There are efforts underway to fund a complete restoration of the Cutoff to service.
The Delaware-Lackawanna operates the remainder of this route back toward and into Scranton, PA, and rebuilding the Lackwanna Cutoff would allow commuter service between Scranton and NJ/NYC and points in between.
To add a bit of info: The concrete viaduct the train is passing under is the "Lackawanna Cutoff", a high-speed line from Delaware Water Gap to NJ. It was built to bypass the eastern segment of the line the train is traveling. Up ahead the train will reach the wye which it will take to head back to Bangor.
Past the wye, the line the train is on terminates on a large bridge over the Delaware River.
Both the Cutoff and the eastern segment of the "old main" are abandoned.
How much horse power are we talking here?
sgprailfan 1 year ago
There are efforts underway to fund a complete restoration of the Cutoff to service.
The Delaware-Lackawanna operates the remainder of this route back toward and into Scranton, PA, and rebuilding the Lackwanna Cutoff would allow commuter service between Scranton and NJ/NYC and points in between.
kjm1983 2 years ago
To add a bit of info: The concrete viaduct the train is passing under is the "Lackawanna Cutoff", a high-speed line from Delaware Water Gap to NJ. It was built to bypass the eastern segment of the line the train is traveling. Up ahead the train will reach the wye which it will take to head back to Bangor.
Past the wye, the line the train is on terminates on a large bridge over the Delaware River.
Both the Cutoff and the eastern segment of the "old main" are abandoned.
kjm1983 2 years ago