RBMN Streamlined F units get put to work pulling freight (serving as extra power/MU) on QAJT 2/2/24

Hi guys in todays video I set out to Tamqua early in the morning to catch QAJT switching cars for Panther Creek & Ametek as well as deliver said cars. To my surprise when I arrived I saw they had 270 & 275 MU'ed for extra power. I believe they were put on the consist to be set out in Jim Thorpe for weekend excursions. Hope you enjoy!
Chapters
0:00 - YJQA Boarding and moving their power up to the yard office
0:19 QAJT grabbing their power for the day
3:05 - QAJT Pulling cars for Panther Creek co gen
7:23 - QAJT Switching cars for Reynolds and Ametek
16:37 - QAJT Departing Tamaqua
18:30 - QAJT Serving Panther Creek Co Gen in Nesquehoning, PA
20:17 Re coupling to their train
21:26 QAJT @Mountain Rd & Setting Out cars at valley
23:30 QAJT out of service to JT
24:50 Pumping Gas While railfanning
25:15 - Route 93 Under Pass Nesquehoning, PA
27:37 - QAJT terminating in Jim Thorpe yard

[@davidbrown4823]

Seeing the f units at work took me back to my childhood and watching freights with A-B-B-A lash ups on CN. great video.

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

That’s great to hear! I wish I could have been born in that era to be able to experience that! They really were innovative pieces of tech for the time with the ability to have as many B units as you would need and just have the 2 A’s at either end! Glad this railroad preserves and cares about railroad history as much as they do! Never seen any other railroad like it! Thanks for watching!

[@generalsb6332]

F units and the sounds of the early EMD power plants is still the best of the diesel era. Alcos are cool and the other first gen blocks have their own uniqueness to them but none compare to the early EMDs. Nice catch. Thanks for posting

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

No problem! pleased to hear you enjoyed!

[@danielboone3770]

I never get tired of those F units!

[@batman7265]

Great catch!! Wish I was there too.

[@DaveBeard24]

Nice to see them back in action and working again awesome catch

[@robertheinkel6225]

Loved the look of the classic streamliner

[@tzrr-nsnyswmodellingmore2821]

wow cool catch! and hello from Binghamton!

[@RailFanRob]

Great footage man! I miss RN since moving to Florida a year ago. Thanks for sharing this!

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Great to hear ya enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

[@jay600katana]

Love those F's, good to see them blowing a little carbon off the valves.

[@CorvetteBob]

Love those horns!

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Me too!

[@music100vid]

Looks like that extra power let them accelerate faster and get the switching done quicker. Those are beautiful engines.

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Yes indeed, it was even better watching them in person!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Now that's an interesting combo.

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Yes it was!

[@therailfanningskeleton359]

I believe those 2 units don't have alignment couplers, as they wobble around those yard switches 😅

[@music100vid]

Nice catch!

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Thank you!

[@draytonblackgrove]

Heck yeah!

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Wonderful!

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Man those screetches! It's like I'm in the MBTA Boylston Street station again and a trolley is rounding the extra tight curve! But those F units are so nice! ☺️🥰 What a shame they're hauling freight; they should be pulling dinner and autumn foliage trains for tourists!

[@steamenginefan100]

They are going to be sitting amd doing nothing while they wait for the season to start running the F units in passenger service so why not have them make some money by hauling freight

[@mikemacheese7174]

Nice.

[@seankaiser2505]

People forget that the guts of those locos are those of GP40's or 38's, can't remember which. They're basically road freight units in an F unit shell

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Yup i believe 270 is equipped with PTC as well from its days doing OCS runs over norfolk southern when it was the 4270

[@ericposey1986]

They are GP38-2S internally.

[@mikedawson1399]

So the whole thing should be a F38-2.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Awesome catches, well done!

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Great to hear you enjoyed thanks!

[@pancakefish]

only the pros multitask and railfan ;)

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Haha thanks, assuming your referring to the gas pump scene 😂. Couldn’t have timed it more perfectly lol I had to put it in the video

[@andychandler153]

Th F's have the loudest sound horns I have ever experienced!

[@Greatdome99]

Those are called Cab units, some call them Covered Wagons, but to call these Streamliners is inaccurate. That was a Union Pacific trademark for their pre-war Streamliner trains.

[@ijgamesproductionstudios]

Ironically The F Units were built for Mostly Freight Service So this is technically what they were built for

[@jamesfeussner3606]

rbmn stands for reading boston and main and northern also some wd40 on the squeaky wheels might help its reading,bostan and main, and the great northern to be persice

[@tooling_engineer]

Putting on a Smoke show leaving Tamaqua 😂

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

Oh yeah! I was half expecting it to start shooting flames! 🤣

[@thomascostello259]

Where was this shot, and what station was in the beginning

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

The station is Tamaqua train station in Tamaqua, PA

[@charlesbeckley4619]

B

[@fredlohmann1448]

ONE IS A B UNIT THE OTHER IS STREAMLINED!