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FACILITIES
Roundhouse
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location
In the Museum Complex at Steamtown
Exhibits
Steam Locomotives are serviced inside this restored Roundhouse (built in 1902, enlarged in 1917 and 1937).
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Theater
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Exhibits
Steamtown's 18-minute film, 'Steel and Steam,' shows here daily every half-hour.
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Turntable Plaza
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Special Programs
Periodically during the train operating season, steam and diesel locomotives are turned on the turntable.
Exhibits
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad coal hopper car; New Haven Trap Rock Company locomotive; Lehigh and New England Railroad caboose; Rutland Railroad flat car; Berlin Mills Railway 7 locomotive; 90-foot working turntable in an historic 1912 turntable pit.
MUSEUMS
History Museum
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location
In the Museum Complex at Steamtown
Special Programs
Temporary Exhibit: The Railroads During World War II
Exhibits
Timeline of Railroading; Labor, Business and Government; the Truesdale Gallery; Life on the Railroad; Recreations of the interior of four Delaware, Lackawanna & Western passenger depots; Louisville & Nashville 1100, a Railway Post Office Car; Erie 3, a railroad business car
Available Facilities
Restrooms
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Technology Museum
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location
In the Museum Complex at Steamtown
Exhibits
'Sectioned' steam locomotive with a visible interior; Rutland Caboose and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Boxcar open for exploration; Making and Using Steam; Engineer and Fireman; Locomotive Design; Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives; Building a Railroad; Railroad Jargon; Whistle Signals; Position and Color Signals; Roundhouse Office; Railroad Architecture; Railroad Disasters; Railway Mail Service; Telegraphy; Model of the Scranton yards, ca. 1935; Railroad Safety
Available Facilities
Restroom, Water Fountain
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VISITOR CENTERS
Visitor Center
Open
Open All Year 9:00am to 5:00pm
Phone
(570)340-5200
Special Programs
Starting point for all programs.
Exhibits
A series of 8 panels shows the development of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Scranton yard from 1851 to the opening of Steamtown National Historic Site. A 'please touch' large-scale model of a Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive is on display, as is a 'Touch and Feel' table for all ages. Two panels orient visitors to Steamtown and to other attractions in the Lackawanna Valley.
Available Facilities
Restroom, Telephones, Water Fountain
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