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| PRR cabooses used by tourists now. Northern Central RR, New Freedom, PA |
The day after July 4th I was convoying south with my brother's family to their home in Maryland. The photo above sort of exemplifies the whole adventure given the Pennsy dominance and regional flavor. This family visit was followed on the 11th by a few days running up to Hamburg, NY to chase down a Pennsy I-1, stay at the Bridgeview B&B, and experience a couple of nights at the Station Inn at Cresson. This was with the usual railfan co-adventurer, Charles "The Fiddler" Kadyk. Yes we checked out the newly cleared Horseshoe Curve, but for the first time for me, we also visited the Allegheny Portage Historical Site. Cassandra overlook was included but we also got down to Holidaysburg where Curry Rail Services had some cabs out where I can see them and a sizeable group of Pan Am boxcars were going in for overhaul and new owners. More local railfanning radiating from the Kadyk estate followed this trip. I then concluded 17 days of wandering with a visit to Macungie, PA where I saw the re-newed Pan Am cars in GATX paint. Finally I moved on to Steamtown, finishing the trip by staying at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton.
I could go on forever, which wouldn't help anything. Here are the photo highlights on Flickr, in order and mostly with captions, because I'm getting too old to write blog entries and insert more than a few photos at the same time:
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