New Stuff
Nay Aug Tunnel and Refuse Cars
Abutment, Carverton Rd Trestle
Pittston Rail Trail / Eagle Shaft
Old Hillcrest Lampshade Factory
Old Rt 307 Bridge (Was Luna Park Bridge Remains)
Star Of Bethlehem On Culm Dump
DL&W Moscow Station / Freight House
November 04, Derailment at Steamtown
Another Kind Of Diesel Locomotive
Recent Sightings
April 27 SB with Santa Fe unit over Gaunt
April 26 8 units over Gauntlet
March 30 MOW Equipment at Hudson
March 20, 2008 NS coming off Gauntlet
March 8, 2008 Sparse Sightings
February, 19, Tank Cars or Hi and Wide at Pine Ridge ???
February 17, Taylor Yard, Intermodal
February 13, Hi and Wide, Hudson (No Pics)
January 6, RN Backvalley Job, CP Taylor
December 30, 2007, DL Units Around Scranton
December 27, 2007 Foggy at Enola and Rockville Bridge
December 15, D-L, Grain Train at Scranton
December 12, MOW Avoca (Text Only, No Pictures)
December 6, Taylor Yard, Night
December 2, 2007, R&N, CP Taylor Yard
November 29, Inspection Train, Taylor
November 25, Taylor and Duryea
November 23, D-L Scranton, CP Taylor
November 18, Snowy Taylor Yard
November 17, Scranton and Taylor
October 28, Southbound, Taylor
Lost Scans
New County Coal, Hughestown, PA
Tunnel, Jumper Road, Plains, Twp
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http://www.laurellines.org has a new layout and design. New content coming soon. Pocono Northeast Timeline - Here is a timeline of events in the History of the Pocono Northeast Railroad, or PNER. As much information as I could find/recall about this shortline is listed. The only locomotive from PNER days that is still running is the #1751. Circus Train, Ex PNER Locomotive
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. Some New Ones : 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. 425 at Hamburg, 1993 Well I missed the test runs of the 425 this past weekend. Here are shots I took of it in 1993. MORE Old Hillcrest Lampshade Factory The Old Hillcrest Lampshade Factory. My Grandmother worked here. It has been vacant for many years. MORE Olyphant Miner Memorial Recently dedicated statue along the Lackawanna River to remember area miners. MORE Inspection Train At Taylor Inspection train caught at Taylor at night in November 2007. Video Stills. MORE Old Rt. 307 Bridge (Was Luna Park Bridge Remains) Remains of the old Rt. 307 Bridge. MORE Star Of Bethlehem On Culm Dump In the mid to late 80's a star was lit on the culm dumps between Dupont, Avoca and Hughestown. MORE First Insulator The first insulator I ever found was from along the old D&H. I was lucky to find a whole insulator buried in the cinders. MORE West Side Horn Blower Again ?Is this a truck ? Is it a Fire Dept. Siren ? It is not a train. MORE October Black and White Some shots of visting PRR and D-L Equipment at Steamtown. Taken w/ Kodak Tmax fikm MORE You Never Know What You'll See Dept.On end of train passing through Hudson, PA a Passenger car (No Pics) MORE Silver Queen Burnt Down Landmark former Silver Queen bar, resturant, hotel in East End of WB burns. Operated as Grapevine Grille for less than a year. MORE Kowaflex Not Kaput ??? Vintage camera may still be operational. Perhaps I had some settings wrong, or when I tried to use it last winter the selenium photocell that powered the light meter was outside its operational temperature range. MORE Circus Train At Wilkes-Barre Cars from the Red Unit sit on former Lehigh Valley and Delaware and Hudson industrial trackage. MORE Mine Subsidence Near Hudson Yard A big whole opened up in the woods in what used to by Hudson Yard. Looks like 25-30 ft deep.. MORE Fish Island Telephoto Telephoto views of the Fish Island bridge, taken with digital camera. Serveral people fell off this bridge and died. MORE MOW Equipment, Hudson Equipement, Pettibones, Payloaders and all sorts of supplies are massed at Hudson, for a spring track work project. MORE 3 trains at Hudson One night from 5:45 to 7:20 three trains rolled thru Hudson. What a great catch as most of the stuff runs at night. MORE Rock Island Trailer Caught this relic from this Fallen Flag parked in Kingston, by McCarthy's Tires. Same place I caught a Penn Central Trailer a year or two before. MORE Mr.Dickover Looks For His Grandfather's Bricks Relative of Dickover Brick Co, sees page on Dickover Bricks, gathers namesake heirloom MORE Lehighton Interlocking / Packerton Yard 35mm shots of Conrail's Lehghton Interlocking and what was left of Packeton Yard.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 Ellen Webster Palmer Memorial This memorial is on the River Commons in Wilkes-Barre, across from King's College. Ellen founded the Boy's Industrial Association in Wilkes-Barre. MORE (Currently whole area is all ripped up and under construction as they build a new riverfront park) 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 Streetcar Rail ??? In a dirt parking lot off of Scott Street is a small section of rail. Maybe from a streetcar line or mine operation. 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 Remains of Woodward Outbuildings This is what is left at the Woodward Colliery SIte. Not much. MORE Kowaflex Test Roll B&W After about two weeks, got my film back from Sam's Club. Not bad for the first time shooting Black and White. I like the old time look of the shots MORE Remains of "The Station" Just the Vulcan and a few cars remain at the site of "The Station" in Wilkes-Barre. Once a bar, hotel and eatery, it is mostly vacant. If rail service is ever restored to NYC, this site may be used as as terminal. MORE Kowaflex Test Roll Here are some shots from my test roll. Not bad for a camera that is about 45 years old. MORE Kowaflex E Camera Got a vintage 35mm camera from an Estate Sale. Amazingly I got it to work. MORE Water Tank, Dorrance Colliery Fan House No leaves on the trees shows an old wooden and metal water tank. It was part of the Dorrance Colliery and is behind the Fan House 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
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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 |
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Remember the Butler Street Bridge ??? The best place to watch the LV and the D&H in the 70s was on its steps. |
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. Most "disappeared" last year with the updated format of the web site :
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Bowmans Creek Branch Stuff :BOWMANS CREEK BRANCH (Lehigh Valey 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 Entrance to Rollercoaster, Hansons If Firwood caught on fire, would Laurel Run ? Buttonwood, Askam.
Detour? That Frenchman builds the worst roads..
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