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From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" paul DOT tupaczewski AT alcatel-lucent DOT com
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:51:01 -0500
Subject: Lackawanna 0-8-0s
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Hi folks,

Chuck Yungkurth forwarded me this shot he took at Taylor Yard, circa 1945, of DL&W 0-8-0 #256 working hard. It's got a very "railroady" feel to it, and I thank Chuck for sharing this with the list. Chuck's comments are also very insightful, and I've attached them below.

Thanks, Chuck!

- Paul



I couldn't stand the sight of these 0-8-0 switchers since there were about 8 of them stationed at the Scranton enginehouse and they seemed to be everywhere. Whereas the glamorous Hudsons and 4-8-4s could only be seen at the station or on moving mainline trains. But now that I look at the shot, it truly reflects anthracite railroading, what with the crew rind the tender, guy sharing the fireman's seat, and the unpainted wood framed house in the background. Train is going between Hampton and Taylor yard and is on the track from Hampton to Bridge 60 that by passed Taylor. Think it was called the Dodge Cut-off. #256 was usually assigned to switching duty at the Scranton station where is was there pretty much 24 hours a day.

While talking about Scranton, I never saw a Lackawanna passenger with diesel power that had a "helper" ahead of the road engine. All passenger trains east and west out of Scranton got a helper attached ahead of the road engine, but never a pusher. One exception was the eastbound milk train that originated in Binghamton. It was usually powered by one of the 1500 class 4-8-4s and the engine ran thru from Bing to Hoboken and it never got a helper. Also the only train I recall where the engine took on water at the Scranton station.

But old timers told me that on occasion and 0-8-0 switcher gave an east bound push as far as the Nay Aug tunnel to help them get started. But I personally never saw this. It was not uncommon for a freight to get stalled in the tunnel and an engine had to be sent up to help; particularly when one of the road engines was stalled in the tunnel.



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