Back To Jim Thorpe

Today I drove over to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, which I visited in October 2019.  This time, I didn't take a train ride on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, but wanted to do some hiking.  One place I wanted to see was the Glen Onoko Falls, but according to a sign, the trail to that waterfall has been closed since 2019.  I wandered around and was able to take a pic of the tracks on which the LGSR runs.  Through some small trees, you can also see a gravel path beyond the tracks, which at one time was the roadbed for a line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey.  To make a long story short, the tracks were originally laid down by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and now belong to the Reading & Northern Railroad.

I found my way down to the bank of the Lehigh River and took a shot of a tunnel which at one time connected to a bridge, whose supports are still around.  This is the tunnel that I explored back in October 2019.  The tunnel and bridge were also along the Central New Jersey line.

I decided to hike northward along the gravel path that runs in parallel with the tracks.  This picture, sadly, is poorly focused.  It seems that I get a few such "bad apples" from time to time.

The next picture is also not well focused, but you can still read the sign warning about some of the local residents.

After I turned around and started walking back toward where I had parked the Bigfootmobile, a northbound train came down the tracks.  Here's the front end including the locomotive.  Although it was moving, my camera had no trouble focusing on it.

Here are two cars toward the rear end of the train.

After I arrived back at the Bigfootmobile, I left Jim Thorpe going northward on PA Route 903.  On the way out, I stopped at the memorial to the town's namesake.  It includes two statues of him, this one showing him throwing a discus.

The memorial includes this mausoleum, which contains Thorpe's remains.  Ironically, he never visited the town which bears his name during his lifetime.

The other statue shows Jim Thorpe running with a football.

The memorial also includes this sculpture, entitled The Spirit of Thunder and Lightning, which is surrounded by informational displays about Thorpe's life.

For more about the Jim Thorpe Memorial, go to PABucketlist.