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Friday, January 27 2012 7:09 PM

http://www.laurellines.org  L&WV Chapter Web Site

Cosmetic Restoration In Progress

Bridge and Trestle Spotlight

Coal Removed Behind Laurel Line Abutment

Erie Bridge, Dunmore

Old Main Street Bridge, Taylor

West Avoca Trestle, Om Nom Nom ...

Erie Trestle, Rt. 307

Bridge That Always Gets Hit By Trucks in Taylor

West Nanticoke Bridge / PRR Trestle

Web Album - 8th Street Bridge

Breaker Road Bridge Broken

 


Historical Markers / Cornerstones, etc.

History is all around us. Historical Markers. Cornerstones, Keystones, Plaques and other architectural features document history. They are on the sides of roads, on the foundations of schools and churches. Many older buildings had a name and date on the keystone at the very top.

It is easy to miss these things as you go about your business in your daily life. Once you become aware of these traces of history you will develop a keen eye and a keen eye for history, of all kinds.


Bottle Caps

While cleaning, I found my bottle cap collection.   There used to be a lot of different bottling houses and breweries in the Anthracite Region.

On rummaging thru the caps, most of the companies have been long out of business - Ma's, Penn State Beverage, Star, and more. So much history in that little box.


Coal Removed Behind Laurel Line Abutment On a recent drive down the Pittston Bypass, work removing coal behind the Laurel Line Abutment can be seen. This was the workings of the fromer Hieldburg Coliiery here. MORE

Old Repeater, Glenburn On a recent trip to Glenburn, there is an old repeater still tanding trackside. Does not look like it has been used in years MORE

CNJ Station Wilkes-Barre The CNJ Station in Wilkes-Barre, rotting away. Empty for many years, it was once a Niteclub and Eatery. Luzerene County is supposed to restore it, but I think more people are concerned with the transition to Home Rule. MORE

Work On Stegmaier Bottling House 2nd busiest shopping day of the year and they have one lane closed to do working on the old Stegmaier Bottling House. Wiikes-Barre Bvld needs to be paved too. MORE

Former Crystal Soda, Scranton The old Crystal Club Soda Plant is being coverted into office space and alternate uses. I used to like Crystal Club.MORE

New Interlocking Cabins At Taylor Yard These new interlocking cabins are stored at Taylor Yard. Ready for installation along the Railroad. Some of the old ones were getting beat. MORE

Cat on Fuzzy Blanket in Chessie Pose Took this picture or our cat. The image kept reminding me of something ... but what ? The Chessie Kitten, of course. MORE

High and Wide Transformer on Bridge 60 Here is something you don't see every day : a Transformer on a depressed center flat car. MORE

Painting of PNER Unit in Quinns Market On a recent shopping trip to Quinns Market in Pittston, I came across this painting of a PNER unit in Pittston. MORE

Butler Mine Tunnel Still Smells Like Oil Driving past the old Butler Mine Tunnel in Pittston, it still smells like oil. Proabably due to the heavy rain. MORE

Wilkes-Barre Lace Demolition The final chapter in the Wilkes-Barre Lace Saga. The large brick smokestack was impoded as some argued it should be saved as a historic landmark. The many buildings in this sprawling complex have been razed. A housing development is slated to go here.   MORE

Loomis Park Near the Dundee Tunnel is the little Patch Town of Loomis Park. These sturdy brick houses look pretty good and it looks like a nice neighborhood.  MORE

Susquehanna Coal Demolished LCCC will build the Joseph Pagliante (Joe Grotto) Culinary Arts Institute on this corner.  MORE

Jean King Water Tower This East End Landmark is still standing off of Butler Street in Wilkes-Barre.   MORE

Snowy Arthur Ave This wintery scene in Scranton only needs a streetcar to be a beautiful Christmas Card. Once this street, next to Nay Aug Park, was a popular streetcar route.   MORE

Spike From Hanson's Park This little spike came from the amusement park train tracks at Hanson's in Harvey's Lake. My uncle pointed it out to me the last time we were there went it was operating as a park. MORE

If You Are Hurt Sign From one of the Kiosks on the Wyoming Valley Levee Project in Kingston. This Kiosk shows a multi language sign needed to communicate to miners MORE

Conrail Boxcar Pittston Junction Old rusty boxcar with Conral "Can Opener" Logo MORE

Old Hillcrest Lampshade Factory The Old Hillcrest Lampshade Factory. My Grandmother worked here. It has been vacant for many years. MORE

Mr.Dickover Looks For His Grandfather's Bricks Relative of Dickover Brick Co, sees page on Dickover Bricks, gathers namesake heirloom MORE

Vulcan 1984 Here are some photos and descriptions of the Vulcan in 1984. This proves that it was in running order when it came to Wilkes-Barre. A L&WV NHRS handed this to me at the October Meeting. MORE

Scranton Railway Carbarns Pictures from the mid-90's of the old Scranton Railway Carbarns on Providence Road in Scranton. Today, the buildings are gone, with retail development near the site. MORE

Remains of Roller Coaster at Hanson's Just the one segment still remains. This was the entrance to the park and at one time the LV Bowmans Creek Branch ran thru it. MORE

Hampton Yard Super's House This building may be the last remaining building from Hampton Yard. It was the Superintendent's house. MORE

Death on the D&H, a short story of people picking coal on the D&H only to get killed by a train MORE

PRR Shark B Unit that was formerly at the Sullivan Trail Breaker. MORE

 

 

 


Random Rail Photos

Random Rail Pictures Random Rail Pictures 

Some rail pictures from around region. View all pictures





Lost Scans

Lance Pump House

Avondale Colliery

Moffat Boilerhouse, Taylor

New County Coal, Hughestown, PA

Old Cliff St Bridge, Scranton

Tunnel, Jumper Road, Plains, Twp

Culvert, LV Connell Branch

Dallas Station (LV)


These were from a group of "lost" scans, that were somehow misplaced when I upgraded from a 486 w/ Win 3.1 to a Dell PIII-300 w/ Win 95. They ended up on a Zip Disk instead of the new PC

Retro Sightings

 

Retro Sightings

Sightings recovered from tape, zipdisk, and old computer, Sharp Wizard, etc. Never thought I accumulated this much stuff. An ongoing project.



Misc. Photo Sets

Misc Photo Set 1

D&H Photos

More Conrail Photos



Railroad Facts :

From 1991 CONRAIL Timetable : 

Ashmore Secondary Track 

0.0  CP-M & H JCT. (Lehigh Line) 
1.3  HINKLES 
4.3  BLACK CREEK JCT
5.2  WEATHERLY
6.8  HAZLE CREEK JCT.
10.3 BLS ASHMORE (Hazleton Running Track)


Misc. Locomotive Photos

 

Web Album - Railroad Pictures


Misc. Huber Photos

 

Web Album - Huber Breaker


Mine Disasters :

Prospect Shaft Feb 27, 1915 Gas Explostion 9 Men Killed

- Plymouth Miner's Memorial

Plymouth Miners Memorial



Car Tags from Scranton Shops :

E-L BAD ORDER TAG :  

INTIAL :  GATX 
CAR NO: 97683
STATION : SCRANTON
DATE:  1/8/75
SENT TO : SCRANTON

DEFECTS :  BROKE YOKE B-END

 

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Coal Breaker Facts :

Pine Ridge Breaker - Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre

Favorite Breakers :

  • Huber (Still Standing)
  • Dorrance (Demolished)
  • Sullivan Trail (Demolished)
  • Harry E (Demolished)

List of Coal Breakers

List of Breakers Erie Map 1939



Old Area Roller Coasters :

 

Hanson's -Speed Hound
Angela Park - Valley Volcano
San Souci - The Wild Mouse
Rocky Glen - The Million Dollar Coaster
Rocky Glen - Comet, Jet Star


Route Names :

 

DL&W - Route of the Phoebe Snow
D&H - The Bridge Line
LV - Route of the Black Diamond
L&WV -The Laurel Line
D-L - The Pocono Mountain Route
R&N - The Road of Anthracite
NYC - The Water Level Route
WB & Hazleton - The Cannonball

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Cabooses Cabooses Cabooses Cabooses Cabooses 

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NEPA News Portal :

Scranton Times

Citizen's Voice

Times-Leader

Pa Homepage

WNEP

 

 

Tidbit :

Junctions in NEPA Duryea Jct - LV,CR,LS,RN
Minooka Jct - DH,RN,CP
Virgnia - LWV,ER,DL,LS
Dupont Jct - LV,DH,CR,CP,RN
Slateford Jct - EL,CR,NS
Pittston Jct - LV,EL, CR,PNER,RN
Forest Castle Jct - LV,CR,PNER
Penn Haven Jct - LV,CR,RN,NS
Langcliffe Jct - DH,ER,LS
Jefferson Jct - DH,ER
Plymouth Jct - DH,DLW
Hillside Jct - ER,LS

Tidbit :

Attractions in Scranton :

Steamtown NHS
Nay Aug Park
The Everhart Museum
Lackawanna County Trolley Museum
McDade Park
Anthracite Museum
Iron Furnaces
Lackawanna Mine Tour

 

Lineside Poles :

   pole2  pole9  pole12  pole8  pole6  pole13  pole8  pole6  

Graffiti cars:  View All

GraffitiCars3  GraffitiCars5  GraffitiCars18  GraffitiCars17  GraffitiCars7  GraffitiCars14  

Railroad Facts :

Railroad Facts :

Railroad Facts :

Some Roundhouses :

Kingston (DL&W) gone

Hampton Yard (DL&W) gone

Carbondale (D&H) gone

Scranton (DL&W) Preserved

Scranton (near Schmidt Park) (CNJ) gone

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From 1981 CONRAIL Timetable :

WILKES-BARRE SECONDARY TRACK
      (Lehigh Division)

3.9    CENTRAL SCRAP IRON  1    
2.5    FRANKLIN CROSSING   1
1.3    ASHLEY              1
174.0  FRANKLIN JCT (Connction to 
       Franklin Ind Track
	   
171.6  SOUTH WILKES-BARRE
175.9  DANA ST. WILKES-BARRE
176.0  WILKES-BARRE
177.2  NORTH WILKES-BARRE
178.3  SHAFER  2
180.3  PLAINSVILLE
185.5  PITTSTON JCT (Connection to Lehigh 
       Main Line - Connection to
	   Taylor Secondary Track) 2
 
The direction from Central Scrap Iron to 
Pittston Jct is westward.
Track Controlled by Train Dispatcher,
Bethlehem 


Note 1 - Distance From Franklin Junction 
Note 2 - Westward Trains must not pass Shafer 
or Pittston Lumber Switch MP 185.0 without 
authority of Train Dispatcher, Bethlehem

(At this point in time, the Lehigh Line has not
been downgraded to Secondary line status)

Famous Trains:

Phoebe Snow (DL&W)

Apollo (LV)

The Black Diamond (LV)

The John Wikes (LV)

Adirondack (D&H)

The Pocono Express (DL&W)

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Logos of Fallen Flag Roads
Remember the Butler Street Bridge ??? The best place to watch the LV and the D&H in the 70s was on its steps.

 

"In Depth"

The following articles, recollections and stories are more in depth and longer then the weblog format pages that the sightings and most other things are done in

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway This train ride from Jim Thorpe thru the Gorge is run by the Reading and Northern and is a real nice trip.

Sightings - Marysville 12.28.06 Some good trains on a warm December day, almost like springtime. A slow coal train, and then a stack train blasts by.

Harry E Coal Breaker Photographs of the breaker in Swoyersville about two years before it was demolished. It was amazing that they left the thing up as long they did because it went over the "Back Road".

Harry E Coal Breaker II Recently discovered photos showing the old Harry E breaker. This batch shows the part of the breaker that went over the back road with all its girders, pipes and trusses.

Back Mountain Rail To Trail Some shots of the Back Mountain Rail to Trail, which is the part of the old Lehigh Valley Bowmans Creek Branch

Lackawanna County Heritage Trail : O&W Railroad Some scenes from the train in the Upvalley area - Jessup and Archbald it looks like from the map. The trail has marker showing some key features of the railroad. In runs along the river and is very senic.

Scranton Railway Carbarns Pictures from the mid-90's of the old Scranton Railway Carbarns on Providence Road in Scranton. Today, the buildings are gone, with retail development near the site. Shots like this are important, after the buildings are long gone.

Dorrance Fan House Here are shots of the Dorrance Colliery Fan house from the early 1990's before the dirt around it was bulldozed up to the roof line.

Peach Orchard Colliery Pictures of the Peach Orchard buildings that Dave S. sent me. Mostly brick buildings left over from the mining operations, we used to play there in grade school.

The Concrete City Shots of the Concrete City taken in the mid 1990's. More recently a State Historical Marker has been erected down the street from it.

Plymouth Miners Memorial Photographs of the memorial, some descriptions of it and some text of mine disasters, from the memorial, of course.

Market Street Square Recollections of Market Street Square, The Choo Choo Inn, Rocky Glen Park, Top Dog (Same guy owned them), Scrapping of cars on MSS site, Photographs of cars and Vulcan.

Glen Alden Shops Some shots of the former Glen Alden Coal Company Machine Shops in West Pittston, PA. Much of these buildings have been removed.

Sullivan Trail Breaker Shots of the old Sullivan Trail Breaker with the Drag Line buckets in front of it. Nothing remains of the site. New homes and townhomes are on the site of the Breaker and colliery grounds.

Vulcan Iron Works This set of buildings in South Wilkes-Barre is were the Vulcan locomotives were build in years past.

 

 

Bowmans Creek Branch Stuff :

 

BOWMANS CREEK BRANCH (Lehigh Valley RR)
 

178.9  PORT BOWKLEY (JTC)
180.0  KINGSTON-FORTY FORT
180.7  HARVEY JTC
181.2  LUZERNE 
184.0  TRUCKSVILLE
185.9  LEONARDS
187.1  DALLAS 
187.2  KIRKDALE
189.8  CHESTNUT RIDGE
193.0  RINGALD
193.2  ALDERSON
192.4  HARVEY'S LAKE 
199.1  NOXEN
201.5  STULL 
202.9  BAKERS
206.5  DOTTER 
206.8  BETH RUN
209.2  SPLASH DAM
210.1  MOUNTAIN SPRINGS
212.3  MEADOW
212.3  RICKETTS 
222.6  LOPEZ
226.3  BERNICE JCT
226.7  BERNICE


Distance from New York 
via Bowmans Creek Branch

            

Back Mountain Rail To Trail

Dallas Station

Entrance to Rollercoaster, Hansons

Noxen Station


 

 
		

        

If Firwood caught on fire, would Laurel Run ? Buttonwood, Askam.

- One of my Grandfather's silly jokes


Detour? That Frenchman builds the worst roads..

- One of my Grandfather's silly jokes


 

 

 

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