Midweek Photos 9/14/2016

Tim O'Malley posted:

Welcome to Wednesday.  Another Midweek is upon us, and another chance to share some of what we see and know about the railroad world around us.  I am continuing with Railfest photos of Steamtown's big event over Labor Day weekend in Scranton PA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a Lackawanna caboose you could ride, too.  No. 889 is a mainstay at Steamtown, and was built in Scranton in 1952. 

Here is the interior of the caboose. 

 

 

Nice photos Tim. Do the figures come with the caboose? They look so real! My wife was working that weekend, so we couldn't go.

Don

This past weekend, the New Jersey Museum of Transportation held its annual Railroaders Day on the Pine Creek Railroad, the museum's three foot gauge railroad located in Allaire State Park in Wall Township. Festivities include shop tours, model railroad displays and all the operation of all serviceable equipment. I was unable to attend this year's event but, keeping in the spirit of the tradition of the event, I dug through those yellow Kodak boxes and pulled out a slide I shot at the 1980 event. That day, three steam locomotives were in operation with the day getting off to an incredible start by virtue of a dramatic tripleheader. The locomotives are "Lady Edith", a 4-4-0T built in 1887 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Irish Cavan and Leitrim Railway, Baldwin built ex-Surrey, Sussex & Southampton 2-6-2 number 26 and former Ely-Thomas two truck Shay number 9 constructed by Lima in 1927. 

Bob 

A METRA "Winnebago"  (F40PHM-2) pulls four gallery cars westbound on the triple track at Riverside, IL. METRA has 30 of these units, and they date to the early 1990's.

Some shots taken at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania last April.

NS - Fostoria inbound

More from Sunday of Railfest

Lehigh Valley business car no. 353 was open, and VIP Julie, chats with a visitor about the car and its history.

A blacksmith from the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem gets his fire going to pound on some iron.

Over 22,000 photographs from the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad are now scanned, and many were projected in the Office & Storage Building. 

Live steam model trains were run by retired Steamtown engineer Seth Corwin on his loop of track. 

Baldwin no. 26 returns from one of her journeys on the Scranton Limited.  F3 no. 663 and F7B no. 664 sit a couple tracks away.  663 might be running on the Steamtown excursions this October, her first day running since June 2013.

The Electric City Trolley ran five trips each day to Montage (in Moosic, PA) and return.  We see it posed by the D-L big Alcos, C636 and M636.  They also have an M630, which was in the paint shop during Railfest.

The return of the excursion from Moscow.  The RS3 is a genuine Central of New Jersey unit. I believe it was sold to Black River & Western before the creation of Contrail, and that is why it is still around. 

Some passengers chose to ride in period fashions.   A few more pics are coming. 

One last run of the Scranton Limited was going to take place around 4:30, so I headed up the line to catch this late run. 

Along the way, I took shots of some other action in the yard.  664 and the Caboose Experience train were also making a few runs before shutting down for the day. Baldwin 26 was boarding the final riders of the day. 

CNJ 1554 will go to work switching items back, so the engineer is waiting for clear track before heading back to work. 

The trolley we saw in the post above is on its way back to the boarding platform.  This is crossing South Washington Ave in Scranton. 

USA!  Baldwin no. 26 is on the move past the 1908 Lackawanna train station.  The white building on the right is the former Stohr and Fister furniture store, now a Lackawanna County office building. 

The train rolls on, past track repair equipment.  A new switch would be added in the next couple weeks. 

Backing down the line. 

Returning to the roundhouse, Number 26 is done for the day.  1554 and RS3 4118 will now start running in the yard, putting cars and engines away. 

Baldwin 26 is getting put away for the night.  Railfest is over, but the steamer keeps running weekends into December.  

Sort of train related, this bridge is over the BNSF/UP/Amtk main through Nisqually, WA...

Tim,

Your Railfest photos and commentary are fantastic.  I love the CNJ RS3 in particular.  Thanks for sharing.  It looks like a great time!

Tomlinson Run Railroad

View from Hill 582 on Cajon Pass Tuesday, Sep 13. Note the fire damage from the Blue Cut Fire in August.