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The first of many small towns south of Taylor Yard is called Old Forge. For those familiar with the area, this scene is a stone's throw for Jitty Joe's Ice Cream, a definite must after a day of train chasing! Here we see a pair of CP SD-40-2's bracketing a GATX lease unit. (8/95)

Heading south out of Taylor, the former D&H main passes through several small towns including Old Forge, Moosic, Avoca, Duryea and Dupont. With their many cross streets and overpasses these small towns provide more than a few train watching spots. The following photographs follow the line south out of the Taylor Yard to the junction with the Reading and Northern at Dupont, where around 75% of CP trains divert over the R&N to Lehighton.

In a classic Christmas card scene, a CP GP-38 wheels a local freight, complete with caboose, through the town of Moosic. This view is from a small town park between the tracks and a local side street. (3/96)

The town of Avoca offers several vantage points from which to shoot the former D&H main. From an old coal stripping pile we see a southbound with four SD-40's in various Canadian Pacific paint schemes. (4/99)

About a half mile down the track, (still in the town of Avoca) the old D&H main passes under the former Erie Railroad Wyoming Division. This former double track mainline is now a weed-choked industrial track, but still sees service by area shortline Luzurne & Susquehana. (4/99)

In the town of Duryea we see a southbound coal train lead by a CP SD-40-2, a GATX lease unit and several Norfolk Southern engines. These coal trains, which originate in West Virginia often use NS motive power exclusively. The former D&H frieght station is visible in the upper right corner and survives as a private residence. The former passenger station survives also, as a pool supply store. (2/94)

Taken from the exact location as above, but looking southward we see a northbound coal train with a former Kansas City Southern SD-40-2 leading a former Union Pacific unit. The mid 1990's saw many of these units aquired by the CP and for a short time there was no telling what colors would show up on any given train. Eventually they were repainted into the ever-present "Action Red". (2/94)

The final stop on our tour of the former D&H main is Dupont Junction. Here we see a southbound train crossing over to the Rading and Northern. The track in the forground is known as the "Sunbury Line". A reltively rare former Norfolk and Western high-nose SD-40 is bracketed by the common low-nose version. (4/97)