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.
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.
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
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.
I love this guys voice
Great video. I love the steam engines. I grew up with Pennsylvania &Central Jersey lines.
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.
I liked it 😁I'd like the reading railroad
Good DVD I purchased a copy. Good rare steam action
Wonderful! Such crisp color it seems like you must have a time machine...
Is that a Wootten firebox on many of those locomotives?
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.
Lop.
Ces convois sont impressionnant
Jusqu'à 3 machines pour tracter ce qui deviens des entrepots sur roues
Im glad tamaqua is in the Coal regions or else i couldnt see such large coal trains
@@suprememeowmix9613 To be very average.
This is a great video, with great narration.
Hendo56 jo
Great video!
Come on I need to see some Saucon Yard action them Bethlehem videos were pretty awesome though.
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.
Outstanding footage though, I hope there will be a volume 2.
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
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.
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,
Steam and Diesel on the Reading Railroad.
Do you have anything on the old Wilmington & Northern branch of the Reading?
3:02 anybody remember this whistle? Hint reading and Northern 425
I have heard the Reading 6-chime called "God's whistle."
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?
My fav fallen flag!!
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Damn the Reading made some very ugly steam locomotives.
Ugly=beautiful