Carbondale 2007
Several years ago, long before the Delaware Lackawanna RR enjoyed the frac sand boom, traffic on the former D&H Carbondale mainline was sparse. During the fall of 2007, DL was involved with shipping loaded stone from a transload facility near Dickson City out to the B&P in North Salamanca, NY. ALCO S-6 1044 fresh from the paint shop leads RS-3's 4103-4118 are northbound shown crossing the Lackawanna River with 20 empties for loading. The fresh ALCO was to be dropped off at Steamtown for the weekend Railfest, but the crew was obliging to run it for the morning for us. It was a darn good day, after this it was off to Cresco for the PRR E-8's making a one time only trip over the Poconos with a special from Philly.
Carbondale 2007
Several years ago, long before the Delaware Lackawanna RR enjoyed the frac sand boom, traffic on the former D&H Carbondale mainline was sparse. During the fall of 2007, DL was involved with shipping loaded stone from a transload facility near Dickson City out to the B&P in North Salamanca, NY. ALCO S-6 1044 fresh from the paint shop leads RS-3's 4103-4118 are northbound shown crossing the Lackawanna River with 20 empties for loading. The fresh ALCO was to be dropped off at Steamtown for the weekend Railfest, but the crew was obliging to run it for the morning for us. It was a darn good day, after this it was off to Cresco for the PRR E-8's making a one time only trip over the Poconos with a special from Philly.