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Delaware Lackawanna Railroad's quartet of six-axle Century Alcos/MLWs depart Scranton for Pocono Summit with four cars in tow. The crew will pick up a cut of grain from a siding East of town to make the 24-axles pulling at least somewhat worth it. Scranton, PA
Delaware-Lackawanna train PO-74 departs Scranton with a good sized train for customers on the Pocono Main. The power this day was M636 3643 and 3007. This railroad, on top of the all Alco fleet, features tons of historical photo props including the former Lackawanna station in the background.
In the mid 1980’s the colors of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad came to the rails in the Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna Valley for the first time in over a quarter-century. The Lackawanna Valley Railroad took over operation of the former Delaware & Hudson main line between Scranton and Carbondale. The NYO&W’s Scranton Main Line, which ended at a connection with the Jersey Central, paralleled the D&H main between there and Carbondale. Appropriately, the Lackawanna Valley chose an NYO&W-inspired scheme for its ex-Conrail U30B. The GE is seen here in Scranton, near the location of the present-day D-L shops.
A view of Nay Aug Falls in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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
A view in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Delaware Lackawanna's PO74 emerges from the portal of Nay Aug tunnel in Scranton, Pennsylvania with a trio of six-axle Alco's and a single centerbeam. After switching on to the siding, the train would shove back through the tunnel to pick up loaded grain cars stored there for delivery to the mill.
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DL Pocono Main Track
Scranton, PA
DL PO74 (Local; Scranton, PA to Stroudsburg, PA)
DL 3000 M630 Ex. GECX 3000, BCOL 706, PGE 706 Blt. 1970
DL 3007 M630 Ex. GECX 3007, BCOL 707, PGE 707 Blt. 1970
DL 3643 M636 Ex. DL 4743, CP 4743 Blt. 1970
One of the complements of the Delaware Lackawanna Pocono Main is the abundant amount of former DL&W signal bridges that still stand to this day, Ridge Row is no exception to that as DL PO-75 crawls underneath one of the few signal bridges still retaining the old lights, this would be my final spot on a 6 location chase across the entirety of the Pocono Main from the Delaware Water Gap (5/30/21).
In the early 1990’s, Steamtown ran a series of excursions on the former DL&W main from Scranton to Kingsley, Pennsylvania. Here one of those trains eases back into Scranton on the grade to Clark’s Summit. On this heavier than usual train, CP 4-6-2 2317 doubleheaded with an ex-NKP GP9 in Lackawanna colors.
Delaware-Lackawanna PO-75 returns to Scranton, Pennsylvania after a nice run to the Delaware Water Gap. MLW M420W 2045 leads the westbound trip past the University of Scranton and the former Lackawanna station.
November 8, 2024
A view of Nay Aug Falls in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Railfest 2023, and a recent addition to the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad. It'll be a treat when this thing finally runs on the wheels.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Erie-Lackawanna engine terminal at Scranton, Pennsylvania was a likely place to find anything on the roster, from EMD switchers to E8’s to U36C’s. When the road succumbed to Conrail, Scranton lost status and the yard quickly became a hub for local service and not much more. With the great Conrail motive power shuffle, former EL SW’s, GP7’s and GP9’s were still in residence, and similar power from other Conrail predecessors also appeared. Here one of two GP9’s from the Lehigh Valley roster and a Penn Central Alco switcher occupy a track in an area well known to current Steamtown visitors.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
DL’s PO74 job for Cresco is under way departing Scranton in a burst of snow flurries. This was always a shot I had wanted, since I had stayed at the former Lackawanna Station hotel.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A pair of DL four-axles run around their train amid the Valley Distributing & Storage complex in South Scranton to switch out some boxcars. The crew will spot the two loads in the siding inside the large warehouse to the left after pulling a cut of empties. Scranton, Pa
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Delaware Lackawanna Alco C424 #2403 & C425 #2452 belch out black exhaust pulling past the tower in Scranton, PA on a cool autumn morning in 2014. #2403 was built in 1964 for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad and has worked for a handful of other roads before finding the Delaware Lackawanna.
PT98 makes one last reverse move before pulling south toward Portland on a chilly November morning. In the background is Scranton's "skyline" dominated by the former DL&W station.
Fathers Day weekend 1987 finds CP 2317 (dressed in disguise) departing Scranton with a round trip excursion to Moscow, PA.
DL #3612 leads PO75 westbound into Scranton past sunset after a trip to the Water Gap during the day.
A few Saturdays ago, I spent an unreal morning in the Poconos chasing the Delaware Lackawanna railroad. The crew of the PO-74 kicked the unpainted unit out of the consist, leaving a 3 unit photo-ready freight for those of us lucky enough to be chasing this day. The 3 Alcos are seen here winding their way out of downtown Scranton passing the Lackawanna Station Hotel. Originally constructed as a train station in 1908, the building retains much of its original character in 2020. For a bona-fide train nerd, there are few things cooler than getting to see Alcos in service on a freight main in 2020.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A short Pocono Ordinary works upgrade out of Scranton, passing a few long-dormant signals that probably date back to the Lackawanna era. The train will stop at Nay Aug siding to pick up some additional grain loads before heading east.
DL PO-74:
DL 3643 M636 (ex-CP 4743)
The Paul Kanjorski Pedestrian Bridge in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
www.scrantonpa.gov/nayaug_park.html