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RE: (erielack) DL&W Kingston, Pa. / 1960s
Wonderful photos Walt- and we finally see a photo of you!
I'll be making a road trip to the Kingston rndhse end of this month- have to
get up there before its too late. Anyone have recommendations for anything
else to see in the area, besides Scranton of course.
Joshua
http://www.joshuakblay.com
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For those who love the 'Bloom'.........
Along about April or so in 1967, I was visiting my aunt Dorothy who
lived in Wilkes-Barre and decided to ride over to Kingston & take a few
snapshots of the remains of the DL&W yard & roundhouse there.
The roundhouse no longer sheltered the 2-8-2s & 0-8-0s that worked
from this place, nor even the RS2s that I'd seen lined up in the early 60s.
There was an S-2 Alco there & a (Dunmore, I think) caboose to handle the
little work on the Bloom that the Northumberland turn job didn't. I had my
aunt pose on the Alco & then she posed me on the old caboose (how I wish I
was that thin today). The station was closed acct it being the weekend, but
it looked like it did a substantial business in times past. I reflected that
the Company must have gotten a hell of a deal on green paint somewhere but
the brickwork on the chimney did credit to the leaning tower of Pisa.
Across the street from the yard was a row of typical coal mining area
Company houses that probably sheltered employees when this line did a
thriving business. Convenient for the brakemen, firemen, & most of all the
callers who simply stepped across to roust an employee for work.
Finally, we have the LACKAWANNA LUNCH. Also across the street from
the yard, I was advised to go there for breakfast the first time I covered
the Pittston run when the regular man was off. This eating house was run by
2 or 3 elderly women and it was like entering a timewarp. A marble-topped
counter with 8 or 10 stools. Tables with bow-backed wooden chairs AND
homemade pies & cakes under glass covers on the counter. I had the ham &
eggs, homefries (on a large platter) & toast with coffee. I don't know the
exact price, but the figure of 85c sticks in my
mind. I'll bet they were serving breakfast when the yard had dozens of mine
runs, Hampden yard turns, and others.
I'm amazed to think they lasted into the early 60s.
Regards to all,
Walter E. Smith
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