Happy Wednesday to you! Time again for another installment of Midweek Photos. Trains and railroad items from the real-world. May is almost complete, and the special train trip season is getting underway. Yesterday, I had the honor of being on the train staff of the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society. A dead-head move of their cars from one part of Scranton, PA to another was my first order of business to catch. Departure of the train was at noon. This first set of photos was around 9:00. Two Delaware-Lackawanna locomotives are in South Scranton, on the former Delaware & Hudson RR about to pick up the train set.
I stood on my pickup to get above the Japanese bamboo plants that are plentiful along the tracks in this area. No. 2403 is on the tail end of the train. Former US Army baggage car is next, and then 3 Erie Lackawanna / NJDOT coaches.
The road I am on leads to the sewer authority. Apparently, they don't like looking at railroad tracks, so there are several maple trees planted along the road which will eventually hide the trains.
Rolling upstream along the Lackawanna River, the train passes the Salvation Army building.
Getting ready to pick up the passengers, the train now passes the Mattes Street tower and former locomotive shops of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western RR.
The first wave of passengers to board. Over 200 took the train.
A change in locomotive power took place in the Steamtown yard, and now D-L no. 3000, a 6-axle unit, would lead the train back to Scranton.
More photos in the next post. Thank you again for following along. I wish you the best for the Summer, especially the best photos you can take. Please add any pictures you have to the bundle.
