East Stroudsburg, PA: DL&W Preserved Interlocking Tower and Depot

Tower: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite, 252 photos)

DL&W = Delaware Lackawanna & Western

Street View, Oct 2018

I found this depot while looking for the tower. Did East Stroudsburg used to be called  Dansbury?

Street View, Oct 2018

 

Raymond Storey posted
EAST STROUDSBURG PA

Jim Kelling: Lackawanna station (moved across the tracks)

East Stroudsburg Railroad Tower Society posted
Tower will be open to 4pm today. Stop by if you’d like to tour our preserved railroad tower!!
Robert Braune: I live in Nebraska but been there many times and was a tower operator. Do you have any interior pics?

East Stroudsburg Railroad Tower Society commented on their post
Here’s one from today!

EastburgCommunityAlliance

Adam Elmquist, Aug 2022

Jim Kelling posted three photos with the comment: "East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna)."

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Oakland, MD: 1884 Museum/B&O Depot

(Satellite, 639 photos)

Marty Bernard posted two photos with the comment: "B&O Oakland, MD Passenger Station April 16, 1972, Bill Howes photo."

Thomas Dorman: E. Francis Baldwin, architect.

Nate Beal: Also still there, nice little museum with a steamer and caboose too.

Marty Bernard shared

1, looking East

2, looking West

John Miller posted three images with the comment:

B & O Train Stations in Maryland and nearby (post five)

The B&O Train Station at 117 E. Liberty Street, Oakland Maryland was established in 1884. It has been restored to its original Queen Anne-style splendor, and is considered one of the most distinguished historic depots in the country.

Here is a "vintage" photo of how it appeared in 1906. I have taken the liberty to restore, enhance and sharpen it. The second and third photos are how the station appears today.

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Don O'Brien posted two photos with the comment: "Oakland MD."

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Harry Knipp posted
I was in an antique store in downtown Oakland, Md yesterday and I wandered into this small alcove in the back with a great view of the historic B&O station. There were even some station-like benches in there. To my irritation, a train came through a few minutes later when I was tied up at the front desk paying for my goodies. Oh well…

 

CG Holland posted
B&O Station in Oakland, MD in 720nm infrared (2024)

Dan O'Brien commented on the above post

None of the street view drivers went on the side streets.

Street View, Nov 2016

alyana poe, Mar 2021

The B&O and the railroads it owned were the only railroads that used colored position light signals.

TPS, Jun 2022

CG Holland posted
B&O Station Oakland, MD

CG Holland posted
Another 720nm infrared view of the B&O Station in Oakland, MD

CG Holland posted
B&O Station Oakland, MD

Buffalo, NY: 1917-1973 Concrete-Central Grain Elevator

(HAER; Satellite)

"Upon completion, the 4.5 million bushel Concrete-Central Elevator was the largest grain unloading transfer facility in the world....The complex was raised in three successive building seasons from 1915-1917. Sold to the Continental Grain Corp. in 1944, it remained a functioning transfer elevator until 1969. Subsequently, it was used to store surplus grain, finally closing during 1973." [HAER NY,15-BUF,28- (sheet 1 of 1)]

HAER NY,15-BUF,28--31 (CT)
Elevation looking east. - Concrete-Central Elevator, 175 Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

HAER NY,15-BUF,28- (sheet 1 of 1)

James Cavanaugh Photography posted
Jim Cavanaugh shared
Built  in 1915 with a capacity of 4.5 million bushels of grain and stretching a quarter mile along the Buffalo River, the Concrete Central was the  largest grain elevator in the world.

Brian R. Wroblewski commented on Jim's share
Last time I ever saw a boat dock there back in 2013.
[More comments explain that they are wind turbine sections unloaded at the old Republic Steel dock where Tesla is now.]

Brian R. Wroblewski shared
Heres' a cool comparison between 1932 & now. The top photo was probably shot from the upper works of one of the 3 blast furnaces on the old Union Furnace property off Katherine St. This was the original location of Buffalo's 1st iron making furnaces. It was also the first to go, being torn down after WWII. My more modern shot was taken from the roof of the Lake & Rail elevator looking out at Concrete Central with about 85 years in between. Weather worn & desolate, it still reigns supreme as Buffalo's largest elevator, dominating the section of the river between Cargil 'S' & CSX River Bridge. Truly an awe inspiring sight to behold from up there.
Jack Daw So glad it's still there!
Brian R. Wroblewski For just how long is debatable. The sheet metal is really starting to come apart now from our wicked weather & its' near 50 year abandonment. I'd be surprised if one of those Marine Leg towers doesn't end up on the bottom of the crick one of these days when a windy storm blows into town.

Old Illinois posted
This photo shows the Southern most blast furnace at Union Furnace Co. as seen from the South Wing Wall dock face at the Concrete Central grain elevator.
Stan Lubas shared
Dennis DeBruler This appears to be a Buffalo NY grain elevator instead of "Old Illinois."
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ny1671.photos/?sp=29
[30 LoC photos; The above view; Destroyed by vandals]

One of 30 HAER photos
HAER NY,15-BUF,28-
16. View of conveyor and tripper. - Concrete-Central Elevator, 175 Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY Photos from Survey HAER NY-243

Lee Gorcheck posted four photos with the comment: "Concrete central buffalo ny 1916-1967."

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This shows how the marine leg could roll side-to-side to unload different holds from a freighter.

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Brian R. Wroblewski posted four photos with the comment: "Gregory J Bush & her barges STC2004 & Lake Trader in the Buffalo River delivering wind mill parts, Spring-Summer 2010."

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James Cavanaugh Photography posted
The Concrete-Central Grain Elevator along the Buffalo River. Built between 1915 and 1917, it was the largest Grain Elevator in the world. The quarter mile long structure could hold 4.5 million bushels of grain and unload three Lake Freighters at a time.
Jim Cavanaugh shared with the same comment.

Frostburg, MD: Western Maryland Depot and Turntable

Depot: (Satellite, 1,131 photos)

Turntable: (Satellite)

This is the destination for Western Maryland Scenic Railroad excursion trains that run from Cumberland, MD. The train ride goes through the Brush Tunnel.

 

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad posted

Tom Parkins: When was that taken?

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad: Tom Parkins June 2023

Jim Kelling shared

Frostburg Maryland (C&P station now used by the Western Maryland Scenic Railway)

These views make you appreciate that most street views turn out to be pretty good.

Street View, Jul 2008

Street View

Eddie Kang, Apr 2022, cropped

Metrotrails added
Historic view of the Frostburg Maryland Station on the Western Maryland Railroad
Jim Kelling shared

CG Holland posted
Frostburg, MD

Western Maryland went west past Frostburg in the river valley. But the Cumberland & Pennsylvania (C&P) climbed out of the valley so that it could go south of Frostburg using a tunnel in Frostburg. The scenic railroad uses the C&P depot in Frostburg rather than the WM depot that was down in the valley. That is why the trains use the C&P near the end of their trip.

1949 Frostburg Quad @ 24,000

Bryan Burton Photography posted
At the Frostburg Depot with the Chesapeake and Ohio 1309 at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. 2/23
Eric Hadder: When they get the 1309 to Frostburg, they back up to Cumberland?
Bryan Burton Photography: Eric Hadder Yes
Randall Hampton shared

 

Confluence, Pennsylvania 101 posted

TRAIN No. 3–THE BALTIMORE, PITTSBURGH, AND CHICAGO LIMITED makes a scheduled stop at Frostburg, Maryland Station during the 1913 Christmas season. It was soon to be traveling over the WMR bridges in Confluence. Western Maryland Railway’s ‘Connellsville Extension’ was in place by 1913–so it was full steam ahead on an overnight run to Chicago. 🛤️ 

Oil On Canvas: Charles L. Amos (1991). 🖼️ 

Special Thanks: Western Maryland Railway Historical Society, Inc.

Richard Hafer posted four photos with the comment: "When the Western Maryland Railway owned and operated the Connellsville Sub, these photos were taken of Frostburg, Md Station by Richard Walter. Thank Heavens that it was saved and restored to service today's Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. You would have never guessed that would happen in these January 1972 photos. This was originally the Cumberland & Pennsylvania's station. In the third photo you can see the tunnel under Frostburg, that was later closed by the WMSR. Rich Hafer collection."

Randall Hampton shared with the comment: "Frostburg looks quite different now, in the Western Maryland Scenic era."

Randall Hampton: The tunnel mouth is still there beyond the turntable, mostly hidden by underbrush and small trees.

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[Some comments explain that the towers on the left were part of the Lewis Concrete redi-mix plant. The spur in Photo 3 that goes by the freight house also served that plant.]

 

Bob Lemmert commented on the fourth photo
Lewis Concrete batch plant

4:33 video @ 0:56
 Here in Frostburg at the western end of the railroad, the 734 is uncoupled from the train to be turned on the turntable. 
This table is an original Western Maryland turntable, having been relocated to Frostburg from Elkins, West Virginia. A series of stairs and decks provide a great view of the engine being turned

June 2025:

I.e. Xam posted
Rode the Frostburg Flyer yesterday, a 90 minute trip from Cumberland to Frostburg MD. Took this picture at the depot in Frostburg. The depot was built in 1891. The steam engine is 1309, a 2-6-6-2 Mallet from 1949.  Recently put back in service.
I really love steam engine excursions, particularly when the steam engine is awesome. About a 10 car excursion including a dome car, open air car, and lounge car.