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3/2026 - Scranton, PA
Steamtown
DL's Nickel Plate #190 PA-1 is inside the Steamtown Roundhouse. It was built in 1948 for ATSF and spent some time on the D&H. I first saw this engine at the Streamliners event but it did not run at that time.
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
Many were the times I wanted Kodachrome to do things that it didn't want to do.
Then there were the times I did what Kodachrome wanted to do such as this morning sun shot. Definitely, we were in a love/hate relationship.
I was getting ready for a day of fun with one of the USA's great 4-8-4's running and do so on a mainline railroad, the Lackawanna.
Milwaukee Road S-3 4-8-4 No. 261 Steamtown, Scranton, PA. 10-15-1995, Nikon FM, Kodachrome, Nikon LS-50 Scanner, Vue-Scan software, processed in Lightroom
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
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
DL 3560 is a newish addition to the roster. The 3560 was built for CN as an M420W.
The next morning in Scranton we awoke to filtered sun and rain showers in the area but that didn't stop us from shooting PT-98. The entire train fit down at Bridge 60 so we had to choose between this shot and the one a few blocks east which shows the old depot and downtown in the background.
I sort of like this one from the pedestrian crosswalk platform at the west end of the old depot.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
At about 8:30 am the crew showed up in DL 2457 from the Von Storch Shops. They parked this unit and got on the set of four 6-axle units. 2457 was built in 1964 for SP&S.
Ross Rowland's High Iron Company ex Nickel Plate Berkshire #759 is being attended to next to the Lackawanna Station in Scranton Pa.She is taking on coal,water,and being lubed for her return fan trip over the EL,ex DL&W, mainline to Hoboken N.J. Howard Kent Jr. photo.
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(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
9/2018 - Scranton, PA
Train PO74 is pulling out of the yard. The BR1 crew is pushing on the rear to help them up the steepest part of the grade.
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
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
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Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
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Taken with Eastman Kodak Co. Vision 3 500T/5219 500 ASA Tungsten balanced film. Film by The Film Photography Project, developing and scanning by Rapid Photo Imaging Center Inc.
Steamtown National Historic Site operates yard shuttle tour each day, so that patrons can experience a ride behind a steam locomotive without a big time commitment. Known as the "Scranton Limited", this shuttle is typically a 1 or 2 car train, usually behind a steam locomotive when crews are available, but backed up by a diesel when that's not the case. Here, we see CN 3254 pressed into service on the Scranton Limited during the last day of the 2010 National Railway Historical Society Convention. Unfortunately, this very impressive locomotive was sidelined with a number problems in late 2012 and it's boiler certification subsequently ran out. With B&M 3713 currently getting all of the attention in the park's restoration shop, and the CP 2317 slated to be next in line, it is unlikely that this engine will be restored to operating condition at any time in the foreseeable future. It currently resides under cover, inside the roundhouse at Steamtown NHS.
Seen in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
For Saturday of this weekend I didn't have any specific plans. I ended up shotting DL around Scranton and visited Steamtown. I spent all the previous day chasing the DL to Gravel Place and back.
Seen along the Lake Scranton Walking Trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
3/2026 - Scranton, PA
The set of four 6-axles is moving about at Bridge 60. They're going to head past Steamtown to pick up their train from yesterday and take it to NS Taylor Yard.
On the early morning of January 15, 2024, we see a line of ex-Western New York & Pennsylvania MLW M636’s sitting in the Scranton PA deadline under a cool blue morning sky.
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(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)