Southwind Rail Travel Limited

Southwind Rail Travel Limited
Reporting mark SRTX
7/2000-6/2008 (not listed)
Locale Luzerne County,
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Dates of operation 1983–Present
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Southwind Rail Travel Limited (reporting mark SRTX) is a leasing company that provides locomotives and rolling stock to railroad companies.

Mainline passenger train runs utilizing equipment of Southwind Rail Travel Limited between Pittston, Pennsylvania, over the Pocono Northeast Railway to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, commenced in the fall of 1983.

Southwind began service in 1983, operating a heritage railroad passenger excursion train on a 35-mile route in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania that was owned by the Pocono Northeast Railway.[1]

SRTL owns ex-Delaware & Hudson ALCO RS-36 diesel locomotive No. 5019, most recently leased to the former Upper Hudson River Railroad and focuses on leasing locomotives and rolling stock for heritage railroad excursion companies in the northeastern United States. They have partnered with Pocono Northeast, Steamtown USA, Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad and Upper Hudson River Railroad.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Pocono Northeast Timeline". NEPA.Railfan.Net. Retrieved 2009-09-020. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Owned by Southwind Rail Travel". AlcoWorldRailfan. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  3. ↑ "The Trains of the Upper Hudson River Railroad". Upper Hudson River Railroad. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
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