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Steamtown National Historic SiteWheel bearing service markings on a caboose. Repacked, Keyser Valley Shops (Scranton PA), September, 1952. NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Steamtown's Locomotives and Cars
Steam locomotive pulls a flatcar and caboose.
NPS Photo
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western caboose #889 is part of the park's historical collection and is also used for some programs, such as the Caboose Experience train ride.

Steamtown's collection of steam locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars and maintenance-of-way equipment is almost all on display (though it has not all been restored). Here, you may find information about the historic pieces in the Steamtown collection. (Most of the information is in Adobe .pdf format)

Passenger Cars:

Freight Cars:

Locomotives:

Maintenance of Way:

A steam locomotive exits a tunnel and rolls past fall colors on one of Steamtown's long train rides.  

Did You Know?
Railroads are built with as few hills and curves as possible. If a railroad cannot go over or around a hill, a tunnel is constructed through the hill. Some of Steamtown National Historic Site's train rides travel through the Nay Aug Tunnel in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated: June 29, 2009 at 15:41 EST