Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound, passing the former site of the South Scranton station on the Laurel Line.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound, passing the former site of the South Scranton station on the Laurel Line.
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 exiting the south portal of the Laurel Line tunnel in Scranton last Wednesday morning. The trolley is headed south to Moosic.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Scranton: NRHS Convention
The NRHS excursion heading east from near the Harrison Avenue bridge in Scranton.
Scranton: NRHS Convention
Delaware - Lackawanna 4118 leading the NRHS excursion to the Delaware Water Gap last Thursday morning. The train is rounding the bend from Ridge Row.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Scranton: NRHS Convention
Here the RS 3s smoke it up as they pass Mattes Street Tower. Gotta love those ALCOs!
Scranton: NRHS Convention
NRHS excursion with matched set of three RS 3s passing the new park in Downtown Scranton yesterday morning. The units were: (from front) Delaware - Lackawanna 4118, 4103, and 4068. The excursion ran from Scranton's Lackawanna Station to the Delaware Water gap on the former Lackawanna Railroad mainline.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Steamtown: NRHS Convention
Delaware & Hudson 7312 and 7304 backing onto Bridge 60 yesterday with the NRHS excursion to Sunbury.
Steamtown: NRHS Convention
Delaware & Hudson 7312 and 7304 at Bridge 60 Tower yesterday morning. These locomotives provided the power for yesterdays excursion to Sunbury.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Arts on Fire Festival: Scranton
Last Saturday was the Arts on Fire Festival at the Historic Scranton Iron Furnaces. We got there early to try and avoid the heat. A number of local artists displayed their works and several historical exhibits were displayed. Among those we saw were Carl Orechovsky with his mining exhibit, more information can be found here: http://oldforgecoalmine.com/We also saw some great art by local artists including Tina Imel, check out her cool art at: http://www.tinaimel.com/ and at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinaimel Hopefully more events of this type will be held.
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 at the Scranton Iron Furnace station last Saturday morning. 76 was used to shuttle passengers between the trolley museum and the iron furnaces for the Arts on Fire Festival on Saturday.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Steamtown
Flagg Coal Company 75 is in town for the National Railway Historical Society convention this week. This locomotive was built in Wilkes-Barre by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1930.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 crossing Cedar Avenue. The Mattes Street tower is in the background.
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound, approaching Cedar Avenue last Saturday morning. Note the ancient crossbuck, it's the same one that's in a 1949 photo of the area.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Lackawanna Railroad: Scranton
Canadian National 3254 with a short passenger train passing the University of Scranton, last Saturday morning. Lackawanna Station is in the background.
Lackawanna Railroad: Scranton
Canadian National 3254 passing Lackawanna Station in Scranton, last Saturday morning.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Steamtown
Canadian National 3254 passing Delaware - Lackawanna 2452 on Saturday morning at Steamtown.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Electric City Trolley
A close up view of Philadelphia Suburban 76 at Cedar Avenue last Saturday. More information on the Electric City Trolley Museum can be found at: http://www.ectma.org/
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 inbound at Cedar Avenue, Scranton, last Saturday morning.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Lackawanna Railroad: Scranton
Canadian Nation 3254 with a pair of Jersey Central commuter coaches passing the new science building at the University of Scranton. The train is heading east on the former Lackawanna mainline.
Lackawanna Railroad: Scranton
Canadian National 3254 with a short Steamtown excursion passing Lackawanna Station in Scranton, last Saturday morning.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Steamtown
Work is progressing on transforming a former Jersey Central F unit into DL&W 664. This locomotive, owned by the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society had been painted as Jersey Central 56 for a number of years. A sister unit owned by the Tri-State Historical Society will become DL&W 663. Both locomotives were originally owned by Bangor & Aroostook.
Steamtown
Canadian National 3254 backing down the mainline, passing the Steamtown Mall, last Saturday morning.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound at the old stone bridge abutments near Connell Junction, last Monday morning.
Electric City Trolley
Philadelphia Suburban 76 northbound near Connell Junction last Monday morning.
