Here is a vid. What do you think of the color?

http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=2425

Real nice!! I like the blue- it's nearly (or is) the same color as the blue comet--- and the white accents are nice, too. Very nice video--

Awesome video! Great-looking engine, too! The only change I would make to the engine is that I would have used gold or white paint around the windows on the cab instead of the red.

Might have to book a trip on one of the excursions this fall.

Andy

Dang, that's a pretty train!


Kent in SD

So did Steamtown or RBM&N rebuild it?

What's with the EMD's Spittin out so loud in the beginning of the video?

I think that volunteers did the work at the Rdg and norhern shops.

Somebody ought to tell 'em to shut off the dad-blamed bell!

(Although I have been guilty ringing the bell for many miles in the 765 because I couldn't hear it ringing!)

Very great looking for sure. I agree the red window sash has to go. But otherwise...stunning.

Great job on the engine. Would have rather seen the 2102 (or is it 2100?) back in steam, but with the lack of steam in the east, any steam is good steam. Engine has a very nice tune to the whistle, kinda reminds me of a higher pitched version of the one on 765.

Thank you! I really enjoyed the video. The melodic sound of the whistle takes me back 55+ years to a PRR grade crossing near my grandma's house. "How sweet it is!"

Ray

425 is my all-time favorite engine, and it's thrilling to see it back in action! It's been, what, 9 years or more since it ran?

Steamtown must have done at least some work on her, as I remember seeing it partially disassembled in the roundhouse there.

Thank you so much for the video. You made my day!

FYI, Steamtown did no do the work. The R&N hired a few people to work on her (must have been non-stop) and took them a little bit over a year to finish.

Talked to one of the RBN guys off a deadhead who got down to throw a switch in Jim Thorpe last year. Said some of the guys from the railroad were working on it. He also said he wished it was the T1. Me too!

Is that what they call "quilling" of the whistle?

Rich,

You mention not hearing the bell. I can just imagine how loud your work environment is in the cab. Do you guys wear ear protection? Or would that hinder communication with the fireman?

Jon

Sure is a pretty engine! Where is Port Clinton? and is it close to York or Scranton? Hope to be down there for the Fall York meet this year and would like to see "her" in person.

listening to that whisle I wonder if someone dare run the crossing gates, after seing the one guy at the gates? Beautiful engine where is it running I'm not to far away from York or the Jim Thorpe.

Jamie

Why did they paint the engine blue? I mean I like it a lot, but it just seems strange for a steam engine that doesn't run on the Island Of Sodor to be any other color than black.

Replying to Albertstrains, Port Clinton, PA is a little town a bit North of Pottsville. This is approx. 80 miles south of Scranton. If it weren't for the Reading and Northern locating its offices there, very few people would know of its existance. Since the early 90's the RBMN has invested a lot of money into building their offices, loco shops, roundhouse and business car storage area here. In 1991, this was the spot I videotaped 2102 on a runby, and it was a weed covered field with two tracks. What a difference.

I got my tickets for June 21st - Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe: Happy Father's Day dad!

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Originally posted by prrhorseshoecurve:
So did Steamtown or RBM&N rebuild it?

What's with the EMD's Spittin out so loud in the beginning of the video?

STEAMTOWN COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT IF THEY HAD THE WHOLE STAFF AND VISITORS HELPING .......................... HA! ITS TRUE

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I can just imagine how loud your work environment is in the cab. Do you guys wear ear protection?

When I ran the 765 in the 80's and 90's I did NOT wear hearing protection. I am paying for that today.

About 3 months ago I purchased a couple of very tiny (and VERY expensive!) over-the-ear digital hearing aids. My high frequency response was down 30 db at 4,000 hz and 45db at 8,000 hz. Needless to say, I had to turn things up loud to get enough highs to make anything out of it. Sounds were loud enough, they just weren't CLEAR enough because everything sounded like a radio with the treble turned all the way down.

These hearing aids are connected to a computer and their response curve is tuned to be the exact opposite of the response curve of my ears, thus restoring flat response. They include half-octave tuning from 400 hz to 15,000 hz, adjustable compression, wind noise suppression and a lot of other high-tech parameters. They have changed my life.

When I run a locomotive today - steam or diesel - I take the hearing aids out and insert ear plugs. I don't use the roll-up foam things, they are awful! Their response curve is terrible and they totally eliminate all the high frequency sounds. I use the type that evenly suppresses all frequencies so I can still hear the delicate machinery and air sounds of the steam locomotive that I need to hear, they are just quieter.



P.S. Hey Joe! Please stop typing in ALL CAPS! It is considered rude to do that on the internet., It is the equivalent of shouting.

Yes, I find it interesting that Steamtown(govt subsidized)still has not finished 1361 Pacific but a private company has one completed and running in a year. That should tell you something. Also, I know 1361 sat at the Curve for 28 years and is a well known engine but what is the story on the Reading and Northern 425? No one seems to make a big deal out of that one and I believe R&N did a great job!