Herb Trice photo – Author’s Collection
Talky Tuesday #76
Last week’s “WW #118” is a poor-quality shot of #115 leading an excursion of some kind. Behind the #115 is an idler boxcar, followed by another locomotive, and a string of steel passengers cars. #115 flies the white flags of an extra.
I have no other information regarding the date or occasion of the special train.
Wordless Wednesday #118
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #75
#114 pauses at the Towanda ashpit in this early morning (?) view in last week’s “WW #117”. In the background is the Towanda enginehouse/car shop.
Wordless Wednesday #117
Author’s Collection
Talky Tuesday #74
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…
Drudgery
Cutting up cardboard in a 95 degree garage is not very “model railroad-y”, but sometimes one has to do the grunt work to advance a project…
Wordless Wednesday #116
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
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…
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