Shoving Through Scranton
I'm way overdue for another visit to the Scranton and the Alco paradise of the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad.
In this view from the corner of the parking garage across from Steamtown we see the D-L's Saturday job shoving down the hill from Bridge 60 across aptly named Lackawanna Avenue to their ex D&H line to head to South Scranton to spot that long string of trailing Plate F Railboxes at Valley Distributing as seen in this photo posted long ago:
The remarkable string of five D-L units is as follows:
3000: MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as Pacific Great Eastern Railway #706
2423: Alco C425 blt. Feb. 1966 for the Pennsylvania Railroad with the same number
3007: MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as Pacific Great Eastern Railway #707
2461: Alco C425 blt. Oct. 1964 for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad with the same number
2045: MLW M420W blt. Oct. 1973 as British Columbia Railway #645.
In the background rise the twin spires of the circa 1891 St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic church on Mifflin Avenue.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Saturday August 17, 2019
Shoving Through Scranton
I'm way overdue for another visit to the Scranton and the Alco paradise of the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad.
In this view from the corner of the parking garage across from Steamtown we see the D-L's Saturday job shoving down the hill from Bridge 60 across aptly named Lackawanna Avenue to their ex D&H line to head to South Scranton to spot that long string of trailing Plate F Railboxes at Valley Distributing as seen in this photo posted long ago:
The remarkable string of five D-L units is as follows:
3000: MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as Pacific Great Eastern Railway #706
2423: Alco C425 blt. Feb. 1966 for the Pennsylvania Railroad with the same number
3007: MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as Pacific Great Eastern Railway #707
2461: Alco C425 blt. Oct. 1964 for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad with the same number
2045: MLW M420W blt. Oct. 1973 as British Columbia Railway #645.
In the background rise the twin spires of the circa 1891 St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic church on Mifflin Avenue.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Saturday August 17, 2019