A few shots from last weekend: CN 3254 thunders towards Moscow, PA: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268425 The sun lights up the smoke as 3254 nears Tobyhanna: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268427 3254 crosses the lake at Gouldsboro: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268429 The Big Boy at sunrise: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=267724 Enjoy! Darryl
Beautiful shots! Thanks for sharing!
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Great shots !!! [tup][tup][8D]
…Wow, nice photos. Sad that Big Boy isn’t someplace at least cosmetically prepared…and housed.
I agree ! Not being familar with CP steam, what class loco is this? BTW ,Thanks for sharing !
CN not CP These photos are of Canadian NATIONAL locomotives, Canadian PACIFIC is another different railway.
W O W ! I love 'em…just mad at myself for not getting down there myself, but there were other problems to be tended to Favorite is the second shot, b&w. Could have been a westbound DL&W heading into Denville, NJ on the Boonton Line circa 1950!!!
Excuse me ! Now,can you please answer the original question ?
Sorry, familiar with Steamtown and equipment but couldn’t give an accurate answer to your question of what class. But I did want to mention that the Big Boy sat further down the tracks by the hotel originally due to the fact that it was too heavy for the bridges until they were strengthened. It is an awesome sight but I would like to see it fixed up a bit.
Steamtown seems to specialize in Canadian steam…they had another one running too.
Remember Steamtown started in N. Walpole, NH/Bellows Falls, VT before moving to Scranton in the mid 80’s. The original collection was formed around the operating CP and CN (CV) loco’s available at the time supplimented by stationary USA locomotives like NKP759 and UP’s Big Boy. All of which was moved to Scranton…
If this is what you’re looking for:
Canadian National Railways No. 3254 is a 2-8-2, was a “class S-1-b” Mikado, per the webpage for it on Steamtown’s website, at:
http://www.nps.gov/stea/planyourvisit/cn3254.htm
Note: I Googled “3254 & nps & gov”, found the Steamtown site, and started digging. I can’t say it was easy or quick, though - took 7 clicks to find the page, and I was on the verge of giving up and looking elsewhere.
- Paul North.
This is true, I completely forgot that! Thanks for the reminder. I like to visit Steamtown, but I kinda liked it when it was in the old buildings in Scranton, on the other side of the yard I believe. It was old, but had an interesting atmosphere.
I have never actually taken the ride to Moscow, or the water gap for that matter, but did go when they ran up to Tunckannock Viaduct. Now that was a ride!
Last time I was at Steamtown, I noticed the rear wheels of the Big Boy’s tender are derailed. Happened when they were positioning it, and they said the decision was made to leave it right where it sat.