DL&W To Auction
For those of us fortunate enough to have in some ways outlived our usefulness, changes are in order. Model trains have been an important part of my life since childhood and were part of the retirement plan. A layout larger than I could operate alone or ever finish was planned. Construction began, track was laid, scenery installed and wiring providing electricity to the tracks was finished where the tracks ran. The decision to take all of this down has been made. Rolling stock is being inventoried and boxed in preparation for an auction. The Lackawanna Railroad once operated in this part of New York State. Their crack passenger train, the Phoebe Snow, was seen in model form at the Roberson Museum and I set out to duplicate it in model form. Near the end of its existence, this train was powered by two diesel engines like those pictured above. These engines are new never having been removed from their boxes. A picture of them at t...