Denver Public Library, Western History Collection. Call # RR-1474. Used by persmission.
Talky Tuesday #13
Last week’s WW #41 is another shot from the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library, taken by the late Robert W. Richardson. This view shows the #119 leading a mixed train at Cabin Run on 13 September 1939. Per the caption, supplies are being loaded from combine #204 onto a canvas-topped Civilian Conservation Corps truck.
Note, review of the PA DCNR website reveals CCC camps at both Masten and Laquin along the S&NY, but none named at Cabin Run. I believe this shot may actually have been taken either at Masten or Laquin.
Of note is the 3-domed tank car near the front of the train, similar to one available in HO scale from Tangent Scale Models.
Wordless Wednesday #41
Denver Public Library, Western History Collection Call # RR-1473. Used by permission
Talky Tuesday #11
Last week’s WW #39 is a late spring scene along either Pleasant Stream or Schrader Creek. I do not believe this was taken on the PRR Elmira Branch, as the creek does not seem quite wide enough for Lycoming Creek.
Also, the identity of the locomotive is uncertain at this distance from the head-end, and the train is an interesting mix of pre-war freight cars.
Since most of the technical details are lost to time, let us simply sit back against the cushions, bask in the warmth from the spring sunshine shining through the cupola windows and the smell of fresh coffee wafting up from the caboose stove, and enjoy the trip…
Wordless Wednesday #39
Joe Boyd Photo – Author’s Collection
Talky Tuesday #10
S&NY engine #115 and train curves southbound at Marsh Hill on last week’s “Wordless Wednesday”. To the left is the S&NY Marsh Hill depot, and Marsh Hill yard is in the distance. The PRR’s Elmira Branch is directly behind the photographer, and the train will momentarily enter PRR territory and head south on the branch to Newberry, PA.
The #115 was sold and went to Providence, RI after abandonment, per Kaseman’s book. Disposition otherwise unknown.
Wordless Wednesday #38
Author’s Collection
Talky Tuesday #9
Last week’s WW is a portrait of S&NY caboose #15 and train crew at Towanda, probably during the winter of 1941-42. #15 was the S&NY’s only 8-wheel caboose.
I do not know the origin of this piece of equipment, but after abandonment, the caboose was sold to the Arcade & Attica Railroad in New York state, and became the A&A’s #303. Miraculously, #15/303 still existed as of 2012 on static display in Attica, NY.
I would very interested in the identities of the men in the photo for completeness sake. Comparing with photos in Kaseman’s book, I believe the man at the far right is engineer Eli Chilton. The others, I have no clue.
Wordless Wednesday #37
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #8
Last week’s “Wordless Wednesday” is an elevated view of the S&NY/ LV interchange just south of the Lehigh Valley’s Towanda station. At left center, S&NY engine #119 heads a mixed freight toward the LV Towanda station, located to the viewer’s left rear. The LV bridge over the Susquehanna River is just out of view to the left. Behind the train is the remains of the LV’s coaling pier, replaced by a large concrete coaling tower north of the LV station ca. 1940. Visible in the right background is the building and turntable in “Wordless Wednesday #35”.
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