Eastern Railroad Discussion > ALCOs + Heritage at Slateford Jct

Last Thursday the Delaware Lackawanna ran a combined PT98/Pocono grain train out of Scranton. Leaving Scranton it had six units on the front and two on the rear. At Slateford Jct the NS delivered 66 cars to DL with a three unit lashup including the Lackawanna Heritage unit. It's shown here at Portland, PA before backing the train to the DL interchange.

The video shows the DL at Moscow, PA on its way back to Scranton.

KG

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Nice catches and video! Might have to make a trip up that way next year.

Amazing amount of Alco power. WOW. In the video they really seem quiet. Almost drifting along. Wasn't expecting it to be moving that fast on the curve. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like DL is getting a share of the frac-sand boom. It also looks like they're getting some more units painted, or else just great fortune to have four of the same suit running together.

The Alcos are going downhill westbound at Moscow, hence the engines aren't working hard (except for any dynamic braking).

Nice catch, photos, and the video, thank you for posting them

DL is indeed profiting from the frac sand business. They have built a frac sand terminal at Carbondale. Here's wayfreight SC7 on the Wednesday afternoon returning from Carbondale with a few miscellaneous cars and the frac sand empties.

As for trackwork there's a contractor had at work between Scranton and Moscow. Thousands of new ties are piled beside the right-of-way at Elmhurst. In fact, the grain train planned for Wednesday could not run due to the track renewal. That's why it was combined with Thursday's PT98.

KG



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/14 11:50 by kgmontreal.

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toledopatch Wrote:
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> Looks like DL is getting a share of the frac-sand
> boom. It also looks like they're getting some more
> units painted, or else just great fortune to have
> four of the same suit running together.
>
> The Alcos are going downhill westbound at Moscow,
> hence the engines aren't working hard (except for
> any dynamic braking).

Really liked the video for many reasons especially how good those first 4 Alco/MLW's looked in matching paint.

Cool video! Alcos AND jointed rail!

Those Alcos look like they are/was good pullers.

Nice pics and video!!

Downhill that direction thru Moscow
RWJ


Tominde Wrote:
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> Amazing amount of Alco power. WOW. In the video
> they really seem quiet. Almost drifting along.
> Wasn't expecting it to be moving that fast on the
> curve. Thanks for sharing.

Route of the Phoebe Snow. I'm sure the Lackawanna didn't slack the speed through Moscow!

Great video and photos !

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Route of the Phoebe Snow. I'm sure the Lackawanna
> didn't slack the speed through Moscow!

I don't have a copy of an old timetable handy, but even in the 1960s, the Erie Lackawanna ripped up the hill as well as down hill. On jointed rail. With no segment straighter than a few hundred feet. Long before folks with radar guns.

There's some ancient rail on a siding outside the power plant, with thick trees growing between the ties. I believe that's vintage 1910, and dates from the era when the Old Main Line was The Main Line. Before the Cut-Off.