I like trains!!! Train thread...

[Benm]

5 minutes ago, indiggio said:

No, the tour is the Lackawanna Coal Mine tour in Scranton, PA.   It’s well worth the drive!
Unless there’s another tour? 

There's one I think in the skook that I've been to, near Centralia. 

Edit: Ashland pa (skook) 'pioneer' coal mine tour. Lackawanna one prob better tho. 

Edited September 27, 2020 by Benm

[indiggio]

12 minutes ago, Benm said:

There's one I think in the skook that I've been to, near Centralia. 

Edit: Ashland pa (skook) 'pioneer' coal mine tour. Lackawanna one prob better tho. 

We took the son when he was little.  Definitely need a jacket/sweatshirt.  Grandparents were coal-crackers so had to show him what it was like.

Jail tour up in Jim Thorpe is also cool.

[Shadows]

Theres a bridge on 222 that advertises it i think. Thought it was out of Kutztown. Idk.

[Benm]

18 minutes ago, indiggio said:

We took the son when he was little.  Definitely need a jacket/sweatshirt.  Grandparents were coal-crackers so had to show him what it was like

Was it like a scared straight thing? Kids were working there back in the day lol 

[Barb]

I am digging the lavender unicorn rainbow pants. Since I live in Boulder I think I could get away with wearing them.


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[Shadows]

You could get away with not wearing them...

[Barb]

Sometimes you are no fun @Shadows

[Shadows]

I meant cause you're in Boulder. I'm drunk don't mind me.

[PSUFrankenstein]

There's a train that runs from Reading to Jim Thorpe too although looks like its closed this fall.  I'll have to check out the scranton one and hit breaker brewing again 

[indiggio]

11 hours ago, Benm said:

Was it like a scared straight thing? Kids were working there back in the day lol 

Somewhat.  Mostly like, this is where you'd be working at your age already, back in the day.

[indiggio]

9 hours ago, PSUFly said:

There's a train that runs from Reading to Jim Thorpe too although looks like its closed this fall.  I'll have to check out the scranton one and hit breaker brewing again 

Scranton one runs out of the Steamtown Museum

Took the son there and bought tickets for train ride, but there was a derailment on the shared section and we couldn't go.
Of course, promised to go back and take the ride, but unfortunately never did.

Edited September 28, 2020 by indiggio

[Schif]

2 hours ago, indiggio said:

Scranton one runs out of the Steamtown Museum

Took the son there and bought tickets for train ride, but there was a derailment on the shared section and we couldn't go.
Of course, promised to go back and take the ride, but unfortunately never did.

Looks like all the train rides out of Steamtown are on pause until 9/30 and decisions about fall foliage and holiday excursions will be made at a later date. It would probably be quite nice to see the trees and colors from a steam train. 

[indiggio]

4 hours ago, Schif said:

Looks like all the train rides out of Steamtown are on pause until 9/30 and decisions about fall foliage and holiday excursions will be made at a later date. It would probably be quite nice to see the trees and colors from a steam train. 

We did both the Kempton train ride and also the Jim Thorpe bike ride train that takes you up to White Haven then you ride back in the Fall.  They where fun.

[toast21602]

Not specifically trains, but here are some old photos of Bethlehem and Bethlehem Steel area. It is pretty crazy to see how massive the place was, how many rail lines weaved through the city, and how the festival grounds for musikfest were at once all industrial buildings. You can see the cranes in use which now display the casino signs out front.

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by toast21602

[trackbiker]

Cool photos. That pic doesn't show a large part of Bethlehem Steel. The plant extended all the way up to where I78 is today with the coke works and other divisions. I used to call on Bethlehem Steel in the late 80's early 90's. You would get a pass and a map at the original headquarters building on 4th street and then drive sometimes a few miles in the plant to meet your contact.

[AtomicSkier]

I've been having fun exploring this:

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/

[theprogram4]

18 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said:

I've been having fun exploring this:

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/

Geez that’s legit.  I know what I’m doing at work tomorrow

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

20 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said:

I've been having fun exploring this:

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/

I’ll fap to that.  Can’t wait to be in the train at the Denver airport 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, theprogram4 said:

Geez that’s legit.  I know what I’m doing at work tomorrow

2 legit to quit 

[toast21602]

In the spirit of cold weather and possibly some first snowflakes of the skison, here is a nice snow picture of an LV load coming from Lehighton heading towards Lehigh Gap right near the turnpike tunnel.

And here is a nice one from between Lehigh Gap and Northampton. I'm hoping for more snow like this.

[JFskiDan]

@toast21602 - do you have RFD TV on your streaming service?  i have occasionally bumped into a few neat programs on trains there.  

Edited October 29, 2020 by JFskiDan

[Schif]

When I was a kid I would watch Tracks Ahead on PBS

[toast21602]

1884 map of railroads in the LV area. Pretty neat-o to see all of the stops on different lines and some previous names of towns.

[Kyle]

My grandfather has a pretty cool model train setup taking up one side of his basement that I used to spend HOURS playing with as a kid. I was always so intrigued by the fact I could control 3 separate trains/tracks off of one control panel. I’ll have to take pictures next time I’m over there

[toast21602]

Not sure if I posted this one before, but it is definitely one of my favorites from the Lehigh Gap. I don't know what it is about this location but I think the images that come out of here are really cool.

This is another aerial image that I don't recall seeing before. Gives a good perspective of what that area used to look like.