Eastern Railroad Discussion > VIP Train on New Tourist Operation

The Colebrookdale Trust Railroad's Secret Valley tourist railroad hosted local politicians and dignitaries on a trip from Boyertown to Pottstown, Pa and return today. Former PRR GP9 #7580 painted into Brunswick Green with both the CTR and PRR heralds pulled the special which included a former CN/Adirondack coach, an open car and a former PRR cabin car. Speeches were made to the assembled crowd on the return to Boyertown. The trackage is the former Reading Company Colebrookdale Branch.
First photo arriving in Boyertown
Second photo note the two different heralds
Third a roster shot of 7580

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Next speeches made from open car
Fifth a view of the ceremony
Last photo with Plymouth critter on adjacent track with the other ex-CN coach

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Was the PRR keystone that small?

Man, 7580 looks good. Great coverage Dale.

Tehachapi-TJ Over & Out.

Looks like a place that 0-6-0 CNJ #113 could run?

Or even the Reading F's that are parked at Steamtown.

I'd be curious to check out the scenery along the line.

/Mitch

Wow,
They sure did a quick job of lettering the engine. I saw it Sunday morning and it was still all black without lettering.
It's kind of interesting. the Pennsy runs on a former Reading branch and the Reading co. tech & Hist soc is on the former Schulylkill branch of the Pennsy.
Jim

Here's a link to a website for this line:

http://www.colebrookdalerailroad.com/

Scroll about 2/3 of the way down for views of the line. Looks to be very scenic. I'll have to add this one to my list once it opens to the public.

Thanks for posting. Looking forward to visiting this line. Love that Brunswick Green geep.

That's a really old coach.

A nice success story, at least so far. This line was close to being abandoned and ripped out.

Nice coverage. This morning's Reading Eagle has a nice article about this run too, although one needs to be a subscriber in order to view the article online.
Dan

Posted from iPhone

They will need to cut a lot of trees down to make that line scenic. Its a real tree tunnel. I'm thinking they named it the Secret Valley Line because you can't see it therefore its a secret! There are some interesting wood trestle bridges in the trees if you could see them! Its a real shame they can't find any freight traffic to sustain that rail line.
Gonut

GOOD stuff...!!! Thanks for sharing.