The began service August, 1993, as designated operator of over 85 miles of
Lackawanna County trackage north, east and south from the
Scranton, Pennsylvania , terminus in
Northeastern Pennsylvania as a part of the
Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Inc.
GVT began in 1985 in Upstate New York marketing rail-related services to both private and public industry throughout the northeast.
The Lackawanna County Rail Authority approached GVT to operate its owned rail lines within
Lackawanna and
Monroe Counties. From Scranton north to the city of
Carbondale on lines of the former
Delaware And Hudson Railway 's Pennsylvania Branch, from Scranton east into Monroe County on lines of the former
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and from Scranton south to Montage Mountain,
Moosic on lines of the former
Lackawanna And Wyoming Valley Railroad third-rail
Interurban Streetcar line.
These are the lines hosting the seasonal passenger trains of both the
Steamtown National Historic Site and the
Electric City Trolley Museum and now under the jurisdiction of the new
Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority .
Since the summer of 1998, the D-L, under a haulage agreement with the
Canadian Pacific Railway , has been running unit Canadian grain trains between Scranton and the Harvest States Grain Mill at Pocono Summit, PA. Operated by D-L crews these trains average about 45 cars and up to 4 locomotives provided by the CPR. Even though CPR
EMD SD40-2 s are the rule, occasionally a rare specimen will make its way onto the D-L.
The D-L Railroad, according to its website, provides "friendly customized service" to over 25 customers in the Scranton / Pocono region, and interchanges with two Class I carriers:
Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Delaware-Lackawanna is renowned as a bastion for both rebuilding and operating 50-year-old
ALCO diesels up and down the
Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania on a daily basis.
A new unified color scheme of gray and white with red and yellow stripes has begun to be applied to GVT system units in 2006 as they exit the South Scranton shops this year.
- The 2006 Annual Convention of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) took place in Scranton on the D-L at the Steamtown National Historic Site on site behind the Mall At Steamtown September 20, 2006-September 24, 2006, travelling a Cincinnati – Chicago – St. Albans, VT – Steamtown, PA – Chicago – Cincinnati route over the 14-day event. Many past Presidential and historic rail cars attended with a round-trip steam-powered run to the Delaware Water Gap on September 21, 2006.
