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Upon this decrepit staircase, the very essence of neglect seems to manifest, each step a testament to the decay wrought by the inexorable passage of time. The railing, a serpent of iron, rusted and adorned with the sickly yellow patina of corrosion, writhes upward like some grotesque vine clinging to the remnants of a long-dead civilization.
The stairs descend into the gloom, each one an altar to obsolescence, coated in the detritus of a bygone epoch. The fractured tiles below speak of a mosaic of madness, a pattern that could suggest a sinister design to any who dare look too closely.
Light filters through the grime-streaked windows, casting a pallid glow that seems almost otherworldly in its reluctance to disturb the enshrouding darkness. This is a place where the air is thick with the ghosts of despair, and one feels the oppressive weight of ancient eyes that might still watch from the unseen corners, their gaze as cold and unyielding as the steel underfoot.
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.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
DL 3602 with the PO74 crew heads east by the Lackawanna station down toward Nay Aug to grab their train. They'll head to Gravel Place today.
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.
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
Illinois Central (IC) 790 and Delaware Lackawanna & Western (DLW) 426 are at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
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
6/2017 - Scranton, PA
DL 2457 C425 passes the abandoned DLW tower across from the DLW Scranton station.
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
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
Steamtown
DL 2452 is one of two units that DL recently restored and repainted as EL heritage units. Both look so good.
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.
See more scenes of this recently expanded and refurbished library at flic.kr/s/aHsmRy9Js7.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
A classic brick freight station in Scranton (at Wyoming at Gibson) was still served by rail during my 10-9-05 visit. And there also appeared to be a gate tower at the intersection- never did find out the story on that.
See more scenes of this recently expanded and refurbished library at flic.kr/s/aHsmRy9Js7.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Cab detail of ex Canadian National 4-6-4T at Steamtown, Scranton, PA on 23 October 2017
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3/2026 - Scranton, PA
DL 3602 with the PO74 crew heads east by the Lackawanna station down toward Nay Aug to grab their train. They'll head to Gravel Place today.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
A classic brick D&H freight station in Scranton (at Wyoming at Gibson) was still served by rail during my 10-9-05 visit.
8/2021 - Scranton, PA
On the way to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, I made an early morning stop in Scranton to check out the new Von Storch Shops of the DL. I got this roster shot of RRPX 41. This unit was built by MLW in 1970 for CN but still wears its Cartier paint. It came to the DL from the WNYP but also worked on the NYSW. This unit will supposedly become DL 3641 eventually.