There's a local shortline, called the North Shore Railroad, that operates between Northumberland and Berwick, maybe 30-35 miles in length, on track that used to be used by the DL&W. All it delivers are a couple of tank cars/box cars to local businesses, never more than 5 cars at a pop. Runs up and down Rt. 11 between Bloomsburg and Berwick, and always fun to watch it trundle by. Today I was at a redlight, back from Rt. 11 so that you don't come to a stop on the tracks hard by the side of the highway, and to the right, a car dealership. The blinking lights indicated the train was coming, but the dealership hid it, but I wasn't in a hurry, so I looked forward to it's passing by. What a treat, then, when the diesel went by pulling first a Pennsylvania caboose, then three newly-painted Pennsy passenger cars with the clerestory windows, then two more Pennsy cars, first a 'parlor', and then a 'pullman'. I guess there's an excursion coming up on the holiday, but what a hoot anyway. And me without a camera.
