Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: pa

I apologize if this isn't Wilkes Barre, or if this isn't a factory. :-) I couldn't figure out if it was a factory, power plant, or mine, but it clearly has some conveyor belts on it. Any info on this would be very welcome. In any event, it appears to be abandoned, as a close inspection of this photo will show that the windows are broken.

This was a lucky shot, lucky because shooting conditions were horrible, in a moving car with limited light and 200 speed film, but I got it. I hope you like it.

It's obvious from the Fall colors that I shot this in the Fall of 1995, this being part of a larger National Railway Historical Society bus trip to various heritage rail sites in Southern New York and Central Pennsylvania. It is indeed ironic that the NRHS has to travel by bus most of the time, but that's life in a country with a substandard rail system. In the case of the Stourbridge Line, though, that's part of the appeal, of course, as they have this old and super-rare EMD BL2 diesel on their roster, which was the centerpoint of the trip. We rode it all the way over the line from Stourbridge to Lackawaxen (if memory serves), and this was at, I think the Stourbridge stop, or some other place. I do remember that this is where we got on, I'm pretty sure. Any info on this would be welcome, as this trip was 12 years ago, and I don't have my notes nearby. I hope you like the photo, anyway. :-)