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Heading
north to Scranton we visited a real coal mine. |
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The
adjacent coal museum was also very interesting. |
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Our
trip down into the mine starts in this cable car that is about
3 feet tall. |
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Our
guide had been a miner for many years |
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There
were, from time to time, indications that accidents took place. |
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Heading
over to Steamtown (conveniently adjacent to a big mall) we see
on of the largest locomotives ever made - and it had a top speed
of something like 80 mph ! |
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Driven
by a slightly smaller engine, we took a short ride in this caboose,
with a nice guide who explained everyting about its operation. |
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Several
days later we returned to Jim Thorpe, a small town we had previously
visited, and enjoyed, with Holly and Tom |
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Very
intersting old buildings line many of the streets. Every one
seemed to be a shop! |
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This
spectacular train setup filled the second floor of one of the
downtownbuildings. What a labor of love. |
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Asa
Packer got his start in Mystic, CT where the Packer Building
still stands, near the railroad station. |
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Quite
a climb up the hill, but only about 4 minutes from the center
of town. |
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The
view from Asa's porch is dominated by the Episcopal church which
his's wife had built. Note the lovely view of the surrounding
hills. |
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