Schmidt - Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley

From the Schmidt Photo Collection, the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania's copy of the CA&E.  Unfortunately, no equipment from this line survived.

Roaring Brook from bridge at DL&W depot   2/53

Electrically-operated Lidgerwood hoist     2/21/53

Early Westinghouse d.c. steam generator   1904(?)      2/21/53

Power house   2/19/53

Old "silt" (fuel) cars at power house, Scranton    2/21/53

Combine     2/21/53

Loco #402 at Scranton     2/21/53

Loco #402   Built W'house 1907.    At Scranton depot     2/21/53

This was one of the earliest Baldwin-Westinghouse locomotives, and operated until de-electrification in 1953.

Scranton terminal loop      2/53

All of the following photographs are from E. S. Miller, 155 Mill St., Pittston, Pa.  I have not been able to find out anything about Mr. Miller, who is probably no longer alive, but these are wonderful little pictures, and carefully labeled.  So look at them while you can.   If E. S. Miller or his heirs and assigns catch up with me, I may be sending you postcards from jail.

As usual, I have tried to arrange these in chronological order.

L&WV No. 116
Scranton
Sunday, April 9, 1939
Tuscan red
Blt by Osgood Bradley 1927

L&WV No. 36
Terminal along DL&WRR at Cedar Av., Scranton
Thursday, May 30, 1940

L&WV No. 403, 10 frt cars& No. 202
South of Connell Jct., Scranton
Sat., Aug. 11, 1945
(202 one of original express cars being doubleheaded)

L&WV No. 114
Along Susquehanna River at Mill Creek, Wilkes-Barre
Thurs., Feb. 21, 1946

L&WV Nos. 115 & 31
Rocky Glen Park, Moosic
Friday, July 4, 1947

L&WV No. 402
General Electric plant, South Scranton
Friday, July 18, 1947
End of Minooka (G.E.) branch built in 1946

L&WV Nos. 35 & 36
Heidelbert Viaduct over LV and D&H RRs, Avoca
Mon., June 14, 1948

L&WV Nos. 114, 34, & 33
Terminal, Scranton
Mon. July 5, 1948

L&WV No. 32
Pittston, Pa.
Thurs., March 24, 1949

L&WV No. 32
Scranton
Wed., April 20, 1949
Two-tone gray, cream & white ( an experiment ried out on this car only.
All other retained the mahogany interior finish.)

L&WV No. 402
Virginia station, Moosic
Thurs., June 12, 1949

L&WV Nos. 115 & 32
South Scranton station
Sunday, June 17, 1952

L&WV nos. 115&32; 35&31
Terminal, along LV RR at E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre
Sunday, June 19, 1951

L&WV No. 35, 36, 31, 35, & 33
Scranton
Friday, Aug. 1, 1952

L&WV No. 39
Above Rock Glen Park, Moosic
Sat., Oct. 4, 1952

L&WV No. 114
N. end of tunnel, Scranton
Thurs., Oct. 9, 1952

L&WV No. 116
Roaring Brook trestle, Scranton
Thurs., Oct. 9, 1952

L&WV No. 116
Trestle over Mill Creek at city line, Wilkes-Barre
Friday, October 10, 1952

L&WV No. 115
Pittston
Sat., Dec. 13, 1952

L&WV No. 37
Terminal, Scranton
Tuesday, December 30, 1952

Passenger service ended the next day, December 31, 1952, and electric operation ended in 1953.

L&WV Nos. 39, 19, 35, 402, & 36
Shops, Scranton
Sat., Jan 31, 1953