadian National 3254 eastbound along Ridge Row this morning with the Holiday Express.

Delaware - Lackawanna Railroad

2011-11-25T09:25:00.000-08:00

DL 3643 and DL 3000 westbound along Ridge Row this morning.

Rocky Glen Park

2011-11-23T04:51:00.000-08:00

Rocky Glen Lake, from November 7, 2011.

Rocky Glen Park

2011-11-23T04:49:00.000-08:00

Rocky Glen Lake, through the trees.

Rocky Glen Park

2011-11-23T04:47:00.000-08:00

A leafy path through the park.

Scranton Christmas Parade

2011-11-21T05:47:00.000-08:00

End of the parade.

Scranton Christmas Parade

2011-11-21T05:46:00.000-08:00

Santa Claus!

Scranton Christmas Parade

2011-11-21T05:44:00.000-08:00

A floating ornament.

Nay Aug Falls

2011-11-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Steamtown: New Trackwork

2011-11-18T06:02:00.000-08:00

Spiking machine, numbered TE 156.

Steamtown: New Trackwork

2011-11-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

Looking east, the track has yet to be relayed to Mattes Street Tower.

Steamtown: New Trackwork

2011-11-18T05:59:00.000-08:00

Looking west along the newly laid track.