Scranton, PA

Why this stop matters

Scranton built itself on anthracite coal and the railroads that hauled it: the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western was one of the last major US carriers to run scheduled passenger steam. Today the Steamtown National Historic Site preserves much of that heritage in the former DL&W shops.

Steamtown grew out of a private locomotive collection assembled by New England seafood magnate F. Nelson Blount, relocated to Scranton's former DL&W yards and made a national park by Congress in 1986. The site is also home to Big Boy No. 4012 — which is what makes the 2026 side-by-side reunion with 4014 possible.