3 REA wagon-loads of express packages await the next train at the Lehigh Valley Towanda station in last week’s “WW #116”. Hard to say if all that was brought in on the S&NY train (S&NY combination car #206 is in the background) or if it is just parked there for the next LV train. Curious as to what might be in the soft duffle-bags…
Talky Tuesday #73
Last week’s “WW #115“ gives us a look at the rural nature of the territory served by the S&NY. Not a house or structure in sight. The track is spiked directly to the ties without plates, and weeds and brambles encroach on the right-of-way. The only thing breaking the pastoral tranquility would be the fleeting passage of a train…
Talky Tuesday #72
Appropriately, for last week’s “WW #114” we have a nice broadside view of S&NY #114. I believe the location is around Towanda, given the background, but not 100% sure.
Talky Tuesday #71
A handsome nearly-new S&NY 4-4-0 #113 glints in the sun in last week’s “Wordless Wednesday”, coincidentally “WW #113”. The #113 was purchased from Baldwin in 1907, and scrapped in 1934.
Talky Tuesday #70
S&NY 2-8-0 #116 basks in the early spring sunshine at Towanda in last week’s “WW #112”. The time is a guess based on the sun angle and the bare trees, and I would guess the year is around 1940?
Talky Tuesday #69
Last week’s “WW #111” offered something a little different. Reader Jim Anderson is re-creating the Elmira Branch in digital format, and sent along this view of Marsh Hill Junction and the PRR’s Bergan tower. The SNY’s junction track can be seen just beyond the bridge over Lycoming Creek.
If I had to start over, would I build a virtual digital version of the S&NY, instead of in real-space HO scale?
Good question…
Talky Tuesday #68
Last week’s “WW#110” is photo of what is essentially a funeral train. In it, a train of gondola cars loaded with rails lifted from the S&NY roadbed heads for Newberry, where they will be re-laid at the ammunition plant being built at White Deer, PA or sent for scrap for the war effort.
Talky Tuesday #67
A post-abandonment view along Schrader Creek is the scene in last week’s “WW #109”. The ties remain in place and the right-of-way has not yet been completely lost to nature. Telephone poles stand vigil, but the copper wire linking the stations along the route has been reclaimed for the war effort.
The time is probably high summer, given the foliage on the trees and the shirtless young fellow on the rocks overlooking the creek.
Perhaps a reader can identify this rock formation and the swimming hole below…
Talky Tuesday #66
An unknown S&NY locomotive takes on water in “WW #108” of two weeks ago. Timeframe is likely early spring, given the snow on the ground. The water going into the tank is probably C-O-L-D!
Of interest is the coal of various sizes in the bunker and scattered on the tender deck, including a large portion of “fines”, suggesting this is unsorted “mine run” coal.
I cannot identify the fireman in the photo; perhaps a reader can provide the info.
Talky Tuesday #65
Last week’s “WW #107” shows a coal drag passing a water tank somewhere along the S&NY in the wilds of north-central Pennsylvania. I am not sure of this location, possibly Long Valley. Time frame is probably late winter or early spring, given the sun angle and the bare trees. I wonder if we’ll stop here for water….
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