(erielack) Winter steam on the DL&W

[Todd Hollritt <thollritt_@_yahoo.com>]

From the Pike County Courier, Ice harvest tradition renewed in Tobyhanna, Pa.

SCRANTON — As Old Man Winter takes hold of our region, Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton will offer a special mid-winter steam excursion to the annual Ice Harvest Demonstration in Tobyhanna.
On Saturday, Jan 15, a historic steam locomotive will travel to the Tobyhanna station, and passengers will be transported to Mill Pond #1, courtesy of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, where historic tools and equipment will be used to gather blocks of ice from the pond. The replica ice house stores enough ice to last well into the summer months.
  The Tobyhanna Ice Harvest excursion is scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. and return at approximately 3 p.m. Tickets are $31 - ages 16-61, $26 - ages 62 and older, $20 - ages 6 to 15. Children to age 5 require a “no charge” ticket.






The $6 daily Park Entrance Fee is included in the ticket cost. Reservations may be made by calling 570-340-5204, 9:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. daily (10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., after Jan 2, 2011).
   Steam-powered train excursions are rare in the winter months, and there is always the chance that the pond may not be frozen. In that event, tours of the village of Tobyhanna and the Mill Pond #1 ice house and restored 1908 boxcar will be conducted as an alternative. The 1908 Tobyhanna station will be open and light refreshments will be available for sale through the Pocono Mountains Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
    Steamtown National Historic Site is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. thru Dec. 31, closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day. Program details and activities, along with weather-related cancellations, may be had by calling 570-340-5200 or by visiting the Steamtown NHS web site at www.nps.gov/stea.












Todd ~




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