Saylor Park

I love this park. It's named after David O Saylor who was 1 of the founders of America first Portland cement plant. Which those red brick vertical kilns here at Saylor park are from. There is also the slate outcrop. Saylor park sits along the Ironton rail trails 5 mile loop. The loop is relatively easy to ride/walk very slight hills, back in the steam locomotive era there was a risk of locomotive boilers exploding from water not fully covering the fire box so railroads were only between 1 and 3 % grade and the loop follows The old ironton railroad. Hence ironton rail trail. This is also a part of the D&L trail. I have rode the D&L from Lehigh Gap trail station site all the way to the freemansburg trailhead. I have some high lights of the trail from on YouTube "Anthony J Adventures." For railfan of old there is some old railroad stuff as well as a section of trolley track. I haven't rode the whole spur but there is a 4 mile spur with a vintage combination car, half restored, a fully restored caboose along the trail as well. Just past the kilns before the Coplay manitence faclity on the right in the woods is an old wood boxcar on private property it's rotted real bad but visible. There Also a Plymouth switcher locomotive up for static display restoration for Northamptons Dragon cement company. On the spur. There is also a beautiful trestle bridge you go under on the trail. Other highlights are a concrete phone booth for cementon east end yard with a utility pole with hundreds of glass insulators on it. If you visit you my see me on the trail. Great in the winter as well.