Westbound to Scranton

On November 3rd, 2007, Steamtown ran a special trip to the Delaware Water Gap and back as a part of "Lackawanna Railfest". Tagging along on the rear of the train were two visitng private cars from the New York & Greenwood Lake Railroad, along with Steamtown's own "Lehigh Valley" private car.

Special Thanks goes out to Charles Liberto for making this trip possible.

What made this trip particularly unusual is that the steam power (Canadian National #3254) was placed on the West end of the train. Normally, steam is almost always placed on the East end (outbound) for Steamtown's excursion runs.

Having the locomotive on the opposite end allowed for a inbound trip to have the steam locomotive facing the right direction, instead of running tender first or with a diesel assist - thus offering for some very rare photo oppurtunities.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Steamtown
• CN
• #3254
• 2-8-2
• Mikado
• Lackawanna
• Railfest
• Canadian
• National
• Steam
• Locomotive
• Railroad
• New
• York
• Greenwood
• Lake

[DarkTower97]

can always trust a 2-8-2 to put on a good show and a good reliablity. 5/5

[brooklynparrot]

Absolutely marvelous.

[indiantrains]

great video - fantastic editing - a must watch.....

[shininghappyperson7]

man she can haul ASSSS!i think that its much easier for 3254 to have a long train and go over grades because shes a freight locomotive with smaller drivers

[MrAwesome1361]

AWESOME!!! 5*

[paullubliner]

What a great horn!

[shininghappyperson7]

oh thanks i was kind of confused on the whole thing

[KATOSD80MAC]

They never did turn her around she left steamtown going backwards with 2 DLW then uncoupled them in east strousburg

[shininghappyperson7]

how did they turn her around ????? now in 2009 steamtown just had a steam excursion to the water gap they used the 2-8-2 and did not turn her around at the gap.the 614 gp9 hauld the train back at high speeds and burnt up berings on the poor locomotive why dont they turn the locomtive around now days?????

[bapyou]

Very well done video.

[nax1345]

That was my B-day. I went up on the 4th but they had the derailment so our trip was canciled. Great video!!! 5 stars!

[ekcheng]

This is one of the best video collages of a steam engine that my son and I have seen. Thanks for posting it.

[marytz56]

Outstanding video. You really captured the power and might of this steam engine. Great job!

[tenmk7]

i used to live in scranton, now in n carolina

brings back memories, big deal when the "big boy" came to steamtown eh?

very much enjoyed the video

[CSX6000]

Very impressive sir. I love the opening scene... I was just about 1/2 a mile down the line from you.

[jimbo2317]

great vid.

[Beaver456]

Forgot to add, what type of camera is it?

[Beaver456]

Great Stuff. Like the new camera :)

[RBMNENGR]

Excellent. Nice to see it from the outside!

[AmtrakWPK]

looks like someone is showing off that new high-def camera!!!! VERY NICE JOE!!!!