Nostalgia & History > Slateford Jct.

About 10 years ago I had the pleasure of having dinner (in a dining car of course) with Jim McClellan. I mentioned growing up alongside the Lackawanna Cutoff and being an EL-era kid. A few weeks later a CD arrived with photos from 1960 of his encounters that year with both the Erie and the Lackawanna, just after the EL merger. This is an eastbound freight, just a few thousand feet east of Slateford Jct. on the Lackawanna Cutoff, slowly rising out of the Delaware River valley to make the turn onto the Delaware River viaduct on its way to the Lackawanna's Port Morris Yard in northern New Jersey. Today the bridge has been filled in, but Slateford Jct. is the go-to spot to observe the Delaware Lackawanna's Alco fleet.

Tim

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3 Train Masters! A lot of HP for the time. Great photo, thanks for posting.

Wow! Great timing for the suckerhole, too; the shadow is only a couple of cars back.

njmidland Wrote:
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> About 10 years ago I had the pleasure of having
> dinner (in a dining car of course) with Jim
> McClellan. I mentioned growing up alongside the
> Lackawanna Cutoff and being an EL-era kid. A few
> weeks later a CD arrived with photos from 1960 of
> his encounters that year with both the Erie and
> the Lackawanna, just after the EL merger. This is
> an eastbound freight, just a few thousand feet
> east of Slateford Jct. on the Lackawanna Cutoff,
> slowly rising out of the Delaware River valley to
> make the turn onto the Delaware River viaduct on
> its way to the Lackawanna's Port Morris Yard in
> northern New Jersey. Today the bridge has been
> filled in, but Slateford Jct. is the go-to spot to
> observe the Delaware Lackawanna's Alco fleet.
>
> Tim

The last unit looks like one of the (two) freight only H24-6-6 from the 1956 order.

Rare beauties.
Bob

A winner on all counts! Consist,Paint scheme,Location! 3 Train Masters are hard to beat! Thanks for making my day!

Now there's a photo. Wonderful.
KG

NYSWSD70M Wrote:
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> The last unit looks like one of the (two) freight
> only H24-6-6 from the 1956 order.

The 860 and 861? The third unit does have the same louver arrangement as they had.

Kinda looks like 86 in the # board.
Way cool shot.