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Carbondale Excursions |
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The Carbondale Main Track, formerly a part of the Delaware & Hudson's Penn Division, played host to a number of excursions operated to various town's along the route. Two of the excursions stopped in Carbondale proper for a town festival. Two other trips operated to Carbondale as well, turning just shot of the city and then stopping at the town of Olyphant for a similar celebration. The photographs below all date from the final trip on August 23, which included a stopover at Olyphant during the 32 mile round trip. Photographs are arranged North to South, from the furthest point away from the Steamtown Yard. |
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CP 2317 is viewed passing the newly constructed depot platform at Archbald, PA. Archbald is a few miles south of the run-around in Carbondale, the furthest point to which this train operated. |
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Residents of various towns along the excursion route turned out in force to watch the train pass. Here a family has come by to greet the train as it passes though Jessup, PA. |
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Steaming into Olyphant, the special passes "Brick City" the site of a former D&H freight house that was demolished earlier this year. The train will stop a few hundred yards south of this location where passengers will detrain to take part in a street festival. |
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Making for a classic scene, the south-bound train passes a patriotic home in the "Greenridge" section of Scranton. |
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Arriving back in downtown Scranton, the passenger trains tackle the heavy ascending grade of the Strawberry Hill Running Track to reach the Steamtown museum site. |
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Having the steam engine on the south end of a Carbondale trip makes fro a rare shot as the special backs pass the old East End tower during a move over the the loading platform. |
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