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The Lost Relics of Mayfield |
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Along Business Route 6, just south of Carbondale, PA lies a collection of derelict railroad and mining equipment. In the vicinity of the old New York Ontario and Western Railroad's Mayfield yard, the defunct Bauman scrap yard contains an amazing array of artifacts from the area's industrial past. Unfortunatley time and the elements have taken their toll and these relics have long deteriorated past the point of salvage. |
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Mayfield Pennsylvania has perhaps the largest collection of New York Ontario and Western rolling stock. Better than a half dozen pieces of passenger equipment (by then in work train service) were abandoned in the Mayfield Yard in the early 1950's. Eventually this equipment would become part of the Bauman scarp yard and would be surrounded with other remnants of Pennsylvania's industrial past as more scrap salvage was moved to the site. Here we see a Baggage/RPO car succumbing to mother nature. |
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A steam boiler and firebox are nestled amongst a cluster of trees. The boiler appears to have been a stationary/industrial unit, as indicated by a rigid steam pipe extending away from the steam dome. |
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The collection of rolling stock is actually on both sides of Route 6 as the previous two shots are from the large lot on the east side of the road. On the west side of Route 6 we see two X-29 type box cars of unknown lineage. |
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The closest piece of rolling stock to Route 6 is reportedly a former NYO&W milk car which was later used as the town's post office before becoming a private residence of sorts some time ago. |
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This poor old wooden day coach has collapsed under its own weight, yet retains all of it's hardware including trucks! Rumor has it that before coming to the NYO&W this car was used on the New York and Oswego Midland and may be the sole remaining piece of equipment from that road. |
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Moving back to the east side of Route 6 we find the remnants of another wooden coach. This car once belong to the Delaware and Hudson and was stored there by a local historical society decades ago. The car was set ablaze by vandals and little remains but the end frame, floor and trucks. |
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Its was not only railroad equipment that came to die in Mayfield. Here we se an overturned electric mine motor near a heavyweight baggage car. |
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As several area coal breakers were removed, much of the resulting scrap machinery was moved to this site. Here we find a pile of mine cars mixed in with steel cable, gears and other colliery apparatus. |
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Finally we see a string of 40 foot boxcars complete with trucks waiting for a call to service that will never come. |
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Editor's Note: This is a genuinly creepy place! I visited during the winter when vegetation was at a minimum in broad daylight and I still had an uneasy feeling for the length of my visit. Also, trespassing is strongly discouraged as I recieved permission to enter the gounds beforehand. |
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