Steam & Excursion > RBM&N 425 - Pacing the Great Pacific

Climb along as we pace legendary Pacific #425 of the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern on the return trips of her first weekend of Fall Color Excursions in 2017. Sit back and watch as the Pacific's hallowed stack talk is put on display, along with loud shrill of a former Reading RR 6-Chime Whistle. Enjoy!

Tehachapi-TJ Over & Out.

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Very nice! How fast were you going? Can't wait to meet up with you for this weekends ride and chase!

George Cataulin
San Diego, CA
Left Coast Rail Videos

Nice video and a beautiful whistle, TJ! Why was the bell constantly swinging? I didn't see the fireman hangin' on the cord?..

Excellent video. I'm guessing that the train was going around 40 to 45 miles per hour. Someday hopefully they will have the T-1 2102 in service once again to go along with the 425.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Excellent video , enjoyed

Track speed for this particular section of the railroad is 25 mph. That is about what the engine is doing here. Also, when the engine is working this hard, the bell is impossible to hear in the cab. So, sometimes we just forget to shut it off! Lol

Chris Bost
Leesport, PA

Very nice! Thank you!

John Meixel
Longmont, CO

Great pacing job! I remember reading about the 425 in Railfan mag back in the early '90's, then was thrilled to see her at Steamtown's grand opening in '95 where I got to see a lot her operations and have always been impressed with her.

TJ, enjoyed your RBM&N 425 along the highway and through the woods video. Wonderful sound...

Chris is correct on speed as I was the chase driver. We were never above 25 MPH.

What you really don't get from the video is how loud it really was, it really was deafening as both TJ and I commented after how much our ears hurt, but it was really cool.

This Saturday we are in the gondola to Jim Thorpe so more to come.

Tehachapi-Dave



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/17 18:54 by tehachapi-dave.

patd3985 Wrote:
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> Nice video and a beautiful whistle, TJ! Why was
> the bell constantly swinging? I didn't see the
> fireman hangin' on the cord?..

Perhaps a bell with a motor?

Air ringer on the bell. Very common.

What a fantastic video and a very good looking locomotive. I like the dark blue paint, something better than black.

I am a western member, where was this filmed?

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That's a sweet engine and sounds terrific. Video was kind of deceptive as she didn't sound like she was working that hard but she was in the corner. Steam engines, particularly "talkers" like her and 1522 were really hard to get the full effect on video. The bell "silently" ringing is a giveaway. Strong exhaust is another.
Seeing these videos just make me miss doing that even more.

What highway/road were you following to catch this lengthy stretch of adjacent rail trackage?

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> That's a sweet engine and sounds terrific. Video
> was kind of deceptive as she didn't sound like she
> was working that hard but she was in the corner.


I noticed her being "in the corner" also. I would be interested in hearing an explanation for why, at 25 MPH, she would needed to have been "in the corner".

Great video, nice job holding the camera still.

We started in Nesquehoning, PA (3 to 4 miles 3 to 4 west of Jim Thorpe) on PA Route 54 (Stock Street) and traveled west until we turned onto Park Ave. Grade is quite stiff here.

Tehachapi-Dave

HotWater Wrote:
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> Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> > That's a sweet engine and sounds terrific.
> Video
> > was kind of deceptive as she didn't sound like
> she
> > was working that hard but she was in the corner.
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> I noticed her being "in the corner" also. I would
> be interested in hearing an explanation for why,
> at 25 MPH, she would needed to have been "in the
> corner".

Look again. Look closer. NOT in the corner. Close, but not in the corner. Grade here is a little under 1%. Train was a sold out 14 cars plus the diesel for dynamic brakes on the down grade. About 1/3rd more of a train than she was designed for, but she did the job very well.

Chris Bost
Leesport, PA

Thanks Chris. In the video, looked like the link was all the way down. She is an awesome little engine and I'd like to see her in person one of these days. Does she have a stoker? The Delta truck looks really nice on her.
Know the situation well. Always ran 1522 up Rolla Hill and several times far above her tonnage rating on the heavy 6 mile grade. Lots of noise.