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Presently, there is no regularly scheduled passenger train service at the train station in Moscow, PA (41.337263, -75.518125). There are only excursions associated with the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, and perhaps some other events. Freight trains continue to use the tracks. In the past, this station was served by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) railroads. From about 1911 until October of 1960. In 1960, the Owl and the Twilight were westbound trains that made regular stops at this station on the way toward Scranton and onto Buffalo, NY. The New Yorker and the Pocono Express were eastbound trains that made regular stops at this station on the way to Hoboken, NJ. In 1960 the next stop eastward was Gouldsboro; the next stop westward was Scranton. In 1911, between Scranton and Moscow there were stations in Nay Aug (Scranton) and Elmhurst. Eastward, there was a station in Lehigh on the way to Gouldsboro. In September of 1960, the DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad to become the Erie Lackawanna Railroad and began operating as such in October of 1960. Soon afterward, passenger trains no longer served this station. For about two months in late 1965, the Moscow station was listed as a “flag” station for the Pocono Express route. This meant that the Pocono Express would stop if there were passengers, but otherwise would pass without stopping. The Phoebe Snow was perhaps the DL&W’s and the Erie Lackawanna’s most famous train. The Phoebe Snow passed the Moscow station, but to the best of my knowledge never made scheduled stops there. Throughout the 1960’s, as the Interstate Highway System was being build, as well as other reasons, passenger rail service was being used less and less. The Phoebe Snow was discontinued on November 27, 1966. Soon afterward, the Erie Lackawanna Railroad was down to operating one passenger train a day through Scranton. The train was called the Lake Cities. It ran between New York City and Chicago. In January of 1970, the Lake Cities was discontinued. This was the end of regularly scheduled passenger rail service through Scranton. PDF files with actual passenger train schedules for the DL&W’s and the Erie Lackawanna railroads are posted at http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/PTTs/ptt.html. My beer website lager57.weebly.com/
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