Scranton

The mainline enters the visible portion of the railroad at Hyde Wye, just west of Bridge 60. This photo shows the wye and the Repair In Place facility (located inside the wye). The photo looks railroad west, and the mainline emerges from Binghamton Staging (located under Taylor Yard) to the right in the distance, while the Bloomsburg Branch heads west toward Taylor Yard on the left of the photo:



Two more views of the Wye and part of Bridge 60:



To the right of the last photo is the yard and east-end yard throat. In the photo below, note the beginning of the grade in the center of the photo. The mainline climbs to the Scranton Station (just out of the picture to the right), where it levels off to allow passenger trains to start from the station without helpers. The grade begins in the yard about halfway down the body tracks, and the two grades meet where the east yard throat rejoins the mainline. Also shown below is the Scranton Freight House and entrance to the Diamond Branch, north (behind) the mainline. The Diamond Branch extends through the backdrop into hidden staging.



To the east of the main body of the yard is the Mattes Street overpass and tower (closed by 1975), and then the Scranton Station:

In this photo from January 2010, three levels of the layout are visible: the east end of Scranton Yard, center, the Rupert Yard on the Bloomsburg Branch (bottom), and the Mt. Pocono Auto Facility, just visible on the upper level. Just around the bend from the Scranton Yard body is the east throat, under construction in this photo but now complete. The Scranton passenger station will be a flat against the backdrop just inside the curve in the distance.


Passing the future location of the Scranton Station, the helpers and road power are working hard to climb the grade:

And here a westbound freight is worked at Bridge 60:

Scranton Yard East End

Another photo from January 2008 shows the east end of Scranton Yard, where the mainline passes the Mattes Street Tower, one of the Lackawanna's indestructible concrete towers, and then the beautiful Scranton Station. As noted in this photo, the Station will be a flat against the backdrop. The main and east yard lead rejoin just out of the photo to the right.