This was passed on to me for publication....

For all of you who are in Scranton this week for the NRHS convention, we welcome you. Please be aware that the DL is a very active railroad dispatching three crews a day in five different directions out of the Scranton yards/Steamtown Complex. So be aware that if one train leaves, there could be another one right on the next track, including multiple moves by Steamtown. We operate a PT98-97 Portland/Slateford/Delaware Water Gap train to our NS interchange; this train usually operates Monday-Wed-Friday departing in the morning. We also dispatch a Laurel Line job, a Carbondale Line north job and a Southside job that goes down to & past our enginehouse. There are interchange trains over to CP’s Taylor yards that operate almost daily and they will come back with merchandise freight and unit grain trains for the Cargill Mill at Pocono Summit. Both the grain trains and PT jobs operate with 3-5 hard working ALCOS. Enjoy them as we do earning their keep.

All employees at the DL are aware of the heightened activities that will be on and around the property. Please respect active tracks, stay clear of tracks while walking or photographing and stay on public property as much as possible. The DL will park locomotives at night in semi-public accessible areas; please do not climb on the locomotives. The Bridge 60 Tower houses our managers and dispatcher. Please do not trespass and enter or climb the outside stairs to the Tower. There will be plenty of word-of-mouth announcements of our daily freight & Trolley operations. You will have a chance to ride behind our 3 former D&H RS-3’s as they pull you over our Pocono Main on the Thursday excursion.

Enjoy your time on the National Convention and be respectful and sensible. Just a point of information - do not trespass on CP property. They maintain a zero tolerance policy.

David J. Monte Verde
President GVT RAIL SYSTEM

Thank you Dave and David for the welcome, and the sobering facts that railroading is still a serious business regardless of whether we see it as entertainment or something else altogether. This is a point that often gets lost when we try to assert our right to free speech. Machinery in motion rarely cares about free speech. It's best to "speak" or photograph from a safe distance.

Plus, from a distance you get the locomotives in a proper context.

All that good stuff happening up there this week almost makes me wish I was a "Damnyankee" (and helping out with the activities)...............:)

Veteran worker of several NRHS Conventions,