Reading & Northern OSJT: Full Chase of the Fall Foliage Express!

[@RobTuck1475]

It does me heart so good to see the "F" out and running, stunning as ever!!! Thank you Reading and Northern for sharing the "show ponies" with us diehard railfans!! Stay safe my friends.

[@jamesstuart3346]

Super Dome is awesome...also the RDC. Great vid!

[@rj78productions88]

That is a thing of beauty. I definitely love seeing this history preserved.

[@CSX3194]

Glad to see these Fs found a new home!

[@trainsandtrams2020]

I could spend hours of watching such vintage trains, thanks for catching 22 mins full of action! :) Those black and white F units look and sound soooo good, it's like taking a trip back in time.

[@craigpalmer5693]

Awesome picture in pennsylvania fast passnger train hauling butt on the track keep it coming friend bless you be safe

[@Mason58654]

Nice to see engines in shiny new paint of the quaint Road of Anthracite in good old Pennsylvania. Classic EMD locomotives, the F units are.

[@damkayaker]

# 270 is the type of locomotive I had as a kid with HO scale trains. They're very classic.

[@vettebecker1]

Those NS units turned out nice!!

[@ChadsRailfanExperience]

Those F's look sharp

[@masonallenbuskirk5648]

Nice diesels! Classics those are!

[@cpbethlehem6548]

Thank you. Great video. I was on this train ride. It was great. I saw myself when we were pulling into Jim Thorpe.

[@PrismRisen]

Very well done! The equipment was obviously special, and I really liked the re-start at Tamaqua, where you framed the signals on the right and town on the left, and those special crossing bells at New Ringold were also a treat. Congrats to Reading and Northern for running this train.

[@artelwell8027]

Wowowow 💕 I just love the EMD F in this video, loooking shArp

[@kansasstatealerting717]

Those units are beautiful, especially the horn 270 has.

[@Steven_Rowe]

An unusual train indeed. The third loco looks so out of place a d also the Bud rail car. Love the old clerestory coaches and the last car at the back. Really need to come back to the US again. Would love to see more steam like 4014 and also the typical wild west wood burning 440s.

[@martinross5521]

These are great views of really impressive units and a special train. Must be a fine trip to make for seeing the fall colors.

[@DelcoImagery]

I got some photos of those a few days ago of those F units and I love em! Too bad NS got rid of them! Great Video!!

[@reidselby2569]

Great job....thanks for posting !

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Good Catch! I really like how they go at a fairly good speed with their excursion trains. 😊

[@thebeaz1]

Yeah well since there is no foliage to look at, they might as well.

[@ronaldwahlerssr1197]

Being avid railfan is. The best Seeing the.F out and. about makes Worth it

[@dougalexander5871]

Sounds like it still has its proper Southern horn. Wonderful images, wonderful sounds!

[@LindaSmith-vi8qm]

Love this amazing video. Great job!

[@sd90mac61]

Excellent footage!!!!!👍💯. Unfortunately that rail is in desperate need of attention 😯😦😧😵😭 any faster and them coach cars are jumpn the tracks, they need to get their butts in gear and GET TO WORK, IM SURPRISED THEM FREIGHT DIDN'T JUMP THE TRACKS, BOY IS THAT VERY VERY BADDD!!! GREAT CLIP. More please 👍😃

[@gailyncookMilwRR]

Don't fret over that, the tracks are not really that bad. It is an allusion caused by using the zoom lens on a camera. Everything gets compressed close together. If you watch as he zooms back out that compressed look goes away!

[@XY_Dude]

I just love those old round-nose locos. They look so cool (IMHO)

[@World.of.Railways]

Very interesting trains, nice video! Best Regards Railherbie from Germany

[@FreihEitner]

Fairly incredible shots! And I thank you for not doing the ever-present zoom-out zoom-out done in so many railfan videos whenever a train starts to get near enough to actually see it.

[@petersmith4455]

hi from england, wish we had these emd 7s here in england, they look really great. truley a classic loco.

[@pawfan]

In stereo...Love it!

[@toddw6716]

Very nice job

[@rudolphkopp9902]

We code our train movements differently in Australia. For example, Journey Beyond Rail's "Great Southern" is coded 2TA8 on ARTC's CTC computers. 2=Monday, T=Taree NSW [first stop in NSW, although the train originated in Brisbane], A=Adelaide, 8=locomotive hauled passenger train. The "Great Southern" equipment, manufactured by the Budd Company in Red Lion PA, looks every the same as any of the Budd built passenger trains in North America. This train is usually 28- to 31-cars in length [including 2 HEP cars], hauled by 2 locomotives [NR-30, NR-31] painted in bright pumpkin colour with the train's logo on the side. Videos of this train may be located on KZbin.

[@aidena8617]

At 19:57 why was smoke coming from first truck of baggage car up at the front of the train?

[@jozsefcsabaszentannai3725]

A mozdony szép de a vasút.....Európához képest Síralmas. Szégyen !

[@geneleis6111]

Great video, nicely done.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Congrats on getting monetization! I'm happy for you! Great video 👍✔🙂

[@Philb68888]

Great video. What camera did you use?

[@buffaloarearailfan9928]

Awesome Video! Love that K5LA!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

I didnt realize it got so dark at the end

[@solutions2exist556]

Excellent ..., just excellent.

[@TrainsOnGoPro]

Nice Train! Awesome Video!

[@RailfanFox]

Glad to see those cigarette packs still looking nice and shiny lol

[@bpp325]

What's the function of the RDC on the rear? Great video btw, thanx.

[@KCUnionStationTrains]

Nice catch and chase of these units!

[@BorisLu]

Super video!

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Amazing work

[@DJAYPAZ]

Thanks for not using too muck zoom. Thumbs up.

[@norfolksouthern9893]

I Remember When That F Unit And B Unit Where Norfolk Southern

[@ironmatic1]

so does everyone else

[@skimmer8774]

Beautiful coverage of beautiful train. Did you notice the railroad truck at frames 556 cross the rails while bells and lights were still on?

[@jeremylando40]

Hopefully this year it’ll be 2102 leading the train

[@daciatravel.647]

Very good video!

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

Nice Coverage 🌳🌳🇮🇳🌳🌳

[@RealMelodyBlue]

EMD F9ARenumbered from 4270, Sold to RBMN 12/2019 Built As: BO 937 (F7A) Built: 1/1952

[@brianfalzon6739]

Wonder if the line near the R&N in Reading is connected to Norfolk Southern?

[@1940limited]

I think it is.

[@brianfalzon6739]

@@1940limited Ok, thanks for the info!

[@1940limited]

@@brianfalzon6739 I've seen NS bring cars in for storage on BMR&N via Lower Reading.

[@FDNY8231]

Beautiful K5LA ... Is that second unit an SD60 or SD70?

[@johnkleinfelter8346]

5018 is an sd50-2. They have the full roster on their website.

[@FDNY8231]

@@johnkleinfelter8346 Thanks

[@class8866]

Slightly over powered,but impressive sight. Greetings from Germany !!

[@wasimgrouppvt8314]

Great video 👍✔🙂

[@tums2254]

Great video!

[@John-cj7et]

Excellent videograpy great timing on the wide and tight shots. Everything centered properly. Professional quality. Give me more!

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video! I chased this train two weeks later. What road is the crossing at 15:15 on?

[@dwkcamman611]

Nice work!

[@1940limited]

What was the RDC in the consist for?

[@russgrunert1306]

Dynamic Braking?

[@1940limited]

@@russgrunert1306 Beats me. The modern locomotive behind the F units was supposed to do that.

[@s.mittle]

I wonder what Aberdeen Carolina and Western done to theirs

[@ednorton47]

Probably yard switchers.

[@PhippsRailProductions]

Needs a better horn than a Generic Amtrak K5LA. Great looking consist though, and they sound great. So does that SD50.

[@1940limited]

Agreed.

[@NCXDesigns]

I got questions. 1. I thought they cancelled these due to COVID. 2. Why did they need the SD50? 3. This is the first time I have seen the new lettering on the Super dome, was it open to the riders? Or was it still only accessible to VIPs? Loved the video and thanks for sharing it. Love the new paint scheme on the SD50.

[@CrossbuckProductions]

They cancelled the first set of excursions in April and rescheduled them. The SD50 was there purely for dynamic brake power.

[@bconzzers]

Seems strange to me for RBMN to need to put an SD50 behind the babies, but what do I know.

[@johnkleinfelter8346]

Probably just showing off the new paint scheme. There was another engine outside of port Clinton roundhouse being painted to match.

[@NCXDesigns]

@@johnkleinfelter8346 was it another SD50? What happened to 426 since they moved excursion ops from Jim Thorpe due to the mayor wanting to tax them $500,000 ? I know Andy wasn’t happy, he released a scathing press release about it all. I am sure they repainted that LGSRY unit by now.

[@johnkleinfelter8346]

@@NCXDesigns I didn’t get a good look at it (was on the train) but it was probably an sd50. Not sure about 426

[@1940limited]

@@NCXDesigns Corrupt PA politics once again.

[@D445Scilla]

Majestic!

[@johnathanhardin152]

Who bought the other two F units?

[@NCXDesigns]

That has been kept private I am still trying to find that out myself. All 4 units were indeed sold at the auction Andy Muller got these. NS got rid of them because they were racking up costs and they weren’t as powerful as the SD70mac they use now. They only need 1 loco for the OCS now.

[@okmrocksU]

I am curious about something!? I am from Oklahoma, but I know enough about this area to be dangerous. I have been to JT many times, as I have family in the area and have spent the day there photographing 425 back when it had blue drivers with the white star in the middle of them. I think I have also seen it with the black drivers the last time I visited. However, my question is where did they turn this train around? As it was leaving JT station, it headed on south, so is there a Wye located somewhere between JT and Lehighton? Most of the track along there is blocked from view. I do remember the track at Packerton where there was once a long warehouse type building along the track, that was torn down about a decade ago, but only a single track and not any switches, or turnouts.

[@NWORails_Off_Topic]

I wonder how many steam and diesel passenger trains are left

[@ta455driver]

You cant beat classic F power no matter what came afterwards.. they had such style

[@tommyhunter1817]

Are those F’s from Norfolk Southern?

[@vner]

EMD POWER :)

[@paulquick8806]

Totally Awsome. .💪💪👍👍🚂🚂🍺

[@silviodebarrospinheiro9671]

From ? to ?

[@robertheiney5436]

Were those first 3 coaches, de-electrified Blue Liners?

[@NCXDesigns]

If you ever get a chance to ride, they explain the history of the cars. The “Pink” faded cars are indeed commuter rail cars. They were at one time electrified. RBMN owns a fleet of these for the special excursions. I counted 23 last time I was there 2 years ago.

[@1940limited]

@@NCXDesigns They're former Lackawanna MUs in service on DL&W, EL, Conrail briefly and NJ Transit from 1930 to 1984 between Dover, NJ and Hoboken. I rode them many times. Nice to see they're still in service. A lot of them went to excursion railroads. If you look at the trucks you'll see DL&W embossed in them

[@robertheiney5436]

@@1940limited They looked like the old Reading "Blue Liners" MU's. I used to ride them into Philly from West Trenton.. Built in Berwick, PA. I would love to take the ride, but I live in Florida, now. I have no reason to visit PA, anymore. All my friends, are gone.

[@1940limited]

@@robertheiney5436 I grew up mostly in NJ near the old Lackawanna main line and rode the MU electrics often. Our summer home in PA, also near the old DL&W main, is where we live now. BM&R bought about a dozen of the DL&W high-roof trailer cars from NJ Trransit when they were retired in 1984 and has used them in excursion service ever since. They do bear a resemblance to the readng Blue Liners. They may ahve been made by the same company.

[@mikechasse1016]

looks like a water heater standing up in the last car.

[@1940limited]

Is there a reason why BMR&N didn't buy another A unit for an ABA set or even an AA set?

[@johnbutler1323]

The F units are from the Norfolk Southern Office Car Special fleet. NS had two A units and two B units. All four were upgraded to GP38-2 standards before running as power for the Office Car Special for several years. New management decided to sell them off in 2019 and put them up for action. Presumably BMR&N only had the money for the two at the time. The other two were sold to Aberdeen, Carolina & Western.

[@robertthomas9882]

Why are restored units almost always accompanied and powered by helper engines?

[@billconserva1461]

That smoking Budd car, Geez, rebuild that engine already !

[@brianzybura8633]

You should enjoy watching rolling coal. LOL.

[@NCXDesigns]

That’s actually normal... the old RDC cars smoked like that, they are also exempt from emissions standards since they are vintage.

[@martywright4403]

Old Norfolk Southern locomotives with a Ns air horn

[@Adirondack-Mohawk-DistrictRF06]

Are those f units the ex ns units

[@needles_sub3307]

yes

[@mickeyrourke2066]

Nice....

[@rickledges4412]

A bit of "rough track" at 6:20,

[@gailyncookMilwRR]

Don't fret over that, the tracks are not really that bad. It is an allusion when using a zoom lens on the camera. Everything gets compressed close together. If you watch as he zooms back out that compressed look goes away.

[@thecapisoffyt]

I like the fact that some places he got wrong

[@gailyncookMilwRR]

I'm not sure if he got it wrong. However, when I did google map the cities I did get confused about the route the train took! But then I live in Texas, and have never been to Pennsylvania!

[@thecapisoffyt]

@@gailyncookMilwRR i need to rewatch the video to tell you what he got wrong if you want

[@SgtPotatoChip6356]

Now that's cool.

[@er1073]

Why is there smoke or steam coming from the 2nd to the last car?

[@FreihEitner]

It is a Rail Diesel Car (RDC) which is self-propelled (has its own diesel engine and running gear). Evidently it was in use on this run and not simply being towed as a car.

[@er1073]

@@FreihEitner thanks I didn't know that

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

Awesome

[@Harrowder22]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qai6mWdroNOGo9U // museo Ferrocarril aún se puede uno dar una vuelta en una vieja máquina de Vapor

[@shafqatmehmood5480]

Which cou try is this one plz

[@CrossbuckProductions]

United States.

[@stosh64]

Wow, @ 6:02 that is some questionable track.

[@baniorztrains5054]

super train movie

[@dennisschafer4883]

nice Train

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Nice!

[@RandomRetroTrainGuy82]

2:01

[@scr2392]

Man that bud rail car did not want to be alive looks like burning lots of oil

[@ednorton47]

Probably to provide heat for the passengers in that car.

[@scr2392]

@@ednorton47 or its just burning a lot of oil

[@RailsOfTheMidwest]

They where better without ditch lights and that horn

[@ArmaliteR10]

Most people didn't wear mask....

[@paulvanderhaegen761]

omg i am glad not living near an American railroad track the drivers ave there finger glued to the horn knob. i live in Belgium 80 yards from a railroad crossing never ave such a honker over here exept if ther is some problem

[@NCXDesigns]

Technically in America, it’s federal law to blow the horn 4 times approaching a crossing. 2 long, 1 short, 1 long.

[@1940limited]

@@NCXDesigns Some neighborhoods have a "no horn" ordinance. It seems unsafe to me.

[@martywright4403]

Some of that rail looks bad