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Gateway to the Clouds: The Story of a Short Line Railroad, The Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad, 1902-1926

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I originally discovered this old railroad line by accident while looking at the Pennsylvania Company's Gravity Railroad. Doing some research to find out about this railroad line lead me to this book. The book has very good information about the complete history of this short lived railroad. Most of the photographs are of Moosic Lake itself and only a few from the railroad line but this is probably the best book you could find about this former railroad line. I have photographed the remains of this railroad and posted them on my site here.

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I am very happy with this book and from the service and timely manner that I received the book.

by Terry Bonifanti, The Scranton Times-Tribune, Namedropper

Alan and Judy Hennemuth Sweeney were partying with pens in hand Friday evening at their Moosic Lake summer home.

The Green Ridge residents were signing copies of their new book, "Gateway to the Clouds: The Story of a Short Line Railroad, the Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad - 1902-1926," which has just been published by Tribute Books of Eynon.

"Gateway to the Clouds" is a history book and its proceeds will benefit the Lackawanna Historical Society, Alan said.

"It's a story very few people remember in our generation, maybe two generations past," he said, of his and Judy's book on the small railroad designed "expressly to bring people from the valley where they worked up to the Gateway to the Clouds," an amusement resort at Moosic Lake.

Along with the Sweeneys' daughters, Kara and Rachel, those at the book-signing party hosted by Susan Hennemuth and the Moosic Lake Women's Club, included: Alyn and Judy Scheatzle, Michael Crowley, Karen and Mike Yeager, Vito and Elaine Geroulo, Pete and Ann Shorten, Mike and Mary Gunning, Richard and Jane McLaughlin, Richard and Mary Jo McArthur, T.C. Connelly, Joe and Ellen McGrath, Frank and Layla Kane, Peggy and Jack Kubash, Ann Divivo, John, Cathy and Pinsey Butler, Karen and Pat Dempsey, Bill and Lynn Taylor, Pete and Nancy Votas and Nancy Luciani.

A story on the Short Line is a natural for the Sweeneys. Alan is president of the historical society and chairman of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority. Judy grew up at Moosic Lake. A retired Scranton elementary school teacher now working for Keystone College's education department, Judy is the author of a six-book series called Blending Language Skills. Alan also has co-authored (with Cheryl Kashuba and Darlene Lanning-Miller) "The History of Scranton" for Arcadia Press which is due out in October.