Norfolk Southern (NS) Railroad Scenes along the Bangor Portland

In the past,the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad used this line to access the cement region of eastern Pennsylvania. Today this rural line is owned by Norfolk Southern and is used to transport coal, grain, some light industrial products and deliver cars to a short-line railroad. The grades approach three percent in places as it passes over a rise through Bangor from Delaware River grade to Delaware River grade. That combined with a number of curves as the line follows a creek bed then approaches Portland. makes this a scenic but difficult run. The original DL&W wye is still in place.

Locomotives in common use on this rail are SD-40, GP-38 and 40, SD-60 and 70, along with Dash 9 and an occasional ES unit.

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[sgprailfan]

How much horse power are we talking here?

[kjm1983]

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]

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.