The Luzerne & Susquehanna.

Originally when I started this webpage, I wasnt planning to have anything about the
Luzerne & Susquehanna here, because this page was about "The Shortline Railroads of Owego"..but the L&S is clearly a part of the entire O&H/L&S/Lehigh Railway story, and L&S motive power is clearly intertwined with Owego operations, so I thought a L&S roster would be appropriate to this page, just for the sake of roster completeness..

Im not going to bother with the Meridian Southern Railway yet! ;)
only because as far as I know, there have been no roster/locomotive connections between
the MDS and the OHRY or LS. 

The Luzerne & Susquehanna is a shortline in the Wilkes-Barre, PA area.
It started operations in 1994, two years after the Owego & Harford, as the second shortline
in the O&H family.

(see page 2 for a complete history and timeline)

Luzerne & Susquehanna 30 is the identical twin sister of Tioga Scenic 40.
Both SW1's originally were built for the Boston & Maine, then to Springfield Terminal,
then to Provencial Shortline, then to LS/TC
Notice (photo below) that number 30 is still showing her B&M 1127 markings!
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And that makes five known LS units:

LS 30 -     EMD SW1
LS 40 -     EMD SW1
LS 50 -     EMD SW7
LS 1216 - GMD SW1200 RS
LS 1751 - EMD GP9

Today (2008) three are operating with the L&S (30, 50, 1751)
and two are with the O&H in Owego (40 and 1216)

(im still not absolutely sure if 40 was ever technically a LS unit, or if she has always been in Owego)

there is also currently a leased unit on the L&S, BDLX 1201, an EMD SW1200.
Some on-line rosters list this unit as actually belonging to the L&S,
but because it is still wearing BDLX reporting marks, and not LS marks,
I would consider it leased and not on the actual LS roster.

Oddly, there are actually two different units lettered BDLX 1201!
they are very obviously different units, but are both shown wearing BDLX 1201
markings at the same time in 2007 and 2008...quite unusual.

This might actually imply that the BDLX 1201 on the L&S is really now owned by the L&S?
but they havent gotten around to replacing the reporting marks yet?
perhaps..

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