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Coal Mine Locomotives – Industrial History

A chain of two abandoned mine locomotives sit still, parked and untouched for decades in front of the shaft.

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A chain of two abandoned mine locomotives sit still, parked and untouched for decades in front of the shaft.

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The Ghost of the Mine Hospital stands in the doorway.

A mine hospital sits at the end of a collapsed mine tunnel.

A coal mine tunnel which has been resourcefully braced with rails to support the roof.

This transfer station moved carts back and forth between tracks when going up and down the shaft. It was powered by a hoist (left, not pictured).

This mine hoist solely existed to power a transfer station, making small movements to shift carts between tracks.

An old explorer left his mark where the tunnel ends in collapse.

A large hoist sits next to the end of the shaft, to assist in mine operations.

Deep in an abandoned mine, a mine shaft sits still as the groundwater trickles down. It really feels like a gate to hell when you are down there. This shaft was double-tracked to support carts moving in either direction.

A working Toledo Scale sits still in an abandoned hospital power plant.

This transfer station moved carts back and forth between tracks when going up and down the shaft. It was powered by a hoist atop an incline plane (right, not pictured).

A chain of two abandoned mine locomotives sit still, parked and untouched for decades in front of the shaft.

A transitory state, if you will

A close-up of a dashboard in a colorful, rusted and rotted out car in the woods.

Pipe Walk

Delaware Lackawanna no. 3007 sits idle at Steamtown.

The main, central alleyway of the Scranton Lace Factory. The facility is undergoing demolition at this point, visible in the back. The foreground buildings are quite overgrown.

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The Sewer Angel

Deep in the mine on a photography expedition, an explorer's silhouette is seen in a cloud of cigarette smoke.

Emergency lighting on...

This EIMCO mucker sits abandoned deep in a coal mine. A mucker is a special type of excavator/bulldozer that scoops mud and launches it directly backwards over itself. These are especially common in underground mining where space is tight. The particular mine this machine was found in was filled with ridiculous amounts of mud, so it makes a lot of sense to find it here.

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