Lackawanna Railroad

On Sunday we were lucky to catch a train as it came out of Nay Aug Tunnel heading west. This is on the former mainline of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, looking west. The bridge at the bottom is above Roaring Brook Gorge.

Nay Aug Treehouse

This is the new treehouse in Scranton's Nay Aug Park.

It's Tree-mendous!

Milepost 13

This is milepost 13 on the Erie's Wyoming Division. Took a walk through the wilds today. This was one of the more interesting sights.

The Allen Theatre

Here's an ad for a Peter Yarrow show at the Allen. Not many people came to this, but there were a few hundred, in a place that seated 2,860. After the show Peter signed autographs and sang some songs in the rotunda. A few other shows appear in these ads from 1972. A couple popular local acts were appearing down in Kent, Damnation, and Tiny Alice. I can only assume that Tiny Alice played their local hit "And Now A Word From Our Sponsor"

The Jeff Beck Group show at The Allen was a rather rowdy affair, Glass Harp opened.

Luna Park Shoot-the Chute

Since I have all these present day images of the remains of Luna Park, this is a view of the

Park when it was actually open. Compare this view of the Shoot-the-Chute with the one in the very first post in this blog. Most of this is covered in tons of fill for Interstate 81, only that one corner remains today. I guess even that is somewhat suprising since the park has been closed for 80 years.

Laurel Line: Luna Park Entrance

This is the entrance to Luna Park that ran under the Laurel Lines Dunmore branch. Interstate 81 cuts this off from the rest of the former park area. There was a station up the walkway to the right of the photo. Now that spring is here, the area is covered in heavy foilage. The area has become a dumping ground for local residents as is evidenced by the debris. Standing water fills the bottom of the passageway. The tracks ran above the opening here. This station was in between the Nay Aug Park, and the Myrtle Street stops. Luna closed after the 1916 season, when a fire destroyed three buildings.

Wyoming Division revisited

Yesterday on our way to Nay Aug Park we took the scenic route via the Erie Railroad's Wyoming Division. We hadn't been through there since Easter Sunday when it was starting to snow. This view of the rock cut shows spring is in full swing. Compare this image with the one below.