Photos by Kim Erickson &
Jeff Hiller
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
32 Commercial Street, Suite 200
Honesdale, PA 18431
Phone: (570) 253-1960
(800) 433-9008
Fax: (570) 253-1517
GPS
Lat.: 41 degrees 34' 17.114" N
Lon.: 75 degrees 15' 22.235" W
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Stourbridge Line
Stourbridge Line Rail Excursions
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The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce owns and operates the Stourbridge Line Rail Excursions. |
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| Your first step onto the Stourbridge Line takes you back into history - you board this passenger train on the site of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's boat basin. From this terminus, anthracite coal - brought to the basin by the D&H's gravity railroad from Carbondale and the Lackawanna Valley - made its 108-mile journey from northeastern Pennsylvania to New York City. If you would have gazed westward (up the hill) from this point in those days, you would have seen nothing but coal.
Honesdale is the birthplace of the American railroad and the small brick building which now houses the Wayne County Historical Society was once the D&H Canal's company office. On August 8, 1829, the Delaware & Hudson operated the first commercial locomotive on rails in the western hemisphere. That locomotive left from this spot, ran three miles to Seelyville and returned. | |
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Directions |
From Scranton and points west:
Take Route 81 North to Route 6 East exit (Gov. Casey Highway), Continue on Route 6 East, through Waymart and to the stop light at Main Street in Honesdale. At light, turn right onto Main Street. Proceed 4 1/2 blocks on Main. Turn right onto Torrey Lane. |
From Philadelphia and points south:
Take Valley Forge Exit to Northeast Extension of PA Turnpike to Exit 37. Take Route 81 North to Route 6 East exit (Gov. Casey Highway), Continue on Route 6 East, through Waymart and to the stop light at Main Street in Honesdale. At light, turn right onto Main Street. Proceed 4 1/2 blocks on Main. Turn right onto Torrey Lane. |
From the George Washington Bridge:
Take Route 80 West approx. 38 miles to Exit 34, Sparta, to Route 15 North to Route 206 North (approx. 18 miles), to Delaware River at Milford to Route 84 (toward Scranton) to Exit 30 (Blooming Grove). to Route 402 North (toward Hawley / Honesdale), to Route 6 West, traveling approx. 15 miles (go past Wal-Mart & Kmart) to downtown Honesdale. You will come to a series of 4 traffic lights beginning at the intersection of Route 6 and Cliff Street. Continue straight through the first 3 lights. The last light will be at the intersection of Route 191 and Terrace Street. Turn right onto Terrace Street. Travel a short distance and turn right onto Commercial Street. Turn right just past the Honesdale Self Storage Units at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce/Wayne County Visitors Center. Train parking is around the building. You may walk down the driveway to the lower level of the building to board the train. |
From the Tapanzee Bridge:
Follow NY State Thruway North to Route 17 (Harriman Exit), to Route 17 West (approx. 14 miles) to Route 17M (Goshen), to Interstate 84 West to Exit 30 (Blooming Grove). to Route 402 North (toward Hawley/Honesdale), to Route 6 West, traveling approx. 15 miles (go past Wal-Mart & Kmart) to downtown Honesdale. You will come to a series of 4 traffic lights beginning at the intersection of Route 6 and Cliff Street. Continue straight through the first 3 lights. The last light will be at the intersection of Route 191 and Terrace Street. Turn right onto Terrace Street. Travel a short distance and turn right onto Commercial Street. Turn right just past the Honesdale Self Storage Units at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce/Wayne County Visitors Center. Train parking is around the building. You may walk down the driveway to the lower level of the building to board the train. |
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