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Oct 26 2009 12:50 pm
Hey Mike,
Nice sites that you and your friend frank have. Just a note on your pics from state game lands 135 (WB&E). The granite post that you thought was possibly a milemarker is just just a boundary marker for the Greenwood Sportsmen's Club property to which I belong. Not anything to do with the railway.Also the bridge that you photographed was used as an underpass for cows to get under the tracks to get to Ash Creek for water when that whole area was a farm thru the 1950's.just some facts to put a perspective on things.
Again,nice site. Tom Heckman
Oct 10 2009 04:03 pm
Mike,
This really is a most fascinating site. I've always been interested in exploring abandoned or mothballed railways and sadly here in the UK we have rather too many of them!. Keep up the good work.
Chris
North Wales, United Kingdom
Sep 28 2009 08:15 pm
Mike,
Thanks for the time you took to answer my question about the NYS&W.This looks like a great site and I will enjoy checking it out.I'm enjoying the O&W pictures.I think a part of that ran across from Cairn's Pool on the Beaverkill in Roscoe NY where I trout fish.They have the O&W museum there with a caboose.
Jun 13 2009 02:16 pm
Mike,
Great pictures. I grew up in Clarks Summit and the scout troop I was in blazed the Gravity bed and the Moosic bed for hiking. back in the early 70's.
Tom
Jun 3 2009 10:03 am
Mike,
This is a great addition to RR knowledge and industrial archaeology in general. Thanks for turning your hobby into valuable knowlege. I second Don Liotta (Dec. 22, 2008). I hope you can find at least one if not more historical societies who will preserve this information you have gathered.
Joe Buck
Redmond, Washingon
May 25 2009 09:22 pm
Great site, always had an interest in the WB&E, buy could never find much.
Any information on the Williamsporter?
May 1 2009 09:48 pm
Mike,
Great site! Ashley Planes brought back a lot of memories I grew up on the planes,Planes Avenue. The coal cars parked right in front of my house.I was always up and down the planes long before the interstate was built and the remains of Planes were in better shape.I swam in the creek and fished in the resevoire. Used to sleigh ride down big coal banks that were once near Planes Ave.Grandparents lived in a company home across street from blue coal breaker.Can remember their outhouse (LOL). Happy someone is interested in place I grew up and glad I found your site. Mary in Mountain Top,Pa.
Apr 30 2009 05:40 pm
Mike,
I just heard about your site from a friend at work, we were casually talking about what I did when I was a kid and I had mentioned believe it or not, the subject of hopping freight trains to go fishing from Forest City to the Stillwater Dam, I was almost in tears to hear that that railway was history. Being from Long Island I haven`t been back there in years.Great job with the photos of Stone Face I remember that well, along with skinny dipping near bye. Joe C.
Apr 27 2009 08:47 am
recently purchased Erie caboose which reportedly ran on Wyoming Div. Family is originally from Dunmore and Jessup so finding your pictures and info. was great
Apr 7 2009 02:31 pm
Mike-
Great site! I found this very interesting. I grew up about 75 yards from the O&W stretch between Poyntelle and Preston Park. I spent my childhood exploring the O&W from Hancock to Poyntelle.
Great work, keep it up!
Josh
Apr 3 2009 07:10 pm
Hi Mike
I enjoy your work, and find it all very interesting. Keep up you good work. Don in Phoenix
Feb 8 2009 04:35 pm
Mike,
would love to see more . have been to the tunnel but did not get to see plane. From port griffith and would like any info from #1 Plane Do you have any?
jjcandme4ever@yahoo.com
Feb 6 2009 09:14 am
Hi,
My name is Anthony Venini, very interesting site. I grew up in the Philadelphia area and lived near the Pennsylvania Railroad's Newtown Square Branch and the Cardington Branch that used to run trough my old neighborhood. I am also interested in the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines operations.
Photos,maps,information is great!!!!
Feb 2 2009 12:53 pm
Hi,
I'm Jim Graf, originally from Scranton (Wheeler Ave.)Love your site. My family worked the DL. Grandpa was chief telegrapher and Dad was a welder at the Kaiser Valley shops. Brother Joe woked temp as a Carman. Your photos, maps, etc. are an inspiration for my attept to model (HO) the Scranton area.
Jan 12 2009 12:45 pm
great site. thank you for sharing your work. I live in hazleton, orignally from shenandoah. I've enjoyed walkig the old railbeds in the lower luzerne and carbon county areas.keep up the good work...egh
Jan 3 2009 11:00 pm
WOW what a great site! I wish there were more websites like yours. I've lived in Michigan all my life but did live in Forest City, PA for two and a half years. I'll keep checking in for additional material.
Bill - Clawson, MI
Dec 26 2008 05:27 pm
NICE
Itchy Mead
Ithaca, N.Y.
Dec 22 2008 11:30 am
Thanks for sharing your work. You clearly spent a lot of time doing research, taking pictures and organizing the website. It contains an amazing amount of detail.
I last visited this site a couple of years ago, and it still marvel at it. You should consider having your work preserved by one of the historical societys. It would be a shame to lose the information you have carefully documented.
Sincerely,
Don Liotta
Dec 21 2008 06:56 pm
Cool Site, from a kindred spirit who likes to explore things abandoned. -Ted Sowirka
Dec 21 2008 05:18 pm
alsome site keep it up
Dec 19 2008 10:09 pm
very nice, a piece of the past
Dec 11 2008 07:07 pm
Philip
Dec 3 2008 04:12 pm
Love the site.Keep up the good work!
Nov 26 2008 10:16 am
Great web site...As a young man, I used to watch the steam locomotives run on these railbeds hauling coal from the underwood breaker...still do a lot of mountain biking in the Wayne and Lackawanna county rail trails...Very good work on this site..
Thank You
Bob MtCobb Pa
Nov 18 2008 10:26 am
I was searching the web looking for information on the old WB&E rail bed, Suscon to Rt 502, when I found your web site. I was planning on exploring this rail bed with my bicycle, but after seeing your photos, I guess that's out of the question.
I would be nice if you added a yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com)to your site so interested visitors could ask and answer questions.
For example, I would like to know the distance of the Suscon to Rt502 section. It looks to me to be about 3 miles??
Thank you for the web site, I bookmarked it and will follow your progress with it. Nice job.
Pat
vector115@yahoo.com
Nov 14 2008 11:16 am
good job i foud your site very helpfull. thanks pete o'boyle
dunmore
Sep 9 2008 01:46 pm
You should add links to your "Whats New" section.
Great job.
Sep 8 2008 11:11 pm
I grew up next to the tracks in Laurel Run and hurled many a rock at the CNJ engines and coal cars as they went by...I can still smell the diesel. You are providing a tremendous service to aging baby boomers!
Kathie in Lancaster, PA.
Sep 3 2008 06:05 pm
Great posting alot of great pictures to look at. c battle
Sep 1 2008 06:56 pm
awesome website. I love it. Jesse Spangler
Aug 20 2008 01:05 pm
Mike,
I viewed your photos of the PCC right-of-way over Moosic Mtn. Very nice pictures but I did note some inaccuracies. Overall they are the best views I've come accross to date. Keep up the great work!
Aug 3 2008 03:31 pm
Hi Mike:
Great pages and photos! I added at link to your site from my PA Railroad Stations Past & Present site:
http://www.west2k.com/pa.htm
Keep up the good work!!
--Dan West
Jul 21 2008 08:56 pm
I enjoyed your site - I looked at your visit to Mountain Park. Everyone in the Plymouth Historical Society website wondered where Mountain Park was and we were happy to find your map and photos.
What about the trolley line that once connected Wilkes Barre Pubklic Square to Kingtson, Larksville, Plymouth, Sans Souci and Nanticoke? Can you find any trace of that?
Thank you
Michael
Jul 12 2008 02:58 pm
Hello Mike, Thank you for the additional pictures and information on the DL&W Alford station. I took pictures of those buildings and have hopes of going up there to do some en plein air watercolor painting. It is far more overgrown at the present time. In wonderful shape however.
Thanks again! Sharon
Jul 10 2008 03:19 pm
Hi mike man this is an interesting site my wife and I love finding old places to go .she used to love byberry hospital before they tore it down we love walking down old rail,lines and anyplace that has old machinery or wooded raillines ..we are very interstested in visiting or joining the group there is just sort of fascination with old buildings factories machinery it is in this busy world we live and the sophitication it is just a fun thing to step back in time..lol if you know of anyplce around the philadelphia area could you please write us back .it is hard we both work in medical field and guess is our way of getting away..thank's for the intersting and exciting phoos
Jul 8 2008 01:51 pm
Mike,
You have created a helpful and extremely informative web page. This Fall, my wife and I intend to spend a week in the Scranton area wandering the abandoned railroads. Thanks for all of your hard work.
Bill Mammosser
Canaseraga, NY
Jul 5 2008 11:17 pm
Very informative.
Jul 4 2008 04:14 pm
Excellent site.
Jun 26 2008 08:36 pm
Great site, lots of good research. Call me about the SCRR in Old Forge.
Oldforgecoalmine.com
Jun 23 2008 11:10 pm
Hi Mike,
It was great hearing from you today. The site and the pictures are great. You've done an excellent job. As Secretary for the Shift and Shanty Restoration Comittee (Archbald,Pa.). I'm sure we can share additional information to further enhance both our data bases.
Frank Ferraro
Jun 23 2008 07:46 pm
Excellent Site.
Ken (NJ Vike)
Jun 23 2008 04:19 pm
Hi,
I enjoyed visiting your WB&E page today.
Thank you for taking the time to take these photos and post them online.
I have been researching the WB&E for many years and have given talks to local historical groups. Your info about the Pocono Lake area could be enhanced, Feel free to contact me if you wish.
Michael Yasenchock
NRHS, Pocon Mountains chapter.
Jun 13 2008 08:46 pm
Great web site, I really enjoyed the D&H's Penn Div. I currently work for the D&H(CP Rail) as an engineer and I know I would have enjoyed running over Ararat mountain. Last month a friend and I went and followed the old Penn Div from Afton, NY to Carbondale and your web site and pictures were a great help, I wish i could have seen this line in operation for myself. Keep up the great work.
J. Brooks
May 30 2008 10:39 am
HEY MIKE GREAT SITE....ASHLEY WAS EXCITED TO SEE YOU ON THE COMPUTER...ANGEL
May 27 2008 08:50 pm
HI MY NAME IS TOM ROMANYSHYN. I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT, I HAVE BEEN A GRAVITY RAILROAD FANATIC FOR A LONG TIME, AND I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES OF THE OLD GRAVITY LIGHT TRACK JUST OUT SIDE WHITES CROSSING. I CAN HELP YOU CLEAR UP SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, OR MAYBE YOU YOU ALREADY HAVE? ANYWAY I WOULD LOVE TO HELP. MY E-MAIL IS TFR227@yahoo.com
May 13 2008 09:45 am
Aaron Gould
Semperfidelissep11@yahoo.com
I hiked the old Dunmore Industrial (Erie) Line last week from Ash Street south to the Salvation Army. Someone has put out surveyors marks and paint lines along a few hundred feet of rail. Not sure what they are there for.
Also, almost immediately upon entering the old ROW, there appears to be a significant section of L&WV ROW (old Dunmore branch) about 100 feet down the hill. It runs through people's backyards and then disappears from view. I didn't pursue it as far as it went, though.
May 4 2008 05:23 pm
Charles Marvin
carmarv@att.net
S&NY enthusiast
Apr 28 2008 09:19 pm
Nice addition to the D & H page of the Wye at Ararat. If you get back to Starrucca, look for the old ERIE Water Tank footings near the little white building. The footings are visible now but will be invisible once the foliage comes in. They are on the downhill side past the building across where the road enters from the farms. The footings are quite substantial. The road once crossed the tracks here and the station was just north of the road on the same side as the water tower.
Apr 13 2008 12:14 pm
Hello Mike,
My sister, Kim Hawk gave me your card.
Very interesting site. I have been researching along similar lines, mainly focused on the LVRR along the Susquehanna.
Especially interested in the DL&W Factoryville tunnels. I'll have to look for them next time I'm up there.
Any plans to explore the LVRR?
Jamie Woods
Apr 6 2008 09:08 pm
Mike, Thanks for setting us up with the Killington tickets. I would like to join your group on some of future ski outings. Thx Jeff
jeffskismontana@verizon.net
