Canadian Pacific Railway Taylor to Dupont

Heading south out of Taylor, the former D&H main passes through several small towns including Old Forge, Moosic, Avoca, Duryea and Dupont.  With their many cross streets and overpasses these small towns provide more than a few train watching spots.   The following photographs follow the line south out of the Taylor Yard to the junction with the Reading and Northern at Dupont, wheresome of the CP trains divert over the R&N to Lehighton.

The first of many small towns south of Taylor Yard is called Old Forge.  Here we see a pair of CP SD-40-2's bracketing a GATX lease unit.  (8/95)

In a classic Christmas card scene, a CP GP-38 wheels a local freight, complete with caboose, through a small park in the the town of Moosic, PA. (3/96)

From an old coal stripping pile in Avoca, PA, we see a southbound with four SD-40's in various Canadian Pacific paint schemes.  (4/99)

About a half mile down the track, (still in the town of Avoca) the old D&H main passes under the former Erie Railroad Wyoming Division.  4/99

Passing the old Duryea station we see a southbound coal train lead by a CP SD-40-2, a GATX lease unit and several  Norfolk Southern engines.  2/94

Taken from the exact location as above, but looking south we see a northbound coal train with a former Kansas City Southern SD-40-2 leading a former Union Pacific unit.  2/94

The final stop on our tour of the former D&H main is Dupont Junction.  Here we see a southbound train crossing over to the Rading and Northern.  The track in the forground is known as the "Sunbury Line".  4/97

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