Delaware Lackawanna Freights in Action

Don Colangelo, Delaware-Lackawanna chief mechanical officer, cleans the handrails on C420 No. 405 at Scranton, Pa., on April 9, 2012.

Colangelo and author Kevin Tomasic discuss Alcos at Tower 60, Scranton, Pa., on April 9, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna grain train SPG09 heads for Horizon Milling, Gouldsboro, Pa., April 9, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna grain train SPG09 drops its train at Horizon Milling, Mt. Pocono, Pa., April 9, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna grain train SPG09 passes the former Delaware Lackawanna & Western tower at Tobyhanna, Pa., on April 9, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna C425 No. 2452 rests in the early evening at Scranton, Pa., on April 9, 2012.

The sign on top of the Scranton Electric Building celebrates the city’s fame as the home of the U.S.’s first successful electric transit system.

Delaware-Lackawanna RS3 No. 1554 switches cars for Compression Polymers in Moosic, Pa., April 10, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna train LL1 with a single car and RS3 No. 1554 comes down the upper leg of the switchback on the Laurel Line at Moosic, Pa., April 10, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna train LL1 with a single car and RS3 No. 1554 is backing toward the lower switch of the switchback on the Laurel Line at Moosic, Pa., April 10, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna No. 1554 is under the trolley wires on the Laurel Line approaching Scranton, Pa., April 10, 2012.

Delaware-Lackawanna grain train SPG09 passes through Nay Aug Gorge in Scranton, Pa., April 9, 2012.