Does anybody know what type of diesel power Steamtown run on these excursions? Also the equipment options? Do they do runbys? Sorry in advance for the silly questions but I can't seem to access their web page excursions section nor get an answer on the phone number provided.
From what I've read when Steamtown does a diesel powered excursion the locomotives usually come from the nearby Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad, typically their ALCO RS-3's, or some of the other vintage ALCO power.
They've also used Lackawanna marked F-3's from the United Rail Historic Societys collection.
What they may be using this time I'm not sure, I'm not sure about runby's either. The last NS sponsored excursions didn't have runbys, liability issues or some such were the reasons.
Thanks fire lock. You are 100 % correct. I finally got a hold of steam town. I very friendly gentleman told me what ever the DL gives us. So u guess no f units this go around.
You're welcome! Keep your fingers crossed for the RS-3s, quite historic in their own right, and from the pictures I've seen masterful restorations.
They look sweet in thier gallery shots, running multiple units, just how I remembered them.
I took the excursion to Moscow a few weeks ago. Power was DL Alco C420 405. The locomotives are loaned to steamtown and crewed entirely by steamtown employees and volunteers. Steamtown has to pay to use them. The engineer, who was a volunteer, was trained by the DL on their rules and procedures. Very well done using old CNJ coaches.
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