Photos: Steamtown National Historic Site
This spring I took a drive to Scranton, Pennsylvania to visit Steamtown National Historic Site. While I was there, strict COVID protocols limited access to some of the indoor spaces and displays, but I...
Tagged: Railroad
Saturday Stop at the Moodna Viaduct
On Saturday, I stopped by the Moodna Viaduct. The sky was so blue and gorgeous I thought the oxidized trestle would look gorgeous spanning across the valley. It did. You might recall seeing the...
Would You Like to See My Sweet Caboose?
Sleeping in a caboose is one of the items that has been on my life’s To Do list for many years. How it ended up there, at this point I can’t say. It’s not...
Clearing the Tracks with Jaws
There’s no good reason at all that I’m posting this photo of the Bonnie next to the track-clearing plow train. I just like it. JAWS III sits beside the Long Island Railroad Museum in...
Sunday Afternoon in the Shadow of the Tunkhannock Viaduct
Exactly one year ago today, I set off from Long Island on Sunday morning with a bug in my ear to see a concrete railroad bridge in northeastern Pennsylvania. It’s called the Tunkhannock Viaduct...
Visiting the Starrucca Viaduct – Lanesboro, PA.
As the crow flies it isn’t far from the town of Hancock, New York where I was staying, to the town of Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. That’s where the Starrucca Viaduct is. In May of 2015...
History on Wheels: Smithtown Railroad Station House
You can really learn a lot about a place by playing Tag-O-Rama on ADVRider. The local knowledge and diverse interests of the players can really make for some interesting tag locations. What is Tag-O-Rama?...
