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Steamtown National Historic SiteThe Builders Plate for CP 2317. NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Delaware Water Gap Township Excursion
Steam locomotive 3254 puffs gray smoke as it travels under a steel girder signal bridge and passes green forests in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Canadian National 3254, a steam locomotive built in 1917, rolls under one of the historic DL&W signal bridges still standing on the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad main line between Scranton and Delaware Water Gap.

UPDATE JUNE 10
This excursion is SOLD OUT!

Steamtown National Historic Site will offer a 104-mile roundtrip excursion to the Delaware Water Gap for the "Founders Day" celebration on June 27. On the "Founders Day" excursion, this all-day trip crosses the beautiful Pocono Plateau, through a tunnel, along creeks and rivers, past lakes and ponds, and through East Stroudsburg on its way to the historic town of Delaware Water Gap. The town has planned station tours, displays and special events.

Departs Steamtown at 9:00 am and returns at approximately 5:15 pm.

This excursion will also stop to pick up passengers at the restored Cresco Station at approximately 10:45 a.m.

NOTE: This is the only Delaware Water Gap excursion planned for 2009.

A fireman moves coal forward in the coal bunker of a steam locomotive to make the coal easier to use.  

Did You Know?
A large hard-working steam locomotive can use up to 6 tons of coal in about an hour. This means a fireman (the one who shovels the coal) might shovel 200 pounds of coal a minute. This is why railroads invented automatic stokers. Learn more about railroad jobs at Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA.
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Last Updated: June 10, 2009 at 16:09 EST