Talk:Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
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editI chose to re-add the links to "Stan's Railpix" and Scrantontrains.com because they are not used as references but external links. As seen on http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Keep_in_mind%29 "If any websites would be of particular interest to a reader of an article, they should be listed and linked to in an "External links" section". These websites would be of interest. If the user who keeps undoing would like to discuss this, then that is what this talk page is for. Philatio (talk) 02:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
STB dockets
edit- 33161 (1997): describes the existing lines:
- (a) between Fell Township and Moosic (Scranton),
- (b) tracks within Scranton, and
- (c) between Scranton and Mt. Pocono, PA
- 33905-6 (2000): Lackawanna County Railroad Authority to acquire from F&L Realty and D-L to operate (replacing Pocono Northeast Railway):
- Diamond Branch, in Scranton (144.75 - 145.6)
- Laurel Line, south abutment of Roaring Brook bridge (0.7) to Montage Road (4.81)
- 34091-2 (2001): Monroe County Railroad Authority to lease from NS (Pennsylvania Lines LLC) for D-L operation Stroudsburg Secondary Track, Slate (2.0) - Gravel (12.2); NS to retain overhead trackage rights
- 34161-2 (2002): Lackawanna County Railroad Authority to acquire from Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company and D-L to operate (replacing Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway) Minooka Industrial Track, Little Virginia Junction to Davis Street, 1.5 mi
- 34846 (2006): Monroe County Railroad Authority renamed Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority and acquired from Lackawanna County Railroad Authority, operated by D-L:
- Carbondale Line, Fell Township (174.6) - Moosic (196.9)
- Vine Street Branch, in Scranton (2.0 - 0.3)
- Strawberry Hill Running Track, in Scranton, 2,000 ft
- Pocono Line, Scranton (134) - Mt. Pocono (101)
- Laurel Line and Brady Lead (0.0 - 4.81)
- Diamond Branch, in Scranton (144.75 - 145.6)
- Minooka Industrial Track, in Scranton, Little Virginia to end, 2.1 mi
- 35132 (2008): Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority to acquire from NS line leased in 2001
Lines
edit- Pocono Line: Scranton (134.3) - Slateford Junction (74.3)
- Diamond Branch: Scranton (144.75-145.6)
- Strawberry Hill Running Track: Scranton (2000 ft, junction with Carbondale Line)
- Diamond Branch: Scranton (144.75-145.6)
- Carbondale Line: Fell Township (174.6) - Moosic (196.9, junction with D&H)
- Vine Street Branch: Green Ridge - Scranton (2.0-0.3, junction with Diamond Branch)
- Brady Lead: Scranton (0.0) - Roaring Brook (0.7)
- Laurel Line: Roaring Brook (0.7) - Montage Mountain Road (4.81)
- Minooka Industrial Track: Little Virginia - Davis Street (1.5 or 2.1 mi)
Help identify connection to a childrens' song?
editThere is an old vinyl record album from my youth, which has people speaking and singing with stereotypically-Italian accents, singing about the Delaware Lackawanna, on the album "Puff n Toot" and only just today in my 40s did I wonder what the words really meant. Can someone write a separate article, or include on this page as a pop culture reference, to this song a explore its origins? It seems weirdly regionally-specific to include on a record album sold I assume across the US. I live in Texas, and my grandfather who copied the record from vinyl to cassette for me to listen to, lived no further northeast than Memphis. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFa4QvBU4n8 16:55, 2 November 2023 (UTC) 72.182.157.87 (talk) 16:55, 2 November 2023 (UTC)