Have a great new week!!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

You too!!! BTW I found one of your Railroad Spikes at Zehners!

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR

Жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions so cool!

Gotta love those end cabs! R&N is a super cool RR. Really need to visit next time I'm back east. Great video!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, there's certainly a lot to see and do, even outside of the Steam and passenger side of things. Really something for anyone.

It's amazing how some regional railroads able to figure it out when it comes to PSR. Fixed schedule, fast freight, no super long trains, no layoffs as Class 1's did, and better reliability. It's neat to see a great regional railroad in my homestate plus their motive power.

Never seen yard switchers move that fast. Didn’t know they could. And absolutely brilliant work

@25mfd

2 ай бұрын

before the MP15 those older switchers couldn't go too fast... the types of trucks they had didn't allow it... that's why EMD began using road trucks... they allow much faster speeds, road speeds

BEAUTIFUL AND VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO.

Beautiful 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚂❤️

Great video !

Small Line switching and delivery are fun to watch. And you get that " Norman Rocwell" type of scenery

I never knew that they shipped coal in covered hoppers!! Cool information!

Nice to still see pups working.

I really enjoy that in big bold print the railroad places the model and horsepower of the engines on them.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's neat, modeled after the Reading GP40-2s

Great seeing the switchers at work.

Excellent !!! Thanks

Great video.

Excellent content 👍

Since I started getting involved in Railfanning these beautiful and powerful Locomotives with my son. It is awesome watching clips from other areas and seeing the difference in the years of these. Awesome video!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

That's cool! And yes I love the seasonal changes we get in this area. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

Nice Video 🌼🌻🇮🇳🌻🌼

The Reading and Northern is the best railroad in the United States changed my mind.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Certainly a well-run operation, no wonder Andy Muller was nominated Railroader of the year in 2022, too bad the powers to be gave it to Katie Farmer instead, not like she really did anything except help run BNSF further into the ground.

I can see why you wanted to get some of this older footage processed, this is good stuff!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, for some reason this batch turned out great, though now that I've gone through a much larger sample size I noticed there's still plenty room for improvement. The good HD-60 footage converts to 4K well for the most part, but my older DV quality stuff can only be pushed so far (none of that in this video).

I really enjoy the RBMN content!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and absolutely!

Your comment on how precise RBMN operates as opposed to Class Is got straight to the point.

Very cool!! Yeah, seeing EMD switchers handle long coal trains is certainly a treat in the 21st-century. Also, I want to thank u 4 giving me advice about the Port Road. A couple of Sunday’s ago, I went back to COLA at around 5:15 ish, and after about 45 minutes of waiting and listening to the radio, I finally got NS 632, which took me by complete surprise had it not been for the loud K5llA on the leading SD70ACE.

@RyanHatterer-Ryanns999

Жыл бұрын

Another good time is about 6:00am, just about every day on my way to work in Lancaster I see a northbound coming through Columbia, and once a week (it varies) I'll see a clear signal for a southbound at the same time.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

That's good news that you caught something. Apparently the schedule for H30 out of Lancaster has changed to later in the morning, so it's possible to see them between Marietta and Columbia before 10am.

@NSFAN8000

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Maybe in the summer. I’ll try and get him. I also saw 595 last Wednesday at around 3pm. I sadly missed the lead engines but I saw most of the rest of the train. I was surprised to see him since I thought he usually comes early in the morning, but I did a little more research via the radio and as it turns out that’s just about the time you should expect to see him so I might go get him some other time.

Your maps are always very well done

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoy making them, glad you found them helpful!

Excellent footage and information. Thanks for sharing!

Like THE good old QARG

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, good times!

Great footage / camera work …… narration is spot on / perfect if I may say

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!

Love these RBMN videos! Grew up in the Reading area and remember the colors of the Reading RR. Thanks for sharing this

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

No problem, glad you love them! Thanks for watching!

Great stuff!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Thanks.😊

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching/commenting!

Just classic railroading. This is a true tribute to the area. This video shows how underrated the SW class locomotives are.

Being a native PA resident, I enjoy your videos regarding trains in the coal regions. Keep them coming.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Yes I will have plenty more as I get time to get around to them, thanks for watching!

Hopefully those loaded coal cars come to the Morrisville yard this week during the day light and I can get a shot of them passing my work

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Seems like they stopped running 520s and just have the local crews sort it out between Reading and Stowe and Stowe and Abrams or Morrisville. While that's kind of a nuisance I've noticed they'll sometimes pull them with GPs which is really cool as well, though I think they now use SD60Es further east.

@23431

Жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions I saw it like 2 weeks ago heading west out of Morrisville right by CP Pike during the day but I was running our excavator so I couldn’t record it

Been a fan of your channel for many years. From Pa, to New England and now all over. The narration and maps really add to the videos too. Many thanks for the work you put into the channel. 👍👍On another note, the RBMN really seems to be a well run and fan-friendly line.

Great catch of the RBMN Switchers working hard pulling those open hoppers! I'm a big fan of this railroad and the MP15 EMD's. Awesome to still see these locomotives still being a big asset to the industry. Thanks again for sharing your videos with us CPRP! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching & commenting! R&N is certainly a place to see them happen. Union in Pittsburgh still uses them between the steel mills too, I need to get out and shoot one of their coke or slab trains with the MP15s.

That was excellent!

SCHUYLKILL

Highball SWs! Neato!

🎥Camera quality , amazing

Great!. Well edited and narrated with information that made the video even better.

Sweet video! Always thought NS dropped the cars off at NR, learn something new every day. Looking forward to the next round of R&N vids!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

PTC has resulted in very odd circumstances for interchange railroads that don't have PTC on their equipment. As such, NS limited R&N to "four trips per day" with a trip constituting as a move in a single direction, so going to Reading Yard and back would be two trips. NS tried to briefly make the drops and pickups at NRY but it didn't seem to be a satisfactory level of service or NS just got tired of burning crews and finally, for whatever reason, R&N is allowed back into Spring Street and over NS to Laurel Jct. Nearby East Penn Railroad is also allowed to Reading Yard and back. I believe (from what I heard) the only restriction for foreign trains is that they must not operate over 20 MPH when on NS but I cannot confirm that. I'll ask around.

@FloridaRailfan

Жыл бұрын

Okay wow I didn’t know it was such a wishy-washy situation, thanks for the clarification!

Amazing video

Awesome video! I love watching clips from other areas. Have a nice day 😊🌈

Amazing video as always, looking forward to more videos on the RBMN!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And I look forward to sharing more R&N content.

A fun and interesting video! Thanks for posting! You know, some people are saying the Norfolk-Southern should hire Andy Muller to straighten out the mess. He probably would want nothing to do with it if asked!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Now there's a thought LOL. They are definitely learning lessons the hard way, I just hope more good citizens don't get affected by their negligence.

@wayneantoniazzi2706

Жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions And how! And today N-S had ANOTHER derailment in Ohio! Twenty cars on the ground although no fatalties and no HazMat this time. Is the once-mighty N-S turning into a house of cards? Bob and Graham Claytor must be turning in their graves! At about 1,500 RPM!

love my swithers units

Great video! Excellent footage. I’ve always dug tri light signals , very cool indeed. I’m from Chicago and we don’t see this kind of action, especially with a small railroad.

See how many people are out there doing that work? That's why the Class Is won't do this stuff. Efficiency isn't actually efficiency in corpo-speak. Its less people, so they can spend less money. The actual speed and efficiacy of timetables for trains means nothing now with shareholders and capital management. As long as you can _say_ so, the bucks roll in with no effort at all.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the illusion and promise of short term quarterly gains versus actual long term vision and growth.

@SGuySMW

Жыл бұрын

I believe that there are two solutions to the dilemma regarding the Class Is: 1. We break the network up into smaller, more centralized, and more precise companies that operate in specific regions (with some exceptions, including the Southern Transcon). This seems like the more logical choice. 2. We nationalize the entire US-Canada-Mexico rail network. In other words, we bring back Conrail and make it much bigger.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@SGuySMW I agree with number one. You could essentially let the Class I's "win" so to speak, by letting them scale back to point-to-point long haul operations where they have their big trains between yards and get out of the switching business entirely. Branch lines and lesser used mains could be spun off to regional railroads who actually rely on building up business. These could be new private start ups or state run or funded railroads (think Vermont Rail System or South Branch Valley) that remain that way indefinitely or until a private short line is interested. In areas where switching customers is still required along the big railroads, you could spin those off to contractors between yards, or even Amtrak, so to speak, but for freight, where the system isn't totally nationalized but focus is put in to keep these businesses online until either a private buyer (non-class I) is interested, because the biggest problem with the large railroads is there is no accountability for what service they keep or not (except a quarterly balance sheet) often leaving customers who do want service in the dust or forced to trucking. I think the problem with Option 2 of a full nationalization or Conrail 2.0 is that could potentially lead to more removal of infrastructure deemed "redundant" that we may never get back that could be more devastating in the long run.

@SGuySMW

Жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions Exactly what I was thinking.

@retr0bits545

Жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions I agree, though, who wouldn’t want to see the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern turn into a small class 1, also as for another short line. Rock Island Rail (the revived Rock Island Railroad) will hopefully kick Union Pacific out of their old stomping grounds and hopefully we will have a sea of reborn blue and white after being gone after such a long time.

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Awesome video, I need some more shortline action myslef...

Those 4-axle higher power locomotives really come into their own on lines like these. A lot less hard on the tracks and can still pull a nice amount at higher speeds. It is quite annoying how slow the speeds are on some lines that are really very stable.

When you said "1980's throwback", you weren't talking about the EMDs, you were talking about the conductor with a mullet!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

10:05 I didn't think that signal would ever drop. LOL. 10:13

Excellent video, what camcorder do you use?

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! There's a mix of Sony AX100 and Panasonic HC-X1500 clips in here. Currently mostly use the HC-X1500.

Wish the Temple station will still be back in good use since the BM&R ran their steam excursions in the 1980s. I wonder if they can bring it back to life in the future?

Bro you gotta dedicate a whole video to your 3058 catches

So Skookle is the correct pronunciation of Schuylkill? That's worth knowing

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

As far as the local dialect goes today, yes. As far as the origins of the word, I don't think so.

"For some reason, the big class 1s can't figure this out." They probably don't want to, short term profits.

Did the RBM&N complete the CTC across the mainline from N. Reading to Scranton? I remember a few years ago the Lehigh gorge, to around Tamaqua I think, and from Port Clinton south were done and under signal either ABS or CTC.

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Last I knew the only section not cut in was from Hometown to Jim Thorpe Junction, but it's possible it's since been completed, and if not, will be very soon thus completing CTC for the Main Line on both divisions.

For the class 1s, PSR is just an excuse to jack prices and skimp on maintenance.

Dear Pennsylvanians, If you want people to be able to spell "Skookle", I suggest you change the spelling to "Skookle".

@mshum538

Жыл бұрын

That wasn’t nice nor was it necessary and I am a “ Pennsylvanian “ and my ancestry was from the “ UK” …

Could those GP38-2s have been used on the PRSL?

When did you take this video?

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

The recent shots were from February 20 this year.

How many track so they owned

Why is this a 1980s throwback? Because not much has changed since then?

The yellow and green locomotives what is this railroad called???? I know that you said it in the video I'm going to have to go back and listen to it again and just curious do you know how many locomotives they have on their roster???? I love it how you show these shortline railroads in all their older locomotives I absolutely love older engines like this that's all you see on the railroads nowadays or Dash 9 variant locomotives SD 70s sd70mac ETC they're all the damn same they're different but they all look the same I'm sick of always railfanning it seemed the same locomotives just with different paint schemes I like visiting shortline railroads like this where is this located I am from the New England area Boston Massachusetts to be precise home of the Boston baked bean 🫘 if you haven't tried any homemade Boston baked beans you don't know what you're missing. It's absolutely delicious if you ever make it up in my area definitely consider trying some homemade Boston baked beans you will not be disappointed. Great video once again I'm going to share this video with a lot of my real railfan friends

I love End Cabs for some weird reason

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

They're awesome!

@achamber765

Жыл бұрын

Classic look.

Just subscribed!!!! Nice catches!!!

Great video!

@CentralPennRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!