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This is Scranton in the mid-1950's. The double-tracked main runs from the bottom, with the goods yard
on its left and the main yard, TOFC and engine service facilities on the
right. Bridge 60 is just below the bottom edge of the photo.
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I want to capture this look and feel when the yard in the model is complete. This is taken facing east.
Where are the two main lines? They are the second track from the
left (westbound) where you can see a caboose on the end of a freight
and the track to it's right, the eastbound. At this time, it looks
like the eastbound was being used as an extension of the yard since
the westbound track is being occupied by an eastbound.
This was one of the problems with Scranton - the yard was simply not big enough.
This was taken from the Bridge 60 tower. Press the photo for a full view.
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This is from the yard, taken at the opposite end, looking west back towards the Bridge 60.
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Here is a photo from the north side of Bridge 60 (meaning, on my
layout, from the wall-side) in April 1967, the period that I am modeling.
You can clearly see the CNJ track and the different levels. On the left,
you can just make out the D&H track.
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A loaded coal train is crossing Bridge 60 on the
eastbound main (track 2) on its way to an Eastern Pennsylvania
electricity plant.
There are six tracks on the bridge. From left to right, they are:
- High Bloom
- Low Bloom/Track 4
- Yard lead/receiving track/Track 3
- Eastbound main/Track 2
- Westbound main/Track 1
- Razzle Track/Ex goods yard lead
In addition to the six tracks, there are three double slips, three crossovers and a single turnout, all on Bridge 60.
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The geeps are removing the caboose from the end of
an eastbound. They will attach the caboose behind themselves before the
act as helpers up the grade to Mount Pocono.
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Here we have a gaggle of Geeps (GP-9's). Although
they are on the westbound main (track 1), they are pushing at the back
of an eastbound (you can just see the caboose behind them), heading
towards the top right corner of the photo) which will go up the grade to
Mount Pocono (elevation 1860' versus 754' for Scranton) which is
approximately 33 miles east (at mile marker 100.3 versus mile marker
133.1 for Scranton). The eastbound main (track 2, to the right of the
Geeps) is occuppied by an eastbound TOFC train.
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The cabooses (cabeese?) behind the switcher are on track 3 which
is the receiving track for the yard which is behind them. They are
on the top of Bridge 60. The switcher on the left is on the "High
Bloom" which leads around the Hyde Park wye to the left over the
bridge. In the distance to the right is the main line to Binghamton.
The main line to Binghamton first goes oer Clarks Summit which is 7 miles to the west.
The gap in the hills above the Lackawanna Avenue bridge on the horizon is the gap where
the line runs to Clarks Summit which is at an elevation of 1289'.
To the right of the switcher pulling the cabooses, and running under Bridge 60 is the
level right of way for the CNJ which used to run under Bridge 60 on the west side of
the Lackawanna River.
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