[Magdalen] Scranton

[ROGER STOKES]

I must admit the pan-handle of WV I drove across from OH to PA was also hilly.  My main trip to that state was in 2012 and I wasn't driving, and was only in one corner of it.  It didn't strike ma having too many steep hills, apart from the valleys in Harpers Ferry.
Roger
 


     On Thursday, 18 June 2015, 23:00, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 Don't go to West Virginia if you think Pennsylvania is hilly! I have never
driven in a more up-and-down place in my life! I decided when we drove
through it north to south that it must have been God's first attempt at
Texas, but God wasn't happy with it so he threw it over there in the
corner.....for surely if you flattened it out, it would be nearly
Texas-sized!

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:53 PM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> I have decided that Pennsylvania is scenic, which is a euphemism for
> hilly.  It's beautiful as well but I caqn understand some roads becoming
> very tricky in the winter.  Yesterday morning was warm, sunny and not humid
> so I decided to take a stroll in the park - Nay Aug Park to be precise.  It
> was good to explore with much to see in a small area.  Latder the day
> turned cooler so I explored a bit of the Pocono area by car.
> Knowing that the journey to Buffalo shouldn't take all day I decided to
> take time to visit the Electric City Trolley Museum first, and I was very
> glad I did.  The museum itself was very informative and told me about two
> kinds of third rail electrification I had not met before - one where the
> live rail is in the middle between the running tracks and the other where
> the train's power shoe contacted the underside of the rail rather than the
> top.  I imagine that helped when there was poor weather or something on the
> rail that inhibited contact.
>
> The trip on the trolley was longer, faster and more interesting than I had
> expected with the conductor pointing out various things alongside or
> visible from the trolley track.  From there I headed straight to Buffalo
> which passed without incident.  NY state has its hills as well, but they
> seem more rolling than the ones in PA.
> Roger
>