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Starting their climb out of Scranton and headed for Moscow, PA, CNJ ALCO RS3 #1554 and a "Lackawanna" F3 lead an eastbound Christmas train past the former Lackawanna station.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Lay over at Steamtown Scranton Pa. Heading for Philadelphia for the 4th of July. A sight to behold. Has a whistle that sounds like a steamboat whistle. Built at American Locomotive in Schenctady in 1941.
In 1900 when Miss Mary Eliza Scranton offered the Madison Library Association the use of a new, completely furnished, library building which she had built on the corner of Wall Street adjoining her family’s old home. The offer was accepted, books moved in, and in 1901 the Association dissolved and the E.C. Scranton Memorial Library was incorporated.
The original library building was designed by Henry Bacon, an eminent New York architect who later designed the Lincoln Memorial. A New York firm of “contracting designers” was in charge of the architecture, construction, decorations and furnishings, the total cost of which was about $30,000.
The library was added to in 1989 and again in 2020 (along Wall St.)
(Photo Credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
4/20202 - Scranton, PA
The crew climbs aboard these two four-axle units, 2423 and 1804, and heads toward the NS interchange to grab some cars. They'll have some switching to do before they leave town.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
DL 3642 is the very last ALCO C636 around. It was ordered by PRR and delivered to Penn Central built 1968.
6/2017 - Scranton, PA
DL2457 trottles up after the conductor lined a switch. They're heading lite to Pocono Summit to pick up a single car.
"The Country Preacher" weathervane (c.19th century), seen at the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Lackawanna Coal Mine is a museum and retired coal mine located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Visitors board a mine car and descend the #190 slope into the Clark Vein of coal. At the foot of the shaft the visitors begin an hour-long guided tour through the main gangway of the mine and stop at various points to discuss different aspects of the anthracite mining industry. Visitors then leave the Clark Vein via a rock tunnel and stop in the Dunmore #1 Vein. Once in the Dunmore #1, transportation and mining in a fault room are discussed. As the tour continues down the rock tunnel the group stops at the peg shanty to meet the fire boss and discuss his role in mining operations. The tour then continues on to the Dunmore #2 Vein and discusses working in small veins of coal, air doors and their role in ventilation, door boys or nippers, second means of exit from the mine and company store. The tour concludes where the miners ended their final days within the mine in November 1966.
The tour is open seven days a week from April 1 to November 30 and is closed only on Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures within the mine are around a constant of 50–54 °F (10–12 °C).
Adjacent to the mine tour is the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum with exhibits on Northeastern Pennsylvania's mining and industrial history. The address of the mine is at Bald Mountain Rd, Scranton, PA 18504.
The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Coal_Mine
4/2020 - Scranton, PA
We're about to spend the day chasing a DL job from Scranton to Slateford and return. Before things get moving, here are some shots around Bridge 60. I was hoping that DL 3007 would be on the train today, but it wasn't to be. This unit was built for PGE in 1970 as an M630 and was recently put into service wearing paint from its GECX days.
6/2017 - Scranton, PA
DL 3642 went down to the branch to the DL locomotive shop to grab a large high-capacity flatcar and caboose.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
I finally got to stay in the DLW station station in Scranton. I took several photos inside.
It's been several months since I've encountered Harold. I'm happy to report he is still living the good life and is busy stocking up for winter. I parked down the street from his hang out on Pine Street, and when I got out of the car there he was sitting under the car behind me with a peanut in his mouth. By the time I walked to my destination and past the front security for the building he was back at the window for more peanuts. He seems to be a little thinner than last fall, but perhaps his escapades through the building keep him trim and lean.
6/2017 - Scranton, PA
DL 2457 C425 passes the abandoned DLW tower across from the DLW Scranton station.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.