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Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad
The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area. DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Wayne, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton, and Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe Counties. It is a subsidiary of holding company Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Inc. (GVT). It was founded by Jeffrey Baxter, Charles Riedmiller, John Herbrand, Michael Thomas and David Monte Verde who continue to make up its corporate ownership. Overview GVT began in 1985 in upstate New York marketing rail-related services to both private and public industry throughout the northeast. Under contract with the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNRRA), who owns the rail assets and properties,pnrra.org, retrievee 2022-05-05 GVT operates within Lackaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALCO RS-32
Designated as a "DL721" by ALCO, the 2,000 hp RS-32 was intended to compete with Electro-Motive Diesel, EMD's GP20 and GE's GE U25B, U25B locomotives. Only 35 units were produced, with 25 units ordered by New York Central in 1961 and 10 units by Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific in 1962. New York Central’s RS-32s were commonly seen in both road and local freight assignments. Southern Pacific's units were initially used in road service, but later settled into local freight service in San Francisco's "commute" territory. Here they were sometimes called upon to rescue stalled commuter trains. They later migrated across the system, ending their SP careers in Texas during the late 1970s with various other ALCo models. Original owners Surviving RS32s See also * List of ALCO diesel locomotives References External links * Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco RS32 and RS36 Original Owners '. B-B locomotives ALCO locomotives, RS32 Diesel–electric locomoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lackawanna And Wyoming Valley Railroad
The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad, more commonly known as the Laurel Line, was a Pennsylvania third rail electric interurban streetcar line which operated commuter train service from 1903 to 1952, and freight service until 1976. Its main line ran from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre. History The line was originally owned and built by Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, a subsidiary of The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. The Westinghouse group also owned the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway, which was under construction in the same time period. Westinghouse interests controlled the railroad until 1914. Electrification was decommissioned in 1953, as diesel operations began. It was purchased by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1957, but operated as an independent subsidiary under it and the Erie Lackawanna until its inclusion in Conrail in 1976. Sections of the line operate today for both freight and tourists under local county ownershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading Blue Mountain And Northern Railroad
The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad , sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. With a headquarters in Port Clinton, the RBMN provides freight service on over of track. Its mainline consists of the Reading Division between Reading and Packerton and the Lehigh Division between Lehighton and Dupont. This mainline gives the RBMN a direct route from Reading to Scranton, the first such route to exist under the control of a single railroad. Founded in 1983 to take over from Conrail on the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch between Reading and Hamburg, the railroad quickly grew over the next several decades to become the largest privately-owned Class II railroad in the United States. Its main freight cargo is anthracite coal, but also sees significant shipments in frac sand, forest products, petrochemicals and minerals, food and agricultural products, metals, and consumer products. The Reading and North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap, the pass through which the Lackawanna Corridor and Interstate 80 run across the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border along the Delaware River. The population of Delaware Water Gap was 675 at the 2020 census. History The Delaware Water Gap station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Geography Delaware Water Gap is located at (40.982028, -75.142624). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 746 people living in the borough. The racial makeup of the borough was 81.4% White, 6.3% Black, 0.1% Native American, 3.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander and 0.9% from two or more races. 7.2% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 744 people, 345 house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slateford Junction
The construction of the Lackawanna Cut-Off, a Lackawanna Cut-Off, railroad line that shortened a key route for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, took place in New Jersey from 1905 to 1911. After running for several decades, the Lackawanna Cut-Off became inactive, but in this century, the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project has brought parts of it back into operation. Planning (1905–1908) During 1905–06, 14 routes were surveyed (labeled with letters of the alphabet), including several that would have required long tunnels. On September 1, 1906, a route without tunnels was chosen. This New Road (Route "M") would run from the crest of the Water divide, watershed at Lake Hopatcong at Port Morris Junction to south of the Delaware Water Gap on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at Slateford Junction. At 28.45 miles (45.9 km), the line would be about shorter than the Old Road. The new route would have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
