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The Real Hazleton Here is an interesting website.
PRR Shark B Unit that was formerly at the Sullivan Trail Breaker. This is such a favorite subject it has been moved to the top of the home page. Both the Sullivan Trail Breaker and the B Unit Shark is gone. MORE Nicholson Northern Electric Station This was a real find. Nestled in Nordahl Park is a former trolley line station The small white wood building is used by the Nicholson American Legion. It is a neat peice of History Nicholson Northern Electric Station Epic Railfanning Tour of Stations Was off on Veterans Day and did an epic tour of Stations and Railroad related locations that I never were to before. Sightings 11.10.23 / Epic Railfan Tour of Stations Mahanoy City Commuinty Day September 9, 2023, Mahanoy City had Community Day. It was a nice event. Many non profits like the Elks Lodge and the Historical Society had open houses. Vendors lined the street. it turned int a very hot day. Mahanoy City Community Day Rail Trip Fruit Growers Express Cars Pained Blue. These cars have been sitting here off of North Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Barre since the 1980s. The used to be refrigerated cars. The building got painted blue. The cars got rhe scame color. Remnds me of the Rock Island. FGE Cars Repainted Blue Ironton Rail To Trail (IRT) Made it down to Whitehall to walk on the Ironon Rail to Trail. A very nice trail. Lots of interesting Railroad and Indutrial related things along the tral. The Ironton was a belt line that served Cement and Steel induatry in the area Ironton Rail Trail Saylor Park Cement Kilns Finally found Saylor Park. These old Cement Kilns are in this park that connects to the Ironton Rail To Trail. Also monuments that wre given to Cement Plants as Safety Awards are at the park. Saylor Park Cement Kilns Lehigh Valley Slatington Station Site. This is by one of the DL Trail trailheads and the Wildlife Center. Neat part of history, even if it is only foundations and rubble. Lehigh Valley Slatington Station Site Siegfried Depot This is a former Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot. The Northampton Historircal Socicaty operates the buidling now. I have to visit when the Depot is open. Is is a neat little buidling. Siegfried Depot Olyphant Colliery Machinery Foundation Last time I walked on this train in Dickson City, it was getting dark. This really looked like a Hopper Car on its side. This was some sort of steek, brick and concrete foundations for machinery. Olyphant Colliery Machinery Foundation Duryea, Late 80's PNER 87 trundles down the Bloomsburg Line in Duryea, before the Shopping center was built. At this point in time the area was just an empty field. Duryea, Late 80's Ex Amtrak Car, South Scranton This car lettered DL 1555 has been floating around Scranton the last few weeks. The car is very rusted and the old Amtrak markings are faded. Ex Amtrak Car In South Scranton New Trail, Dickson City, PA A newly paved trail runs from Railroad Street Dickson City toward Olyphant. It goes though old coal mining lands assoceiated with the Olyphant Breaker. It is a nice trail. New Trail, Dickson City Telephoto Lens from K-Mart K-Mart used to carry Focal brand cameras and binoculars. They had Pentax K-1000s and also Focal brand equipment such as binoculars. Got a good bargin and used it for years Got the Telephoto Lens For Pentax from K-Mart Pentax K1000 from Jewelcor. Bought my Pentax K1000 from a local Catalog Showroom called Jewelcor. I knew nothing about photography, except the cheap 35mm point and shoot cameras you got at drugstores were not so good. Moved up to al SLR. Got my Pentax K-1000 from Jewelcor Pentax Lens Cap Lost and Found Back in the early 90s, lost my Pentax Lens Cap in Scranton by the old O&W ROW. It snowed. 2 weeks later found the lens cap on the side of the road where it was dropped. Pentax Lens Cap Lost And Found Near O&W Abutments Ellen Webster Palmer Memorial This statue used to be on the River Commons near the Luzerne County Courthouse. The photos are from 2006. Since that time the Dike system had been upgraded and the statue is in storage. Ellen Webster Palmer Memorial Marvine Trail A new trail goes though fromer coal lands of the Marvine Colliery in North Scranton. One of the Trailheads is off of Parker Street. A nice trail, about a mile long. Marvine Trail Frozen Falling Springs Here is a shot of Falling springs all frozen over, Winter, Early 1990s. The whole waterfall is frozen and the little pond at the bottom too. Might have been a nicer photo without all the graffitti. Frozen Falling Springs, Early 1990's Falling Springs A scan of a Kodak Disc Photo of Falling Springs, right across from Coxton Yard. There is a water fall here. The creek leaves a dam and pond. They get water from it.Falling Springs, 1980s Minature Memories This was a large train display that was up in the Mall at Steamtown in Scranton. It was a real nice layout. It is not longer in existance. From what I understand it was sold off piece by piece. Web Album - Miniature Memories Miniature Memories, Scranton 2015 Miniature Memories, Steamtown Mall Former Diner, Ash Street Scranton These old passenger cars were used as a Diner and/or bar in the late 80s. Remember passing it on a Steamtown excursion and it was full of people eating. This is not longer here. Former Diner, Ash Street Scranton Former Eatery / Diner, Ash Street Scranton Remains of Loree Colliery Found some more 35mm scans of the outbuldings of the former Loree Colliery off Nesbitt Street in Larksville, PA. All of the buildings by the road are now gone. Loree Colliery Outbuildings DH Baggage Car At Taylor Here is the old Baggage Car that was at Hudson and then moved to Taylor. Found some more shots of it when digging thru some old photos. Eventually the car was scrapped. 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 member handed this to me at the October Meeting. MORE 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.
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Dickson City D&H Station and Caboose Crossing Tower, Susquehanna, PA Susquehanna Erie Station (Starrucca House) Nicholson Northern Electric Station Sightings 11.10.23 / Epic Railfan Tour of Stations Lehighton Interlocking / Tower Site 9th Avenue Steamtown Boarding Platform CNJ Wilkes-Barre Station as Market Street Square Lehigh Valley Easton Passenger Station Lehigh New England Hauto Station Weatherly Station and Vicinity Lehigh Valley Station, Hazleton (Grand Central) Quakertown Traction Company Trolley Barn 2024 Anthracite Images Calendar
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Gas Company Building, West Pittston Laurel Line Rail, River Commons
Hillcrest Lampshade Demolition Reading MU Cars Scrapped From The Station / Choo Choo Inn Former Diner, Ash Street Scranton
Along the Bloom Line, Plymouth, PA In-Depth: Kingston Roundhouse Demolition Track Rt11 Larksville, Disconnected Web Album - DL&W Bloom Line Thru Plymouth West Pittston Trestle, Former EL Bloomsburg Branch DL&W Hanover & Newport Twp. Branch Trestle Mille Post, 8th Street In Wyoming Tunkhannock Avenue Crossing Work Conrail At Duryea On The Bloomsburg Line LVAL 901 (O&W Paint) At Duryea On Bloomsburg Line DL&W Kingston Trestles Removed |
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From 1991 CONRAIL Timetable : Taylor Secondary Track Distance from Hoboken 136.7 TAYLOR (D&H Railway) 136.7 BLS MINOOKA 139.7 OLD FORGE 142.8 PITTSTON JCT. (Lehigh Sec and Pocono Northeast RR) (Why is the distance listed as distance from Hoboken, since trains have not run to Hoboken in many, many years ???) View All |
Laurel Line Stations Scranton Dunmore Brc So Scanton Connell Jct. Rocky Glen Moosic Avoca So Avoca Dupont No Pittston Pittston So Pittston Inkerman Hilldale No. 14 Plains Midvale River Street Wilkes-Barre |
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) View All |
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Remember the "Billboard Boxcars" ??? For years the cars, parked on disconnected CNJ trackage next to Rt 309 in Wilkes-Barre Twp, were painted with ads. |
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
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If Firwood caught on fire, would Laurel Run ? Buttonwood, Askam.
Detour? That Frenchman builds the worst roads..
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