Old Drinker Turnpike
A quartet of Big ALCO/MLWs leads a large cut of grain upgrade east of Dunmore. I never knew you could drive all the way in here, but this is ground level where 84/380 crosses the former Lackawanna high above in the Roaring Brook Gorge. Thanks to Biff for tipping us off to the "road" to get to this spot. The former Lackawanna mainline east of Scranton is still littered with signal bridges that speak to the line's former glory. While the traffic density will never return, it's hard to beat a quartet of Bigs making one helluva racket storming the grade.
*Better make sure you have good ground clearance on your vehicle and plenty of spare time to get in here. Thanks to my friend Dave Curtis for driving in here with his new Dodge Ram.
Old Drinker Turnpike
A quartet of Big ALCO/MLWs leads a large cut of grain upgrade east of Dunmore. I never knew you could drive all the way in here, but this is ground level where 84/380 crosses the former Lackawanna high above in the Roaring Brook Gorge. Thanks to Biff for tipping us off to the "road" to get to this spot. The former Lackawanna mainline east of Scranton is still littered with signal bridges that speak to the line's former glory. While the traffic density will never return, it's hard to beat a quartet of Bigs making one helluva racket storming the grade.
*Better make sure you have good ground clearance on your vehicle and plenty of spare time to get in here. Thanks to my friend Dave Curtis for driving in here with his new Dodge Ram.