For the Anthracite Railroad Historical Society's 70th EMD F3s Anniversary Convention, a special was operated over the DL/Pocono Main from Scanton, PA to Tobyhanna, PA. The appearance of the F3 "A-... (more)

A Lackawanna passenger train rolls eastbound towards Gouldsboro, PA as a local resident heads out in his 1938 Buick.

An eastbound Lackawanna passenger train led by an A-B-A set of F3s leans into the super-elevated curve at MP 114 on the Pocono Main just west of Gouldsboro, PA. The train is being run as part of t... (more)

Celebrating their 70th birthday in 2018, an A-B-A set of F3s lead a Lackawanna passenger train around the crime at Cobbs Gap near Elmhurst, PA. The train is being run as part of the ARHS annual co... (more)

70-year old F3A No. 663 is posed on the Pocono Mountain grade, just west of Elmhurst. This locomotive was originally built for the Bangor & Aroostook RR in May, 1948 as their No. 44 and is on loa... (more)

We're in the cab of a 70-year old operating F3A with mostly original equipment, including the Barco speed recorder. No. 663 was built for the Bangor & Aroostook in May, 1948 as their No. 44 and i... (more)

A very busy Sunday at Steamtown's Railfest. The F units will busy the next weekend as another excursion is scheduled to Tobyhanna. Plans are for the B unit to be part of the lash up.

663 draws short excursion duty today.

Boarding passengers for the trip to Archbald.

Rolling into Olyphant on the Carbondale line.

Awaiting passengers for run to Archbald.

F3s move to the station to pick up passengers for an excursion to Archbald.

Everything in this shot is Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the locomotive paint, the rails, the concrete tower, the land. THIS is historic railroad preservation and it warms the cockles of the hea... (more)

The End Has Come

It's late summer of 1947, and the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western has completed its order of 24 EMD F3(A) and 12 F3(B). The end of steam on the Route of Phoebe Sno... (more)

Mattes Street Nights- In what could very easily pass for a DL&W publicity photo, an A-B-A set of EMD F3's poses alongside the Mattes Street interlocking tower in downtown Scranton. This pho... (more)