A CNJ Survivor in... Wilkes-Barre, PA

The developer of the historic structure, stated on April 30th, 2021, he set a five-month deadline to complete the project by the end of October, tho... (more)

Wilkes-Barre's 1868 built CNJ Railroad Depot

A lone signal stands guard overlooking the former CNJ depot in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Once trains with power as diverse as 4-4-0 America... (more)

A Return to Glory!

Wilkes-Barre's 1868 built CNJ Railroad Depot will be getting a new lease on life - literally! While plans for its reuse and restoration have been made and broke... (more)

Wilkes-Barre's CNJ Station
The Restoration has Begun!

Wilkes-Barre's 1868 built CNJ Railroad Depot was initially built for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad. The 1868 two and... (more)

Wilkes-Barre's 1868 built CNJ Railroad Depot

Initially built for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, this 1868 two and a half story, brick building with one and one half-story wings ... (more)

L&S SW9 1201 heads south through Wilkes-Barre on the way to the NS interchange at Buttonwood. As of today, August 9 2020, it was announced that RJ Corman would be purchasing the L&S. Further more,... (more)

Delaware and Hudson U33C 761 at Wilkes-Barre PA January 1971. The 761 was built in December 1970 and worked for the D&H until October 1988 when it was sold to GE for conversion in the Super 7 prog... (more)

Luzerne & Susquehanna SW1 #600 takes a short freight through Wilkes-Barre.

Luzerne & Susquehanna SW1 #600 takes a short freight under the CP tracks.

The D&H was an all-Alco road until three SD-45's were acquired. These did not stay long and were traded to the EL for three, U33C's. Here, one of the three waits with its train until RW-6 with f... (more)

NS 9336 and a newer ET44AC leads an empty Herzog ballast train south towards Harrisburg, PA. Seen here at the crossing in Wilkes-Barre; PA, Norfolk Southern was redoing the crossing.

Ironically with another company's circus ad next to it, L&S 50 shoves the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus train out to the NS main one last time in Wilkes Barre.

Norfolk Southern's "Honoring First Responders" SD60E number 911 leads train 956 (operating as CP Rail train 2nd-931) across the Gauntlet Bridge over the Susquehanna River near Wilkes-Bar... (more)

RBMN YJPI with a little help on the rear from the MEPI work their way up the mountain to Penobscot yard