Luzerne & Susquehanna Railway in downtown Wilkes Barre
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- In the spring of 2018 I met up with a friend who was on the Tuesday L&S job for downtown Wilkes Barre. From there I followed him downtown and back, stopping many times to catch them.
One of the best sounding horns I’ve ever heard!
the engineer plays it well too
HELL YEA HE DOES
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My wife never knew me when I was young and she is originally from LA, I am from the northeast and she couldn't believe the triple decker houses in the video and she had a vague idea of what kind of work I did back in the day but she actually put it together after this video. I was a insulation/weatherization specialist and walked those high roofs for years without safety equipment stepping off 40 and 60 foot ladders to put in vents and such, most people couldn't do it cause of the heights but I was paid handsomely for years. Never fell thank goodness. It was funny to see the expression on her face when she realized that I was stupid crazy when I was young. That was 20 years ago and I have long since retired from it and live in Arizona now. I miss the fall season but not much else. Thanks for the great video and the memories.
Sure thing! Glad you enjoyed it and I'm glad you never fell lol. I myself could never do heights that high I would chicken out LOL.
Love that engine! It looks similar to the one I film working the grain elevator in OHio
I was thinking the same thing! I thought this was one of your videos at first!
Thanks for the railroad tour of Pittston and Wilkes Barre. My family is from Mountain Top, PA so I spent a lot of time in WB and the Pittston area several of those crossings looked familiar. Happy new year
No problem happy new year to you too!
They haven't "upgraded" anything. Hard to believe but at one time this was Lehigh Valley's main line into Wilkes-Barre and interchange with DL&W, PRR and CNJ. This line continued from Wilkes-Barre and up the side of Penobscot Mountain to Mountain Top as LV's "passenger main" until 1965, when everything started going via the eastern side of the mountain to Pittston, where this line initially splits.
This is great, I grew up in Pittston and currently live in Wilkes-Barre not far from this line!!.
Props out to the engineer he really knows how to work thoes horns...I LOVE THAT
Grew up here all my life and me and late husband road these tracks on our quad thousands of times xo
What a lovely k5h! Sounds just like BC Rail.
Charming video. Your captions are very helpful. You got friendly toots by the engineer at several locations - always nice.
Thank you! I know some of the guys who work for that line. Good people for sure! The guy working the ground in this video eventually became my best friend lol
Enjoyed the video very much. Cool to follow that little switcher on its journey.
The bridge over that creek at 1:43 looks like it has been around a long time and I bet it could tell some stories about wobbly trains and rushing snowmelt!
Ditto all the comments about the engine. I love those switchers, little engines that *can*.
Cool vid! That was some rough looking track at the River Road crossing approach. Amazing there's no derails.
Thanks! The line sees lite traffic and only on Tuesdays and Thursdays so it's not the highest upkept. In downtown WB they go on the ground every now and then. I myself haven't heard of any incidents near river road except for some dense drivers not yielding lol.
@@SD70ACeofspades thanks for the reply and info. Cheers, Bob
I want potato pancakes with bacon and ice cream now
He'll yeah he hit thoes perfect horns 3x fast in rapid succession I LOVE THAT
Like the track at 4.33 and museum quality engine
Excellent video. Do they still have to stop and flag crossing or have they upgraded the line?
One of my favorite vids showing a real, short run RR running in an old industrial city in PA. Can't top that. Good stuff.
@Carl Ferrigno exactly!
Looks like a an old nw2 lol
Just imagine how busy that line was during the industrial days of the area?
What's the story behind this line? Why was one of the crossings bagged over and deactivated?
Very nice
I guess they didn’t have any cars to move in S. Wilkes Barre or Hanover Twp. on this day
The Baldwin engine with the Radiator covered with a tarp!!! Still has the bell mounted in front of the 1st exhaust stack. I think they are older than I and it means over 60+ years.
I think that locomotive is an EMD.
What is the name of that street at 2:14 mark in the video?
North Main Street
@@SD70ACeofspades thanks! Tell me, is it close to Nanticoke? That's where my grandmother was from 🙂
Yes its not far from it. Nanticoke is about 15 minutes south of there.
@@SD70ACeofspades thanks!
Are they letting that radiator run a little warmer?
that conductor is thicc but nimble
Cool train ride into downtown...
Real Good Footage Here.
Thank you!!
Some thing tells me the engine came from the MONTOUR railroad ? nice video .
Also, it's "Luzerne".
Typo from years ago. Probably one of the days I was uploading a bunch of videos in a row and just missed a letter.
Which rail road makes deliveries to lions head brewery?
The rail line is currently ran by RJ Corman Railroad. The same locomotive in this video (still as you see it here) is still used on that line.
Why the Blue Tarp is it a Puerto Rican roof top ?
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It doesnt look like the crossing lights are working. I know the gates are gone
Jaw Tooth welcome to NEPA. They never did work. Despite the fact they are on the Ex LV main line and Ex D&H main line the whole time. Also this is one of only 2 locos that they normally run. Both Ex B&M. The railroad is interesting and has things some class one railroads don’t.
@@mattsmocs3281 , does that explain why the grade crossing lights are bagged up and gates taken down? I thought grade crossing lights at least were the minimum on most railroads.
Matt's Mocs: I was thinking almost the same thing here. Except for the short length hand railings, the B&M's (former) tri-weekly "local," EMD SW1's, numbers 1229 &1231, would travel NE from Brattleboro, VT to Keene, NH along their "Ashuelot Branch" (to include a back up move via the Fort Hill Branch up to Dole Junction) to serve customers in Keene and, the Towns of Winchester, and Hinsdale, NH. They had an engine, number 1115, stationed in Keene and, employing a local crew to do the switching.
In 1983 even the Green Mountain Railroad (now, the VRS) attempted to serve this branch, using their ALCO #305.
The rails got pulled up in 1984 after the B&M opted to repair some of the washouts along the line so to bring in a string of gondolas so to remove the rails in the freight yard, etc.
@@mattsmocs3281 NS, DL, and RBMN's crossings mostly have gates though.
Is this from Railfanning with the Bednars?
Is that ex Lehigh valley trackage???
Do they cover the radiator because it's cold outside? I've seen that on diesel trucks and buses as well, only reason I can figure.
thenekom yes it’s so the engine and fuel stays warm
I was wondering the same thing. It wasn’t too cold
Yes it’s to keep the operating temperature up. Pulling such a short train the engine is hardly working hard enough to stay hot
@Carl Ferrigno don’t know about locomotives but you can plug trucks in all night
Block heaters
If they ever retire that engine I wanna buy thoes airhorns
What was the blue tarp for?
Wind break for the locomotive internals.
The tarps are put on the engines to help reduce the amount of cold air that's getting sucked across the radiators. These older emd engines have roots blower(s) that run colder than engines with a turbo. In the winter they run cold and tend to "soup up" meaning that oil blows by the oil rings and works its way into the exhaust manifold and out the stack. An older machinist that worked at enola with me once told me that the blower emd engines oil rings wouldn't seal right if the outside temperature was lower than 40 degrees.
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Nice!! Was Matt on there?
What do you think?
The brush and trees should be cut back so that you can see better, or someone is going to get killed.
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Not in all places but a lot, some people have to get out and just do it no pay. But make sure they are trained with weedwacker and chain saws. Send a few crews out no pay, but trained. The problem is everyone has too get paided, that Is bullshit, send some prison crews out.
The problem is no pride any more.
Makes no sense! why aren't there any railroad crossing gates at these streets in the city, of all places? shame on them!