Genesee Valley Transportation’s PA locomotive makes debut

Genesee Valley Transportation’s PA locomotive makes debut

Genesee Valley Transportation PA4 No. 190 awaits departure from Scranton, Pa., with an invitation-only excursion marking its first operation since acquisition by the company in 2023. Scott A. Hartley SCRANTON, Pa — For the first time in more than four decades, an Alco PA locomotive has hauled a passenger train in the United States. Genesee Valley Transportation’s Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad hosted an invitation-only excursion today (Friday, Jul…

Restored Alco PA Makes Debut on Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad

Otto M. Vondrak/photos by the author Wearing a smile a mile wide, Doyle McCormack was at the throttle of “Nickle Plate Road 190,” the first Alco PA diesel to operate in the United States since 1978. The restored locomotive made its debut pulling an excursion for invited guests on Genesee Valley Transportation’s Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad from Scranton to Mount Pocono, Pa., and return. These trips hosted on July 11 and 12 represented the culmin…