Railfanning the Reading Volume 1
Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары
This is a preview of Railfanning the Reading Volume 1. This DVD is available from our website shown at the end of this preview.
DVD summary:
The Reading Railroad was primarily an Anthracite coal hauling railroad that linked the ports and markets of Philadelphia to the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania in Pottsville.
In Railfanning the Reading Volume 1, we look at Steam and Diesel freight and passenger operations from the late 40's to the mid 60's.
We'll tour the Bethlehem, East Penn and Perkiomen Branches, as well as joint operations of the CNJ in the Allentown/Bethlehem area, facilities at East Penn Yard and the Coal Regions.
While typically being a coal hauler, the Reading was probably most noted for its Iron Horse Rambles and the T1 locomotives that pulled them.
Along with regular steam & diesel operations, we'll look at some of the Reading's Iron Horse Rambles.
Mostly color approximately 70 minutes run time
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I love this guys voice
Great video. I love the steam engines. I grew up with Pennsylvania &Central Jersey lines.
Wonderful! Such crisp color it seems like you must have a time machine...
I love those arched cab windows, and if there is a more beautiful tender than the ones the T1s towed, I haven't seen it.
Good DVD I purchased a copy. Good rare steam action
Great movies. My dad used to be secretary of the Reading Railfan Society and my first memory of the train was the Santa Claus Special to the Topton Home (it was an orphanage before becoming a retirement home), Everyone had to take a gift for one of the kids. Pretty special. Then it was trains to Hershey for the Ice Follies and Ice Capades, specials to NYC for the Christmas Pageant and the Easter Show; charters to the freight docks in Jersey City where the Hudson River Day Line would take us to West Point or Bear Mountain. My favorite was the charter to the Chester freight docks where the Wilson Line (boat) would then take us thru the C&D Canal to St.Michaels. Good times. I guess today's costs would be a killer to try to duplicate some of those trips.
@robmeyers8792
5 жыл бұрын
Lop.
I liked it 😁I'd like the reading railroad
Im glad tamaqua is in the Coal regions or else i couldnt see such large coal trains
@cf1925
3 жыл бұрын
@@suprememeowmix9613 To be very average.
This is a great video, with great narration.
@elmerfuddski1929
7 жыл бұрын
Hendo56 jo
Ces convois sont impressionnant Jusqu'à 3 machines pour tracter ce qui deviens des entrepots sur roues
Come on I need to see some Saucon Yard action them Bethlehem videos were pretty awesome though.
@beholden_to_ducks
6 жыл бұрын
Norfolk Southern Lehigh Valley Railfan I'm pretty sure at 0:27 is a shot of a stream train passing through Bethlehem's South side.
There is one error that I picked out in location, at the end with the black and white footage of the T1 pushing a train up locust summit grade, Mike said it was Lavelle from the other side of the crossing, it wasnt, actually it was Locust Dale about a mile from Lavelle.
@axle17921
6 жыл бұрын
Outstanding footage though, I hope there will be a volume 2.
@tiarnanferry2735
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes half the fun is figuring out all of the spots! If you saw the entire video, do you remember if there was any footage of the most northern sections? North (west) of Shamokin, up towards West Milton and Newberry
Great video!
Is that a young Mike Bednar doing both the opening video comments as well as the narration when he got older? Because it sounds like a younger and older version of the same person. Same exact voice and accent.
Do you have anything on the old Wilmington & Northern branch of the Reading?
Is that a Wootten firebox on many of those locomotives?
Steam and Diesel on the Reading Railroad.
My fav fallen flag!!
um what about WILLIAMSPORT PA?!?! Thats the farthest RDG went and was a major connection to PRR/NYC coal and freight west of the city,
Wonder what passenger train that is starting at 1:28? Just a Phila-Bethlehem local or one of the older trains that ran-thru on CNJ to points north?
3:02 anybody remember this whistle? Hint reading and Northern 425
@OldsVistaCruiser
4 жыл бұрын
I have heard the Reading 6-chime called "God's whistle."
Hello There
Damn the Reading made some very ugly steam locomotives.
@mmmmmmm4269
3 жыл бұрын
Ugly=beautiful