Midweek Photos 12/25/2012... Year End Photo Wrap-up

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April found me again in Virginia, this time at the VA Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.  N&W's steam stars of the 1980s and early 90s no 611 and 1218 are posed under cover along with N&W 2-8-0 no 6.

May 5 was a photo freight excursion run by the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley railroad historical society.  The trip was on the coal lines of the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern. 3 former LV switchers lead 10 hoppers and caboose, along with some passenger cars.

Later in May, as Santa Fe 4-8-4 made the run from Los Angeles to Williams, AZ to celebrate the centennial of Arizona, I was able to ride the steam double header to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.  Leading the way was Grand Canyon 2-8-2 no. 4960.

June 9 saw Steamtown and the Lackawanna Historical Society commemorate 150 years since the Civil War with a Civil War train.  While the train is definitely 20th Century material, President Lincoln and the Union reenactors brought the gathered crowds to the 19th Century.  Stops were made in Carbondale and Jessup, PA.

Part 3 of the year is coming right up.

July 19 saw the arrival of Erie Lackawanna diners in Scranton.  The Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society has been working for at least 10 years to have one or more in service with authentic EL food service.  There are 3 cars altogether.  DL&W 470 was built in 1949 for the Phoebe Snow, whereas Erie 741 was built in 1923 for the Erie Limited.

Illinois Central 2-8-0 at Steamtown gained a solar panel in August so her headlight could shine in the turntable display area.  Beyond the gate is Reading FP& no 903, on loan from the Philadelphia chapter, NRHS.

September brought Steamtown's Railfest. One of the visiting guest locomotives was Norfolk Southern F9 no 4271 coming off display at the turntable In the background is Reading & Northern no. 802 (which served as power for the May excursion).

Also part of RailFest was a pair of steam excursions to Moscow, PA on the former DL&W mainline. Canadian National 2-8-2 no 3254 performs this runby.

The end of the year is near!  Stay tuned.

An October surprise!  Black River & Western returned 2-8-0 no. 60 to steam service after a long rebuild.  May she have many more years of running through the New Jersey countryside.

During Scranton's Santa parade, Steamtown's Scranton Limited train blasts over South Washington Ave. This was November 17.

Late in the day on November 26, I caught this unusual scene of Central of New Jersey big hook no 5.

And on December 3, DL&W F3s 663 and 664 are enveloped by fog.  All in all, it was a very good year.  I hope it was for you as well.

Please post some of your memories of 2012 here.  Have a Happy New Year!

Great photography and info! Thanks for sharing your hard work with us.

Not sure what this was doing in Sparks NV but its usual haunts is Stockton CA to the San Jose area pulling commuter trains.

 

Greg

 

Happy New Year everyone. Hopefully I will have more time to spend on the OGR this year. Sandy did not help these past months. On the great side, created a real Christmas layout this year.

 

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Thanks OGR members for all these great pictures and for a great forum.

 

Prairie

Thanks for the find, Prairie! And to Tom Danneman for taking the photo so many years ago.
I am glad to hear you survived Sandy well enough.

Prarie great photo, those E units were such a sight here on the scoots.  I miss them, they remind me of when I was a kid.