Bernie's Model Railroad Shop

 We made another visit to Bernie's Train Shop, 400 Church Street in Jessup, last week. Such a great store, huge selection of N and O along with HO items. Most of the stock is unique one-of-a-kind models. I got some cool passenger cars I was so enamored with I forgot to take a couple interior views. Hours: Thursday 5-8, Fridays 5-8, Saturdays 12-8 Sundays 10-4. 

Delaware - Lackawanna 3000

 DL 3000 at Steamtown Yard last week. 

Center Street

 Center Street looking east on Saturday afternoon. 

Stafford Meadowbrook

 Stafford Meadowbrook last Sunday afternoon, near the south end of Laurel Line Tunnel. The rotting mattress that's been here for the last few years finally washed downstream over the winter.

Illegal Dumping

 Spotted more illegal dumping the other day while out for a walk. On the hillside at the south end of Laurel Line Tunnel, off Old Log Road. Hope it gets cleaned up before the trolley excursions start, but I'm not holding my breath, nobody important lives around here. The City of Scranton seems to be run for the benefit of an elite few.

Delaware - Lackawanna 2045

 DL 2045 in the Steamtown Yard last Saturday afternoon.

Playhouse Square

 49 years ago today was my first day at Playhouse Square, quite the weekend.

From The Plain Dealer Action Tab, March 17, 1972.

From The Plain Dealer Action Tab, March 10, 1972.

Jessup Miner Memorial

 The Miner's Memorial in Jessup, across from Station Park on Church Street.

Delaware - Lackawanna 2461

 DL 2461 behind the new bus station on the C'dale main on Saturday morning.

Ruins of Plane Number 5

 We went up East Mountain last week, haven't been up here in ages. Pennsylvania Coal Company Railroad Plane 5 operated from 1850 - 1880 and was part of a series of planes used to move coal to Hawley on the D&H canal from down in the Pittston area.

From an 1877 insurance map. Note, not all roads/lots platted were constructed. The present day Erie Railroad, Wyoming Division tracks, now out of service, more or less follow the light track in this map.

Laurel Line Bridge

 The Laure Line Bridge over Roaring Brook, from last week. 

Delaware - Lackawanna 2423

 DL 2423 at Steamtown Yard last Sunday morning.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

 Went for a little walk down the Wyoming Division last week, from mile 13.3 to about 12.5.

Southside Alley

 Trash blowing down an alley in South Scranton. (Note, the trash pictured did not originate from any properties in this photograph)

Step Falls

 Step Falls from the Harrison Avenue Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The falls was roaring from the spring freshet.

Scranton Skyline

 View from the Harrison Avenue Bridge on Sunday afternoon.

From A Distance

 View from along the Erie tracks on East Mountain on Saturday afternoon.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

 The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Courthouse Square a few weeks ago.

Spruce Street

 Spruce Street looking west from South Washington on a bleak Saturday afternoon a couple weeks ago.

City Ice

 City Ice ad, from The Plain Dealer, March 9, 1921.

Along The Lackawanna

 Looking west along the Lackawanna tracks towards Lackawanna Station on a dreary Saturday a couple weeks ago. 

Emerson Gill

 Longtime Cleveland bandleader Emerson Gill.

From The Plain Dealer, March 2, 1924. The Bamboo Garden was a fashionable Uptown nightclub at 105th & Euclid. 

From The Plain Dealer, February 26, 1966.

Stone Steps

 Stone steps along the Erie tracks, near mile 13 from Sunday afternoon.

Illegal Dumping

 No matter where you go, some bozo has been there to dump his trash. This is along the Erie tracks off River Street in South Scranton, near mile 13.1.

Scranton Mansion

 The former residence of the Scranton family on the UofS campus last month. 

Out A Train Window

 On Amtrak 48, the Lake Shoe Limited, outside Rochester a couple years ago.

Cycle Show Rumble

 A benefit to buy wheelchairs for crippled kids goes horribly awry. Later a couple dozen went to jail for a few months, none longer than six. Today the site of the Polish Women's Hall is home to a big parking lot with an Auto Zone store.

From The Plain Dealer, March 4, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 7, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 7, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, March 8, 1971.