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  • She's baaaaaack! (RB&N 425 back in steam)

  • Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

Moderator: Franklin Gowen

 #485620  by uhaul
 
Nice to see another steam locomotive steaming. Go Reading!

Kwanzaa
12/26-1/1

 #485670  by 3rdrail
 
Beautifully done video. What's the car in back of the tender - electric generator ?

 #485687  by David Hutchinson
 
When RDG 2102 foirst ran on the old Iron Horse Rambles, it had a whistle from the G-1 class Pacifics...... sue sounds like the same whistle. Brings back memories of going along the Perkiomen Branch and stopping for a Speed Picture Stop at Zionsville..........

 #485717  by uhaul
 
Possibly an electric generator. I was thinking of a head end power set to keep the passenger cars nice and warm.

Kwanzaa
12/26-1/1

 #486123  by glennk419
 
3rdrail wrote:Beautifully done video. What's the car in back of the tender - electric generator ?
Yes, that's exactly what it is. The car contains a diesel powered generator to provide 3 phase 480 VAC (Amtrak standard) power to the coaches for lighting and HVAC.

 #486267  by mitch kennedy
 
WOW WOW WOW WOW!!
Remember when she was decked out as the "Blue Comet" around 1975 and Tom Snyder closed out his old "Tomorrow" program with live coverage by helicopter on the NY&LB?
Mitch

 #489776  by EDM5970
 
Mitch, sorry, but I think you have the 425 confused with ex-FEC 148. I was the hostler/engine watchman the night before the trip (December 1975) and I'm pretty sure I was on the 148- (Next day, I remember dozing in the third coach-)

 #489803  by metman499
 
Correct, it was the 148. I don't think that the 425 ran between Paulsen Spence and BMR.

 #490672  by EDM5970
 
Didn't the 425 run on the Valley Forge Scenic before going to BMR? Ancient history-

 #490677  by metman499
 
Duh, it did. I should have realized that. It was also stored on the Wilmington and Western for a time.