Scranton Hobby

Scranton Hobby at 517 Lackawanna Avenue, the place to go for hobby and model railroad equipment and supplies. Always worth a visit!

Hemlock Street

Hemlock Street looking west from Crown Avenue last weekend.

Lackawanna County Courthouse

A few views of the courthouse on Saturday afternoon.

Harrison Avenue Bridge

A few views of the ongoing Harrison Avenue Bridge Replacement Project.

West Scranton Skyline

View of West Scranton from the Steamtown Mall walkway, from Friday afternoon.

Track Equipment

Track equipment sitting at Steamtown yesterday afternoon.

Christmas Express

A few scenes of yesterday's Christmas Express train returning from Moscow. The trips continue today and tomorrow, and they're all sold out.

Erie Lackawanna 2

EL 2 in the Steamtown Yard, from last month.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

From The Plain Dealer, November 10, 1957.

Delaware-Lackawanna 3643

DL 3643 at Steamtown a few weeks ago.

Virginia

A couple views of Virginia on the Laurel Line, from the front window of Philadelphia Suburban 76 last month. 

AC/DC

AC/DC played the Palace a couple times, once in September 78, again a few months later when they opened for Cheap Trick as a last minute addition. I remember you could hear them on the eighth floor of the Keith building, that's how I knew the show had started.

 From The Plain Dealer, September 19, 1978.

 From The Plain Dealer, April 8, 1979.

Sand House

Sand house at Steamtown, from a couple weeks ago.

Scranton Santa Parade

A few scenes at yesterday's Santa parade in downtown Scranton.

 This guy with the cart blocking the parade route was quite annoying. At one point the parade had to go around him.