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Delaware's Most Scenic Fall Train Ride Is Back With an Open-air Hay Wagon—and Just in Time for Fall Foliage

The Wilmington & Western Railroad has reopened after months of restoration, offering scenic rides through Red Clay Valley.
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Delaware & Hudson; the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal

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Aug. 8, 1829: The ‘Stourbridge Lion’

HONESDALE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Delaware and Hudson was chartered in 1823 as a canal company to provide a link between Pennsylvania coal fields around Carbondale and New York City. It would be the first ...
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Model of the 1829 Steam Locomotive, Stourbridge Lion

This is a model of the Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive to operate in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the first to operate outside of Britain. The model was based on the replica ...
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Look Back: ‘Old Jasper’ retired in 1928 after 53 years of railroad service

Jasper C. Gritman, known as “Old Jasper,” had an exciting commute to work from his home at 312 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre — a short walk to the rail yards along today’s Wilkes-Barre Boulevard where ...