{"id":12962,"date":"2015-10-23T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T05:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12962"},"modified":"2015-10-23T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T00:42:08","slug":"delaware-lackawanna-pt98pt97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/delaware-lackawanna-pt98pt97\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware-Lackawanna PT98\/PT97"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes finding the train is more than half the challenge. On Saturday October 17, 2015, Pat Yough and I had been following the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western mainline with an awareness that Genesee Valley Transportation\u2019s Delaware-Lackawanna was operating its \u2018Portland turn\u2019 to interchange with Norfolk Southern.<\/p>\n

Finally, we found the train as it was arriving at Slateford Junction.<\/p>\n

The attraction of D-L\u2019s freights is that they operate with antique Alco diesels. Alco exited the American locomotive business more than 46 years ago, so finding these old machines hard at work remains a real treat.<\/p>\n

\"Delaware<\/a>
Delaware Lackawanna Railroad’s herald is patterned after the old Lehigh Valley logo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alco's<\/a>
Alco’s Century-636 (C-636) was among the last models produced. This locomotive served Penn-Central and Conrail, and still works for D-L.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"DL-PT98<\/a>
DL-PT98 arrives at Slateford Junction. It is passing below the remnants of the old Lackawanna Cut-off bridge over the Delaware River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While D-L\u2019s portion of the freight movement tends to be well documented in recent years as a function of the Alcos, the Norfolk Southern connection is often\u00a0ignored. As an historian this bothers me.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I too have been guilty of this photographic censorship. While I\u2019ve photographed the Portland turn on several occasions, I haven\u2019t made much of an effort to seek out the NS portion of this run. That is, until last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Pat and I agreed, that if the D-L\u2019s connection with NS were to be moved, photos of the NS at Portland would be a rare commodity indeed. So, while we made a point of catching the Alcos at work, we also went after NS H-76, which featured a nice collection of vintage EMD diesels.<\/p>\n

\"Norfolk<\/a>
Norfolk Southern local H76 delivers interchange to the D-L at Portland on October 17, 2015. Like the D-L this operates on former Lackawanna Railroad trackage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"At<\/a>
At Portland, the D-L and Norfolk Southern interchange freight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1970s<\/a>
1970s EMD’s meet 1960s Alcos at Portland, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"D-L's<\/a>
D-L’s Alco\/MLW diesels represent a local attraction at Portland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Norfolk<\/a>
Norfolk Southern SD40-2 3575 is framed by the old DL&W station at Portland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Working<\/a>
Working westward, D-L PT97 charges below a road bridge at East Shroudsburg, Pennsylvania. This is the only regular move on this section of the old Lackawanna mainline. It made an impressive show!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All around it was a successful afternoon. It was also the first time that I\u2019ve photographed the D-L using digital cameras. A fair few years had passed since my last visit!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes finding the train is more than half the challenge. On Saturday October 17, 2015, Pat Yough and I had been following the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western mainline with an awareness that Genesee Valley Transportation\u2019s Delaware-Lackawanna was operating its \u2018Portland turn\u2019 to interchange with Norfolk Southern. Finally, we found the train as it was … Continue reading Delaware-Lackawanna PT98\/PT97<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[1334,2548,1349,1436,2659,3023,1431],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DL_3642_w_PT97_in_trees_at_Portland_DSCF4546.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3n4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12966,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962\/revisions\/12966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}