Nice time at steamtown, even meet tim o'malley getting on the bigboy. amtrak had a nice train, but the lego train display won my boys over. also got permission to walk around the old scranton passenger station to take pictures.
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Pete,
The Reading T1 looks great in that fresh coat of Dupont Imron black! She really needed it, the last time I saw her. (Better yet would be to see her operational, although that is unlikely to happen.)
Chris
LVHR
Steamtown's Labor Day weekend is a lot of fun. Your shots give a good representation of it. Thanks!
Originally Posted by TrainsRMe:
Steamtown's Labor Day weekend is a lot of fun. Your shots give a good representation of it. Thanks!
I'll second that - it was like a Railfan and Railroad extra issue - thanks!
/Mitch
Is this an annual event around Labor Day?
Great photos, looks like a great time.
A few more Railfest photos from Sunday (including a chasing car from the Moscow excursion).
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steamtown does this every labor day weekend, everything arrives friday for staurday & sunday. by sunday night everything is ready to leave. I hope norfolk southern get's some of the heritage units for next year.
This is a display and show they put on, they try to get different rail equipment every year.
Thank you DL&W Pete. There is a story in this morning's Scranton Times about Steamtown receiving a mammoth collection of rail road archives from Syracuse University. Good article. It will be years before they can print and scan the several thousand glass negatives they got as part of the collection but that will be worth waiting for!
Pete
Great post. It looks like you had a great time with your family. That is as good as it gets.
Al Galli
It was good to meet with DL&W Pete for the brief time he was in line. I spent all of Saturday at the Big Boy with one of the volunteers, Tom. I was in the cab for the early shift, and managed the line for the afternoon.
Some photos of mine I can add to the thread...
Canadian National 3254 is the only live steam engine at Steamtown this year, but with asbestos removed from several others, new boiler jacketing and RR markings added to many of them, they became a hit of the event along with the visiting equipment. Peeking out of the roundhouse stall is Groveton Paper's 2-4-2T no. 7.
The main yard was so full of equipment that the Delaware Lackawanna decided to display many of their locomotives in the state office building's parking lot and on Bridge 60.
Here is the first batch of lucky people when the cab first opened at 10:00.
Hit the brakes!
The first people to board after my lunch break.
Fireman Tex. By the end of the day, 738 people hopped on the cab of Big Boy. I have no idea how many visited on Sunday.
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Tim great photos...looks like you had a busy day...
Originally Posted by lehighline:
Pete,
The Reading T1 looks great in that fresh coat of Dupont Imron black! She really needed it, the last time I saw her. (Better yet would be to see her operational, although that is unlikely to happen.)
Chris
LVHR
Chris,
Be careful what you wish for! Last time I was at the Reading Company Technical & Historical site there is a link to donate money for the restoration of the Reading T-1 at Steamtown.
Maybe the RDG # 2124 can double head with RDG # 2102 sometime in about five years or better.
Lee F.
Well, some things never die on the Internet!
I had no idea that website raising funds for 2124 was still active, but I know that there is no more Steamtown Volunteer Association, and the e-mail and phone numbers are no longer active. I wonder if anyone has made donations to this cause, and where the money went?
The information regarding Boston & Maine 3713 is still accurate, and her restoration is coming along well enough. For updates on her progress, check out www.project3713.com
Originally Posted by Tim O'Malley:
Well, some things never die on the Internet!
I had no idea that website raising funds for 2124 was still active, but I know that there is no more Steamtown Volunteer Association, and the e-mail and phone numbers are no longer active. I wonder if anyone has made donations to this cause, and where the money went?
The information regarding Boston & Maine 3713 is still accurate, and her restoration is coming along well enough. For updates on her progress, check out www.project3713.com
Not sure if the website is still active but there is a support for # 2124 link from the RDG Co & Hist. site for a petion drive for # 2124 to be rebuilt after another steam engine is completed.
Have no idea about what is going on with Steamtown volunteers.
Lee F.
