Reading & Northern 2102: The Tunkhannock Ramble
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- On June 22, 2024, Reading & Northern's 4-8-4 T1 locomotive number 2102 ran an Iron Horse Rambles excursion from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania and back. In this video, you will see many of the locations that the consist roared past in between including White Haven, Mountain Top, Laurel Run, Dupont, Pittston, and Falls.
Huge thanks to my dad for not only driving me around for the 2nd time within the past 30 days but also giving me another angle at many of the locations!
If you enjoyed, make sure to like and subscribe for more. I'm hoping to be able to chase the Pittston Ramble in August, but that is very much up in the air right now.
For the full 7 minutes of pacing, go to my 2nd channel: • Pacing Reading & North...
@FireLynxTrains
Anyways, now that there are two months before the next ramble, this probably means that the majority of videos coming will be NASCAR related, with stop motions and the Pocono race vlog. Thanks for watching, hope you all enjoyed, and hope to see you all return to my channel!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Departing Nesquehoning
4:50 Rounding the Jim Thorpe Wye
8:18 Storming Through White Haven
10:49 Through the White Haven Tunnel
12:37 Cruising Into Mountain Top
15:39 Running Through the Solomon Gap
19:54 Coasting Through Dupont
21:06 Charging Past Falls
23:23 Rolling Into Osterhout
24:28 Servicing in Tunkhannock
28:19 Leaving Tunkhannock
29:49 Pacing 2102
32:33 Under the Bridge at Falls
33:23 Accelerating Out of Pittston
38:00 Thundering Through Laurel Run - Zábava
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I am a railroad fan grew up next to the D&H mainline and am very pleased to see Resding & Northern run a fan trip all the way to Tunkhannock!!!
If not for nothing, fellas of the Reading & Northern, 2102 is easily the CLEANEST locomotive I have ever seen. From smokebox to tender she is spotless! Thats a rare thing. Well done!
Great video, that was me in the biplane…….
You had the whole train's attention! Everyone in my coach was amazed!
Excellent stunts! I got all those very cool stalls and acrobatics on film and the video will be uploaded soon.
Great catches awesome chase and pacing shot and nice video
Thanks!
Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars.
Thumbs up.
Keep up the perfect work, you earned a new subscriber, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Glad you enjoyed!
@@firelynx1108 it was my pleasure.
@@firelynx1108 the trains in your country are amazing.
@@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 They really are
@@firelynx1108 oh yeah, in Portugal, we have diesel and electric trains doing service too.
thanks for posting this really enjoyed watching.
Anytime
Very nice video, thanks for posting.
Great Video it def was a great ride !!
Great footage!
Support the acquisition of the Shamokin Valley RR by the Reading and Northern.
More excursion lines lol
I think I was either right in front of you or right behind you during your chase of it near Tunkhannock. As when you passed that person in the purple shirt I was right nearby the engine at that same area chasing it too.
I got the car or two in front of me when we fell back a bit to 2102 so you can see if one of them is you lol
Great video man! Hopefully, the chase wasn't completely foamer central. There are a lot of great shots and locations you can get along this route but you definitely can't get them all, whether it be because of terrain, time, or traffic. Nonetheless, as long as you had fun, then things should be golden!
Thanks, man! It was an absolute blast and the steep grades made it the best excursion yet
This is just awesome how they seem to run her a full bore for a good chunk of the trip! What was the reason for throwing the diesels on the train at 15:39 taking her through the gap?
The grade was near 2% in spots I heard so 210/ needed extra braking help. It definitely made for a good show later on the return trip as you can see near the end after exiting Pittston yard!
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What was with the diesels halfway through the first part of the trip?
Extra braking power because it was too steep of a grade
Dynamic braking down the hill. It's to help preserve the longevity of the brakeshoes.
@@firelynx1108765 did that same grade in 2015 with no issues
Nice! Was there any specific reason why diesel engines were utilized for pulling the entire train at some parts?
Down through Laurel Run, the grade is extremely steep so they needed the dynamic braking
I'm famous!! 11:07
Choo choo
does 2102 have 2 whistles on her?
yep
It has its classic reading 6 chime and a hooter the reason for the hooter is because the locomotive can be so loud at times it drowns out the 6 chime.
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You’re in the ballpark, but the Hooter is on the 2102 since she was originally used for freight trains like the rest of the T-1s. The 6 chime was added during the original Iron Horse Rambles from 1962-1964. Ol’ 2102 has worn numerous whistles several times down the years, but ever since the late 1980s up until 1991, that Hooter has remained a consistent whistle for the engine.